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Avatar of Hikaru_Lin

I'm currently at abt 1600 rapid on chess.com after 1.5 yrs. I feel a bit disappointed bc after a month of becoming 1600 i was 1697, but I dropped back down to 1610s, I'm getting back up to 1630. However, I want to improve faster and want to avoid more plateaus. 1750s and above out there, what would you recommend?

Avatar of nahyounotgonnagetmyprep

Your petty little one month plateau means nothing. Rating is not a linear increase buddy. perhaps look at other, more dire situations, before posting. Over time, you will get better idk what ur yapping about

Avatar of Hikaru_Lin

Bro did the complete opposite of "Please be relevant and kind" lol

Avatar of Ferroom

Analayze your games (the advice I've never followed lol), watch more games from masters, solve more tactics, learn patterns, watch Naroditskiy speedruns. This is it.

Avatar of putshort
1600 is a plateau tho
Avatar of tygxc

@1

"I want to improve faster and want to avoid more plateaus"
++ Analyse your lost games thoroughly to learn from your mistakes.
Study endgames especially rook endings.

Avatar of DarkInfernoGamez

nah hikaru lin is a god at chess trust

Avatar of ChessMasteryOfficial

Stay committed to your training regimen, maintain a positive attitude and focus on continuous progress rather than short-term results.

Avatar of Antonin1957

There are no shortcuts. Chess is not a game where you automatically "level up" after a few hundred blitz games. Getting better is a life long process. Identify a great player whose style you would like to emulate. Get a book featuring his or her games. Then set up your chess board in a quiet place and play through as many of those games as you can.

Avatar of SRMarquardt

Take a break from chess and come back relaxed

Avatar of NlGGREXTERMINATOR6942069

Try switching up openings if you seem to struggle against or with certain ones.

However, I personally don't know how it feels as I have never lost a chess game before.

Avatar of DrCanChess

Hi, I made a video about reaching 1800 ELO recently, after analyzing hundreds of games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOQVAM4uGQ&t=501s

I hope it helps!

Avatar of nahyounotgonnagetmyprep
NlGGREXTERMINATOR6942069 wrote:

Try switching up openings if you seem to struggle against or with certain ones.

However, I personally don't know how it feels as I have never lost a chess game before.

Well now you lost.