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This little girl improved 700 points in 6 months.
RoadMap for achieving 2000 Elo rating in 1 year
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Shadowknight911, you and I and some others who have posted know how hard it is...but let the others who have no idea believe...
Aug 3, 2012
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#44
Here is my alternate plan:
Week 1: Solve 50 mate-in-one problems.
Week 2: Solve 50 mate-in-two problems.
Week 3: Solve 50 mate-in-three problems.
...
Week 52: Solve 50 mate-in-fifty-two problems.
That should do the trick.
Shadowknight911 wrote:
Quads are usually not a good way to gain rating points. Mainly because you don't know beforehand who you'll play. If there are lots of players and you happen to find 3 players close in rating to you, then that is ok but still not ideal. If you happen to be at the top of a quad where there is a wide disparity in rating - well, from a rating gain perspective it's a waste of time.
You must be lower-rated because once you get above 1200 (or maybe it is 1500), each win against a similarly rated player is worth only about 10 points. So to gain 125 points in a Quad is virtually impossible once you go above a certain rating.
Swisses, where you are near the bottom of the section in pre-ranking, is the best for gaining a lot of rating points.
I know..
Aug 3, 2012
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#46
Hi pellik,
We're happy to have you onboard on this one 
So you shoot from 1200 to 2000 in one year ? Was it your second rated year, and may I ask what was your age then and how many rated games you played on that year ?
JamieKowalski wrote:
Here is my alternate plan:
Week 1: Solve 50 mate-in-one problems.
Week 2: Solve 50 mate-in-two problems.
Week 3: Solve 50 mate-in-three problems.
...
Week 52: Solve 50 mate-in-fifty-two problems.
That should do the trick.
I doubt that. I used to solve 3,000 chess puzzles a month and it helps but it has its limits. Its more about positional play than anything else the rest of the way.
Aug 3, 2012
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#48
Yeah, 150 rated games in a year is something ! Congratulations on your fine performance
DENVERHIGH wrote:
The plan is better than no plan at all.
So what If you don't reach 2000?
What if you do improve some?
I just embarked on a plan to use "Time" a minimum two of days on a three day move chess match.
The focus is to avoid blunders and weak moves.
I write down each move that I could use.
Decide on the best move and try to find a better one.
I flip the board around and look for the opponents best move against me.
Once I'm satisfied I don't before press the "SUBMIT" button until after two days.
On some moves I feel funny waiting for TIME to pass before submitting my move.
When I see what his response is, I'm not surprised as to the move because I probably have already have looked at that one.
Sometimes though the opponent makes I move that I have not even considered. Next move I take longer.
I do agree that this would help to provide someone with necessary experience to formulate a regimen that would work.
Aug 3, 2012
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#50
JamieKowalski wrote:
Here is my alternate plan:
Week 1: Solve 50 mate-in-one problems.
Week 2: Solve 50 mate-in-two problems.
Week 3: Solve 50 mate-in-three problems.
...
Week 52: Solve 50 mate-in-fifty-two problems.
That should do the trick.
Lame.
Aug 3, 2012
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#51
I think the OP is too busy studying chess to read anymore of this thread...
I recommend pounding raw meat too...
Uh...oh...
Karl beat me to it. And chasing live chickens for tactical footwork.
Seems to me, one gets beat a LOT while moving up. You get better, you play better opponents, you get beat a lot against them and get better and move up.
I just started to be able to beat my brother in law as he was a little bit better than me. He was about a 1000 player. Now I want to hit 1500, then 1750. It almost never ends does it? I'll skip the pounding raw meat.
@pellik
"I've completed an 800 points in a year trek to 2000. I have yet to meet another person who has done the same, although I've seen others improve pretty quickly."
Congrats! Can you share with us what kind of study plan or routine you followed during that period? That would be helpful for all.
Thanks
devarajusa wrote:
@pellik
"I've completed an 800 points in a year trek to 2000. I have yet to meet another person who has done the same, although I've seen others improve pretty quickly."
Congrats! Can you share with us what kind of study plan or routine you followed during that period? That would be helpful for all.
Thanks
He said he rarely plays online, and play in OTB tournaments all the time as well as visits 3 clubs.
Other than mentioning he played over 150 tournament games in the last year, he's also said he remembers every key position from all the games he's played that are >G/30 and that his job and family compete for his chess. As far as study, he mentioned in this thread a hard and fast outline does not exist, and that training should be continually modified to fit the individual's weaknesses.
So sounds like:
1: Constantly work on your weaknesses
2: Play in lots of tournament games each year while minimizing or eliminating online or speed play
3: Have a good memory / work to remember the key positions of all the games you play (which likely means analysis of all your games).
His experiance with other players who have made a lot of improvement involves coaches. So you could add 4: get a coach.
That's 10 books total: 3 tactics books, 3 opening books, 2 endgame books, and 2 game collections.
As for tournaments start with Under 1600 event and top out at Under 2200 events.