Improving chess seriously — need some guidance ♟️ - Chess Forums

Dhanushika_preethi

Jan 26, 2026

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Hi everyone! 😊 I’m working seriously on improving my chess and playing more disciplined games. I do see good ideas during the game, but sometimes I still make small mistakes or miss tactics under pressure. I want to become a stronger and more consistent player, not just win by luck 😄 What should I focus on daily to improve efficiently — tactics training, endgames, analyzing my games, or openings? Any tips, routines, or advice from stronger players would mean a lot. Thanks in advance and happy playing! ♟️

Bartmanhomer

Jan 26, 2026

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Be patient, think intelligently, and defensively. I'm not sure where luck comes into play.

abcde12345abcde123450

Jan 26, 2026

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Hi, i am 14 year old with 2160 rating.

I improved 600 to 2160 in only just 1.5 year!

You will easily 2000+ if you are really serious.

Follow this channel- remote chess academy (not a promotion )

Follow yourself, you are just 700 rated, easy to improved.

If you're really serious you will be 2000 soon, that channel gives rules. It help me a lot.

I hope this helps

MaetsNori

Jan 26, 2026

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Dhanushika_preethi wrote:

What should I focus on daily to improve efficiently — tactics training, endgames, analyzing my games, or openings? Any tips, routines, or advice from stronger players would mean a lot. Thanks in advance and happy playing! ♟️

Analyzing your games is the best "bang for your buck", especially if you do it in an exploratory way.

By that I mean, don't just use the engine to find your blunders - but also try out moves that you find interesting, or moves that you're curious about. Shift pawns and pieces around in different ways, to see what ideas you can discover. Use the engine's eval. score to help you spot good and bad plans (watch for big evaluation score swings - when those happen, it means one side made a mistake).

The more you explore and analyze, the more ideas you'll come up with, and the more usable moves you'll have to put onto the board the next time you play ...