Stuck Under 1300 for 16 Years!

First of all, @anti-communist congrats on 1500!

however, I’m of the opinion that ten minute chess online is a perfectly viable way to play. I will use myself as an example. Back a year or so, ten minute was blitz. I only played ten minute, and a few bullet sessions every now and then. I was around 1100. I didn’t stop playing ten minute until I hit 2100 blitz (again, before cc switched ten minute to rapid). This was with minimal otb play- only less than 5 tournaments between that entire year or so. So we can rule out playing 30min and higher out of the equation.

I think it’s important to take small steps at first. Don’t cram too much knowledge at once- you don’t remember it all. Instead, read a bit and play a bit. If you learned some interesting opening idea, take it out for a spin on some 10min. It’s short enough to get games but long enough to think.

since you don’t worry about anything implementing 500 things in your games at once, you can focus and get good at a few specific things and improve over time like that. 

When you analyze your games afterward, focus on how well you used the new thing you learned. Less emphasis on everything else.

Much thanks! Indeed I improved by playing 10 minute games, just not efficiently. Maybe that is changing though, as I'm starting to see more opportunities such as weak pawns and weak squares in 10 minute chess. I was also tending to tilt very often, and I think playing solely 10 minute games maybe had something to do with that.

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

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I am playing 15/10, and even this seems to fast for me. I think most people don’t want to commit to longer games. I was thinking the same. However, today I simply will not play if I don’t have the time to do so. And you prevent the very addictive behavior of playing a lot of short games just to have the rush of quick victories - often you will have the disappointment of losing several games in a row.  

Well, you will no longer be able to say that you are stuck under 1300 for 17 years. Congratulations!

Oops, I had failed to realise that the earlier post I quoted was months back.

Congratulations on another milestone! 1500 is very difficult for many players to attain.

Thanks eric0022, brasileroisim, RussBell and ChessLebaneseSalah. It certainly wasn't the easiest task, but this forum's been such a big help. I'm starting to read Stean's 'Simple Chess' to improve in positional skill and break the 1500's. 

I've played a handful of daily chess games (not here). I spent often 30 minutes on moves and often hi-lighted every square my pieces were controlling/would control. This improved my vision greatly and is in part what got me to 1300 from 1200. I found some really crazy tactics that I would have never found in classical.

Congratulations!

if your stuck for that long then why are you asking us? get a coach, or hear me out, STUDY!
shocking, i know, but i'm sure you can do it.

Let's put it this way. I started playing chess when I made my account, which is on 26.Dec.2020. About 1 year and 2 month ago. But after some study I reached 1900 in every time control and is even 2000 in bullet. I am not trying to insult you but some people just don't have the talent in chess...

Now for the real answer to all the woes seen …

Chess is being played for all the wrong reasons- leading to  misguided expectations and a disfigured sense of rating importance.

Chess is a hobby - 1st and foremost. To be enjoyed and played as a pastime. Rating increase comes as a bonus… a natural result. Too often a rating increase is forced/,expected and becomes the primary reason for playing. All wrong … for the vast majority of players who posses a false sense of priority.

True, I started playing chess because I think it is fun. But I still think chess is still fun even though I am high rated.

Excellent. And everybody reaches a rating niche, a plateau sooner or later. Hopefully they will continue playing this great sport for a lifetime.

Talent.

My talent was staying under 1000 rating (UScF) for six years. 

Most people do not improve at chess. Or at least they start playing chess, they learn a few things about the game and they improve up to some level, and then they stay at that level for a long time. Improvement takes an enormous amount of playing and studying, even for a very young player (who will be able to improve more easily).

So if you want to improve at chess you need to be an exception to the rule. Your dedication to the game therefore needs to be exceptional. 

I appreciate your input, but even though you is 2000 bullet, it would behoove you to notice that 78 people before your post have helped me gain over 400 points since my original post. I would also say the same to josephyossi.