staying at the exact same score week in week out whats your experience ?

My score at 400 in 24-hour games is from 388 to 412 every day, up then down, then up then down does this in your experience happen a lot to others, never improving, never getting really worse playing  three players ina a row worse than you in thinking then playing four in row that' crush in their play  each day I start at the same point I left the day before -- is that common ? after a while does that affect your thinking ?  

Hmm. I was looking at your live chess ratings and they are all close to 100.

I guess I assume that if your live ratings are that low, you have made them that way deliberately.

I don't understand why you would do that.

i play 24 hour games and in between the moves, I play 5 min games for fun and experimentation trying out different moves etc etc etc so I always go up on game go down two I never take that 5 min games seriously just 24 hour games - so that score is irrelevant to me my question is about 24 hour game players ,which is the way to really play here I have been told many times longer games are the best to really play chess

In general, longer time control games give you more time to think. What matters most, however, is how you use the time.

How much time do you spend on your average move for a daily game?

That is my main problem, i rush those moves just like I do in 5 min games, can't seem to break that bad habit of rushing, thinking I know what the next move is, then after I make it, realizing that was a wrong move .--- my question still stands is what are others feeling like and doing about stagnation in their upward accent in score what you do or how do feel about that, or do you contunily move upwards as some have said in the forums here

I improved my play the most a very long time ago. I played over the board. I studied-- I read a lot of chess books. I took lessons. I played postal chess. My rating improved quite rapidly for a few years. I achieved a 2000 rating in USCF over the board chess in 1982.

Then family, kids, etc. came along and I didn't get to play much chess for a long time.

In the last 20 years, I started playing chess online. I am still pretty good but I have never achieved that level again.

I think that I have learned enough to spot the kinds of mistakes that beginners make. That's why I asked how long you spend on a move. You have 24 hours to make a move. You don't need to spend 24 hours but certainly spending 5-10 minutes on some moves is going to show you a lot.

In daily chess, you can use books to help you make good opening moves.

You can use the analysis board in daily games (without an engine). You can make your planned move and then make what you think are your opponent's possible responses. You can save your analysis and look at it again the next day. The whole process is highly useful in improving your chess thinking.

well thanks for the input, most of your points are well-heeded thoughts and mind you they are good general rules -- what I really need is specific counter measures to attacks, from 1000 plus players who have a good strategy and know how to cripple ones opponent. like me, in 15 moves or less -- just getting to 30 moves in any game is my achievement since winning is pretty much a luck thing for me again thanks for the input

OP. So, you have identified 1 that you do not spend long enough on the moves and 2 that you are not prepared enough in the opening. I don't think you play any specific openings when I looked at your daily games. So I am going to suggest the following. Play a form of Italian as white and black for practice. Begin every game as white with 1.e4 develop both your knights first starting with the king side, develop your king side bishop to Bc4 if it is a safe square. Play d3 then develop your queen side bishop to either Be3 to confront the other bishop, or Bg5 to pin the knight. Castle king side. play h3 to give your king an escape square. Move your queen off the back rank to a safe square behind your pawns in the centre, bring your rooks to d and e files if no open files, double your rooks on one of them. If you are pinning a piece attack the piece with something else. Don't hang your pieces, take every trade, and if you get to an endgame use your king actively, take all the other pawns and promote your own. Watch chess with Akeem on Youtube he tells you three great plans in the Italian and what to do throughout the game for changing your plans. It is good because these work for both sides. Watch chessbrah building habits. You can practice all I have said in your blitz games before trying the daily games. Once you have good playing habits and know what you are doing in the opening it will be easier for you to work out what to do in the daily games.

Are you a really serious player? If yes, just buy a course or watch some helpful youtube videos, which don't include GothamChess (sorry levy) and useless shorts. If no, than this rating is enough. There is no simple shortcut to get to 1000+.

One of the many mistakes I make is to make moves automatically without doing a good "blunder check"

However, be aware that there are players with 400-900 daily ratings who have 1300+ rapid ratings. I know this because I have played many of them. When chess.com finds you a match in a daily game, or any game, it only uses the rating of that time span game. It should check against the highest rating the matched opponent has, not the rating of the particular time frame game and at least give some sort of warning message. Bullet is another animal though so maybe it should be excluded from the ratings check.

interesting read you have on matches picked I will ponder that one a little more I am not looking to to get to 1000 just wonder if others who are stuck at their same ratigs for months how do they deal with it that was my question?