Stuck at my current level — advice?
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Hi everyone,
I’m looking for concrete advice on how to break out of a plateau in my chess improvement.
I’ve been making solid progress over the last months, but I feel like my level has stalled recently. I train tactics daily, study openings twice a week, and play both rapid and slower games, but I’m not seeing the next jump.
I’d like to know what adjustments I should make to keep improving:
– What type of study routines actually make a difference?
– How can I identify and target my recurring mistakes?
– What should I prioritize when I’m not sure what’s holding me back?
Any honest and practical advice is appreciated. Thanks.
Try to be patient with your growth. Most players recommend that you still play games, analyze them, and do puzzle training. Try to maintain consistency. It's better if you play rated but if it causes you to tilt, just do unrated. If you're like me who just can't help but take every rated game seriously, I suggest to create an account on lichess and use that as "study account". I use that account as an experimental account where I play my more casual games and try out new openings.
Technically, my games in there are still rated but I tend to take losses much better as it's not my tryhard account. Just continue playing chess. I hit my first plateau at 1300, played less here, more on my lichess account. After a few months, I was surprised that I managed to break through 1500 somewhat easily and here we are again with a plateau. It's probably time to rinse and repeat the process.
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