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czechhappens

To the OP:

Yes playing blitz is not going to help you, not really, not yet. 2 analogies; on your 1st day at fencing or boxing school, they're not going to pair you against the local jedi and say 'try hard, go faster!'. of course you'll lose, but you won't understand why, you won't learn from it. play slower games. 2nd one would be driving on the freeway. if you're a 15-year old with a driver's learning permit, you need to learn how to drive and park in 20-30 mph conditions before your instincts and reactions are ready for 65 mph or faster. 

Short version? You need to HAVE a slow game before you try to speed it up.

I_Am_Second
Pulpofeira wrote:

Yes, but why precisely 1200?


I think its a target he has set for himself.

Pulpofeira
I_Am_Second escribió:
Pulpofeira wrote:

Yes, but why precisely 1200?


I think its a target he has set for himself.

Yes, this could help...

trotters64
srinivasvkumar wrote:

Hi currently I am around 700 odd , when ever I think I have learned few things and start a fresh my score reaches 800 odd. but gradually I am back to 700😢. can any one suggest where I could be going wrong... And can i aim to cross 1200 in next 6 months ? I started couple of weeks ago... any suggestions ..

2 weeks experience of playing chess is no time at all so i wouldn't worry too much..main thing is to enjoy the game and to try learn and apply the general principles of chess.

These principles include development of your pieces so they can help attack your opponents position . king safety - try and castle kingside quickly..dont push your  kingside pawns too early as they defend your king. 

Try longer time frames ; 5 minute blitz games are way too fast for beginners as they don't leave you time to think about your next move. Try 30 minute games.

Most importantly; blunder check before you move . Make sure your opponent cannot just happily capture one of your pieces because you have left it undefended. Repeat , before you move  check and double check for blunders.

Good luck and good chessing.

dpnorman

I am not the best player, but I have improved more in the last year than most people I know (from 962 U.S.C.F. August 2013 to 1588 U.S.C.F. September 2014). And how I did it was by studying and practicing tactics, playing long time control games, and especially playing higher-rated opponents. I cannot stress this enough. In my last 30 tournament games, 22 were against higher-rated opponents, and at least ten of those were 200+ above me. There are several reasons why this is good. A) It gains you valuable experience, B) you can learn from them when you lose, and C) when you win, it gives you a lot of confidence (and rating points). You might lose a lot, which I did, but keep at it and eventually you will win. After some tough losses to higher-rated players, I eventually made it when I was rated 1381 by beating a 2000 player in a tournament. You can do it, too (although obviously 2000-opponents would be a bit out of your range now, but the point is the same). Good luck.

srinivasvkumar

thank you all for your suggestions.. Take away , no blitz for a month . Long island mark thank you for your valuable suggestions and time taken to analyze my blunders 😜.. In parallel will look at a few openings 5 moves deep and study some theory.. apart from these I am already working on tactics and studying the lessons on chess. com.. Thank you all again..