Maybe you could try to analyze a few long games with a coach. He could help you pinpoint your main weaknesses and how to get rid of them.
If you can't afford a coach, try to answer the question : what kind of mistakes am I doing repeatedly to lose my games ?
Maybe you should accept the fact that you've reached what seems to be your level. I've been playing chess for almost 40 years now (as you can see the photo is not me, but my son...) and at a certain point I had to admit that my OTB-rating didn't go up anymore. So keep playing the game, enjoy your successes, try to learn something from your losses but don't have the illusion that you can raise your rating to a much higher level.
I don't beleive you. The photo must be you
chess videos help me a ton. i learn better by watching and listening than i do by going over long, drawn out variations from a chess book, although i do that, too.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/904029/chess_video_lectures_are_they_for_you.html?cat=19
so....as the title says...how does one get out of a plateau?I've been stuck at the same rating for a good 18 months (maybe even slightly more...I'm not sure).
I do tactics everyday...analyze some of my opening mistakes with computer (Chessmaster....I know it's not the best...but at my level...does it really make a difference?) but nothing seems to work.
some advice would be appreciated