I need help improving. Please help! Please. I am stuck at my rating and I need guidance. Thanks f

But we are not discussing how to learn. We are discussing how to improve. More importantly, how to improve quickly with least amount of effort. Basically, time and effort invested versus the benefits. In those terms, blitz is an ideal format to improve quickly by gaining lots of experience by playing lots of games.

That is how I feel.  Blitz teaches you 3 things.  It teaches you time management.  It teaches you to deal with high pressure situations. Finally, as you said, Blitz allows you to play MANY games in a short time frame and get better at patter recognition. 

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blitz also allows you to try out openings and get better at basic tactics.

I have almost a 2100 rating in tactics haha

I do believe that playing blitz trains you to recognize patterns faster and easier, allowing you to find ideas and tactics easier in a longer time control so that you can spend that time thinking about your moves more efficiently. So long as you learn not to retain bad habits from blitz (i.e. not thinking enough about your moves or the position and missing tactics, ideas, etc.) then blitz is beneficial for training intuition.

The wall that most players of intermediate strength come up against is forming a strategic plan in the middle game. They're generally good enough at tactics, but they can't see a way to put themselves in a position where they can create those tactical opportunities.

This is why Carlsen is so dangerous - he excels at finding a good strategic plan in situations where the way forward isn't quite clear. Seeing tactics when they're available is something every player who wants to be decent needs to get down. But creating those opportunities from thin air, nudging your opponent to provoke weaknesses that can be exploited and taken advantage of, all culminating in a tactical skirmish where you come out with less bruises than your opponent - this takes a greater understanding of the game to accomplish, and is where most decent players simply can't or don't put in the time and dedication to master.

Sure. I am not saying anything about you personally. I'm just saying that generally blitz allows players to sharpen their tactics. Also there is a difference in solving tactics in tactics trainer and setting up(or seeing) tactics in a live game.

Don't you want to go to expert level someday or are you content being at A-player; the higher you go you better play sound and solid; experts will punish you for any unsound principles. Why play an opening that promise only equality, even the London system you can get slight advantage.

I play the london system constantly.  It is relatively boring, but I have almost mastered it.  I also play it as black too.  The annoying thing about the london system is that it leads to boa constrictor games where I slowly torture my opponent.  I don't like doing that.  I like prettier games and novel chess ideas.

What do you think of the scandinavian gambit (icelandic gambit)?

I don't think it sound. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Qd3 d5! { already black has equality and can play for more} 3.Nc3 is a must or( 3.c4  e6! 4.Nc3 b6 black has a slight advantage} 3...c5 and black is quite comfortable.

It's good if your opponent plays 3. c4. What do you do in the event of 5. Nf3? I've always found that line to be pose difficulties for black. 

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I probably should not post this, as I am a much lower ranked player.  However, sometime I have trouble keeping my mouth, or in this case, keyboard quiet, so here we go.  Blitz games are a waste of time.  Play checkers instead, if you want to waste time.  You want to up your rating?  You have to play better players, get whipped a lot, get mad about getting whipped, then get better, and start whipping them.  You get better by finding out where your game went south on you, figure out what you could have done different, then try again.  Forget about chess for a minute, This advice applies to all things in life.  You never improve by going the easy route, or repeating your same mistakes over and over.  Then there is the grim reality that some people cannot accept.  Maybe you have arrived at the "Peter Principle" moment in your life.  If you are not familiar with the theory, look it up.  We can't all be grandmasters, sometimes you are as good as you will ever get, and from here on out, as age diminishes your mental and physical capabilities, you  must struggle to keep what you got.  Ouch, I think I just had an epiphany.  That's where I'm at now!   

I'm wondering if starting out hyper defensive and then getting hyper aggressive when you get an advantage or the other player makes an error will give better, the same, or different results?

I have to agree with the Ogre.   +100

I'd consider getting a coach. 

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