I agree with kleelof.

It is essential to play chess well first and than to play quickly. One quotation comes to my mind: 

“Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.”

I am at the stage of 1400++ aiming to improve the skill to 1500 points as well. At this stage, playing more is not sufficient and even harmfull. You need to go through books, puzzles and other materials to get concentrated systematic experience. 

I am reading "The process of Decision Making in Chess", which is a blueprient of evaluating any given position and making the optimal move. The next stage will be solving lots of tactical problems; later moving on into endgame, and then into openning. 

In any case, simply playing many games, without thorough analysis (which most of us can't do properly), is not going to help.

I played the hippo again tonight...I didn't record the game because of (insert excuse here) but I castled short, had the Knights on e7 and d7 and dual-fiancetto Bishops. It was a hard win...as she (my opponent) invaded with her Queen and Knight causing me to move the same Rook 4 or 5 times to avoid it from being captured. But! She allowed counterplay!! My Queen went in to  check her King and come back to defend my own King and eventually she blundered somewhere and I ended up mating her.

The bottom line is this: Playing an opening like this (and winning!) would be a difficult task, if it weren't for books with GM experience. Now I can take my own experience from this game (Queen and Knight Invasion on the Queenside of the board) and watch for it in the next!

Think faster, click faster. Try practicing  on ai first.

You should have a good opening also.

and premove.

but above all, practice more. :)

thanks everyone can i get a list of the best openings

Indeed. All sound advice. But if I could only say one thing-it would be this: "just do it."

Or ta put it in another way, just love the game. Ratings shouldn't matter. You'll be rated how ever someone or chess site sees fit. Only you can/will determine how "good" you become. Don't ever let your 'rating' right now or in the future speak for you & your ability.

As for openings, pick either e4 or d4. Defensively, any one is good. Play everything. Decide for yourself. Playing's the thing bottomline, anyways.

Much luck.

I would only play The hippo in Blitz.

colle zukertort

i did not understand

http://www.chess.com/article/view/quick-start-guide-to-the-colle-zukertort-an-opening-for-players-of-any-strength

(notice that this quote is purely informational and the opinions expressed are not endorsed by Irontiger or his employees)

Before IronTiger's post, I've heard of the colle, but don't play it. "Slav," "Semi-Slav," "Gruenfeld," There's a whole bunch of openings people here might bring up.

Additionally, there may be openings that drive you friggen' nuts, like me? I hate the Ruy Lopez. There can be many reasons why I don't play it, who cares, which means I face it as Black. To answer this, you can be aware of it's opening lines and look up openings that are "Anti Ruy Lopez" after 1.e4 ...e5. (Anything that would discourage White from playing 3. Bc5.) This is just an example and could help your game.

Tactics. Pattern recognition. King safety. And the Cardinal Rule of blitz - take care of all immediate threats first. Just like everyone else, I had to learn how to block before I punch. I mean, I can't punch anyone while laying on my back.

Exactly one year ago I started playing - I was <1000. Now I am 1379. It doesnt sound like much, but a few hundred points is light years ahead. My advice is to learn a few opennings well for white AND black. I watch them on the chess.com youtube channel as many times as I need and then play them in games. For white I play Ruy Lopez and Kings Gambit quite well, and my personal favourite is Blackmar Diemar Gambit (because its unfamiliar to most players my level). For black its well worth learning the Sicilian. I struggle with Caro Kahn.

Aside from learning openings, you need to see strategy fast. Get the chess.com app on your smartphone and play tactics trainer every day. You become more familiar seeing puzzels and patterns that occur surprisingly often in real games. 

Finally, I only opt to play players my level and higher - I dont want to win often by a frequently blundering opponent (although we all make blunders sometimes). And dont worry too much about losing - always review the game to see the crucial points you went wrong. (I only have a win/loss record of about 40/60%.)

I hope by next year I too can be 1500. Even though Im 1370 now, when I play a 1500 I can feel their power, so I have a long way to go for 130 more points. Good luck!