What do I need to do to get to 2200 blitz?

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On a more useful note, here are some qualities I've noticed that differentiate a stronger 2300+ player from a 1800-2200 player in blitz. You'll want to develop some of these qualities to make your way out and above 2200:

  1. Absolutely no hanging pieces. Make this a zero-tolerance goal for yourself never to hang a piece, regardless of the position or time situation. Between ratings 1800-2200, I still see a lot of 1-move piece blunders, quite often queens as well. If you find yourself hanging pieces, practice tactics regularly and you should see a decline in this issue.
  2. Stay alert, play fast. By fast, I mean really fast, <0.5 seconds per move. If a position doesn't require immediate game-changing calculation, then just continue your plan and make your move right away. A lot of times, I will hover my next move as I wait for my opponent's move, and as soon as I see my opponent's move I release the mouse for a near instant move. This saves as much time as possible, and still gives me time to react and cancel my move in case of an unexpected move (which you wouldn't be able to do if you were pre-moving). You will find that around your rating, a good time advantage coupled with fast play could just win you the game, even in a completely lost position. Your opponents simply won't be fast enough to convert whatever position they have before flagging.
  3. Make decisions based on the clock. You should always factor the clock situation when making any in-game decision, and drive the position into a more favourable state based on your time remaining. Some examples:
    1. You have 1:00 and your opponent has 0:40, and there is no increment. You have the decision either to trade queens into a SLIGHTLY better endgame, or keep up an attack that may work out, but risks of a blunder are higher. Definitely trade queens, then keep up the pressure by playing quickly, in a position where you can't blunder. Your opponent will be hopelessly lost, either on the board or on time.
    2. The same clock situation, but WITH increment. This time, you must keep the queens on the board and continue the attack. Trading queens will allow your opponent to make moves quickly and gain time with increment, increasing their chances of defending. Continue to make your opponent think with every move, and use that increment to minimalise your chance of blundering.
    3. Imagine if you're on the receiving end of these examples now. In the first one, you're going to want to avoid queen trades at all costs, knowing you'll lose without chances if they're traded. In the second, you definitely want to search for trades, so you can gain better clarity in the position and improve the situation on the clock with increment.

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Avatar of AtaChess68
- no hanging pieces, zero tolerance;
- play fast, hover over your move;
- decide ‘on the clock’

Sounds good! Thx
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lol i am at 700. I can rank up sad.png. I need some basic crash course in chess openings. I use hyper accelerated dragon if i am black and Scottish opening for white.

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N0013 avoid both of those as a real beginner, but your openings are really not important at your level. if you are serious you need to drop a few bucks on https://www.chesscentral.com/ct-art-for-beginners-chess-tactics-software-download/ CT-ART Chess Tactics for Beginners and spend half of your chess related time playing puzzles. you won't improve without it.

 

Hikaru and Levy Rozman recently made a tier list for beginner openings. don't play the dragon, it is terrible (unless you are about 1000 points higher rated than you are now)

 

My recommendation on my own research (but not my own games) is, as black: play the Caro-Kann against 1. e4, and the King's Indian (okay it can be risky just play 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6, really remember d6 and you will be safe.

As white the scotch is good but you are safer achieving a White setup like the following, that you can play against almost anything. Notice how are you fighting hard for the center and protecting all the pieces in this. Playing c3 instead of Nc3 allows you to create imbalances which give you better chances at attacking Black's king:

Look at white's setup. It is incredibly solid and can be played against virtually anything.

 

Most importantly, at your level if I can give one more piece of advice: PLAY SLOWLY and THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE.

 

EVERY SINGLE MOVE, you must ask:

1) What is my opponent threatening?

2) If I make this move, can my opponent take something or checkmate me?

I guarantee you if you can _practice thinking_ in slower games the above two questions, your rating will go up in no time. No less than 10 minute games. 7 per day max.

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study and play and then do it again and again and again for about 3-5 years

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Excellent advice @Ellipsoul

To add to your comments about time, I think an important thing that often differentiates strong 2300+ players from weaker ones is theoretical knowledge because that knowledge allows you to get a playable middlegame position and not use much time getting to it. Often I use superior theoretical knowledge to get solid time advantages out of the opening (recently I remember a game where I had like a 40 (!) second time edge out of the opening, having just quickly played moves I knew beforehand) 

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have a big brain and be a pepe

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hi

Avatar of SeniorPatzer

Congratulations.  FM #2 gave tremendous advice.

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https://chessmood.com/blog/golden-method-to-increase-rating-in-chess Useful article for you !

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SeniorPatzer wrote:

Congratulations.  FM #2 gave tremendous advice.

I know right? 

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I'm suspicious. 

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lichess ratings are a lot easier. Even I can almost get to 2200 on lichess lol. 

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Ellipsoul wrote:

Don't be a max Pepega  

On a more useful note, here are some qualities I've noticed that differentiate a stronger 2300+ player from a 1800-2200 player in blitz. You'll want to develop some of these qualities to make your way out and above 2200:

  1. Absolutely no hanging pieces. Make this a zero-tolerance goal for yourself never to hang a piece, regardless of the position or time situation. Between ratings 1800-2200, I still see a lot of 1-move piece blunders, quite often queens as well. If you find yourself hanging pieces, practice tactics regularly and you should see a decline in this issue.
  2. Stay alert, play fast. By fast, I mean really fast, <0.5 seconds per move. If a position doesn't require immediate game-changing calculation, then just continue your plan and make your move right away. A lot of times, I will hover my next move as I wait for my opponent's move, and as soon as I see my opponent's move I release the mouse for a near instant move. This saves as much time as possible, and still gives me time to react and cancel my move in case of an unexpected move (which you wouldn't be able to do if you were pre-moving). You will find that around your rating, a good time advantage coupled with fast play could just win you the game, even in a completely lost position. Your opponents simply won't be fast enough to convert whatever position they have before flagging.
  3. Make decisions based on the clock. You should always factor the clock situation when making any in-game decision, and drive the position into a more favourable state based on your time remaining. Some examples:
    1. You have 1:00 and your opponent has 0:40, and there is no increment. You have the decision either to trade queens into a SLIGHTLY better endgame, or keep up an attack that may work out, but risks of a blunder are higher. Definitely trade queens, then keep up the pressure by playing quickly, in a position where you can't blunder. Your opponent will be hopelessly lost, either on the board or on time.
    2. The same clock situation, but WITH increment. This time, you must keep the queens on the board and continue the attack. Trading queens will allow your opponent to make moves quickly and gain time with increment, increasing their chances of defending. Continue to make your opponent think with every move, and use that increment to minimalise your chance of blundering.
    3. Imagine if you're on the receiving end of these examples now. In the first one, you're going to want to avoid queen trades at all costs, knowing you'll lose without chances if they're traded. In the second, you definitely want to search for trades, so you can gain better clarity in the position and improve the situation on the clock with increment.

Good luck  

Let's gooo, somebody on the forums who gives actual good advice.

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Keep playing. Keep winning.
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Just play for fun!!! Will come 

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Pepega_Maximum wrote:

Stuck at 1800 lol.

git gud nerd

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Pepega_Maximum wrote:

Stuck at 1800 lol.

 

Things are looking much better now!

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looking back at the archives nice to see you reach your milestone congrats old friend happy.png