A real lot of rubbish is talked about not learning openings. It's because a lot of people can't get their heads round what it's like to be a beginner. For a beginner who doesn't really understand the reasons behind opening moves, it isn't possible to understand the ideas behind the openings without memorising the openings to some extent.
I agree with this. Some people have forgotten what it is like to be a beginner. I see tactics up to 2300 puzzles more often than not. I understand basic opening ideas like the importance of the center, developing pieces, castling etc. Just need to know where to go from here, openings wise. My middle games tend to suck pretty bad because I made some kind of positional mistake in the opening.
I wouldn't say 800 is begginer level 400-600 is more beginner level
800 is more like a high beginner but the thing 800s need to work on is understanding when the basics don't apply to the position
When to attack,how to attack ,board vision not hanging their queen to a bishops 3 moves in a row ,board vision tends to be sloppy for beginners ,etc
Tbh watching high level play and learning from.thwt helped a lot for me and seems to for a good chunk of people
Btw if a trick works for you it also probably works for your opponent try not to make the same blunder lol and force them to make it instead (or a blunder )
Also you need to learn how to not "shuffle pieces" what squares make them the most active (like alpha zero version active or stockfish esc) if you need an example
Playing against tougher opponents can help increase rating but only if you slowly figure out how to beat them and learn things positional play can be a weak point tbh even if you understand it you won't get good at positional play till 2200+
Hope this is insightful but probably not lol the thing to work on is just trying to figure out what works and doesn't work (trying new things ebut short term that may lead to a decrease in rating) being able to turn around losing positions into a win being able to win more games ,etc like if hikaru can beat a 800 down a queen you can learn how to also lol(there are other things that im forgetting )
A real lot of rubbish is talked about not learning openings. It's because a lot of people can't get their heads round what it's like to be a beginner. For a beginner who doesn't really understand the reasons behind opening moves, it isn't possible to understand the ideas behind the openings without memorising the openings to some extent.
I agree with this. Some people have forgotten what it is like to be a beginner. I see tactics up to 2300 puzzles more often than not. I understand basic opening ideas like the importance of the center, developing pieces, castling etc. Just need to know where to go from here, openings wise. My middle games tend to suck pretty bad because I made some kind of positional mistake in the opening.