apotosaurus wrote:
You rarely get into a b+n+k v k endgame.
The top junior at the tournaments that I run has failed twice in 2018.
What does it take to get to 2000 USCF?
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apotosaurus wrote:
Even when you have a won postition and your opponent offers you a draw, consider it. Once I was 1400 and I was playing a 1900. I was up a knight. The third time he offered me a draw I quickly declined it, only to find out that I was in a losing position. Arrogance hurts a chess player the most.
sorry but this is very bad advice.
Serious Endgame practice!
ponz111 wrote:
apotosaurus wrote:
Even when you have a won postition and your opponent offers you a draw, consider it. Once I was 1400 and I was playing a 1900. I was up a knight. The third time he offered me a draw I quickly declined it, only to find out that I was in a losing position. Arrogance hurts a chess player the most.
sorry but this is very bad advice.
Agreed, always try to win. Accepting and offering DRAWS is stupid. Just play until the end!
checkmateeerree wrote:
Anyway, as of right now I am 1955 USCF and below 1800, try to study a lot of endgames, because a lot of beginners like to trade and go into endgames. Tactics, because most likely your opponent will blunder at some point and you can use tactic vision to find an exploit. Openings, you don't have to study too much on this but at least study your basic opening lines that you play
So... you are suggesting to study chess to get over 2000. Mystery solved, I guess.
experience
Aug 8, 2018
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Milliern wrote:
checkmateeerree wrote:
Anyway, as of right now I am 1955 USCF and below 1800, try to study a lot of endgames, because a lot of beginners like to trade and go into endgames. Tactics, because most likely your opponent will blunder at some point and you can use tactic vision to find an exploit. Openings, you don't have to study too much on this but at least study your basic opening lines that you play
So... you are suggesting to study chess to get over 2000. Mystery solved, I guess.
Exactly because unless you're extremely gifted,I don't think play alone will get you to a rating like that,instead a ton of study I'd imagine. Study and play that is.
Aug 9, 2018
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Now that I think about it, play only weaker players lolo just kidding!?
Aug 9, 2018
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SeniorPatzer wrote:
Unless you're preternaturally gifted, it will take internal motivation and hard time-consuming work.
I disagree, as a non-talented player, I got above 2000 USCF in 4 years with some opening, positional, tactics, and endgame training. During this period I never studied a book from cover to cover and also played video games such as tanki and pvz regularly. If you are talently gifted you should be able to do it in 2 years.
cjxchess17 wrote:
SeniorPatzer wrote:
Unless you're preternaturally gifted, it will take internal motivation and hard time-consuming work.
I disagree, as a non-talented player, I got above 2000 USCF in 4 years with some opening, positional, tactics, and endgame training. During this period I never studied a book from cover to cover and also played video games such as tanki and pvz regularly. If you are talently gifted you should be able to do it in 2 years.
I am impressed! That's a really terrific achievement given your lack of a dedicated focus on chess.
Aug 9, 2018
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SeniorPatzer wrote:
cjxchess17 wrote:
SeniorPatzer wrote:
Unless you're preternaturally gifted, it will take internal motivation and hard time-consuming work.
I disagree, as a non-talented player, I got above 2000 USCF in 4 years with some opening, positional, tactics, and endgame training. During this period I never studied a book from cover to cover and also played video games such as tanki and pvz regularly. If you are talently gifted you should be able to do it in 2 years.
I am impressed! That's a really terrific achievement given your lack of a dedicated focus on chess.
Well, I started reading how to reassess your chess when I was around 1000 and that got me up to 1200, and some tactics training got me up to 1500. I began training openings such as the Queen's gambit and the Sicilian defense and that got me up from 1500 to 1800. After learning some positional ideas in thematic positions I got up to 2000 pretty easily. Of course, I did take lessons online and face-to-face and it costs money, but if you have lots of money, why don't spend on something you want to improve at?
Aug 9, 2018
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checkmateeerree wrote:
cjxchess17 wrote:
SeniorPatzer wrote:
Unless you're preternaturally gifted, it will take internal motivation and hard time-consuming work.
I disagree, as a non-talented player, I got above 2000 USCF in 4 years with some opening, positional, tactics, and endgame training. During this period I never studied a book from cover to cover and also played video games such as tanki and pvz regularly. If you are talently gifted you should be able to do it in 2 years.
I don't know. I got to 1955 USCF in 1 year of studying chess
proof? otherwise you gotta be extremely ultra-talented to do that.
Aug 9, 2018
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1955 USCF from what rating? If it’s from unrated, then you must be a liar
Aug 9, 2018
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#76
I saw a kid's rating graph go from being steady rated under 1000 to 1800 in 1 year.
I didn't believe it until I looked him up on USCF. That's really rare (sorry I don't have his name 
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I'm sure @checkmateeerree isn't telling his whole story...
Aug 9, 2018
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#77
Interesting discussion. I went from unrated to 1800 in three years of tournament play. I hope I can push further, though these days, in local tournaments, I’m paired down against lower rated opponents 75% of the time. I still think I have potential to go further as a seventeen year old with good study/time management and limited distractions.
Aug 10, 2018
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#78
I dont see anyone else talking about it, but the pool you play in also matters a lot. If you are 1800 and playing tournaments where the average rating is 1600 it will be much harder to gain points than an average rating of 2000. Sometimes choosing your tournaments and sections carefully helps. I think a key to rating improvement is finding more sections to play up in. not 500 points up, but 100-200 points. makes your wins gain more and your losses lose less, and if you are working to improve than the rating difference between the groups of opponents is not as significant. Then again I have been stuck in the 1900's for a little while now
Aug 10, 2018
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checkmateeerree wrote:
cellomaster8 wrote:
1955 USCF from what rating? If it’s from unrated, then you must be a liar
I was at 700, just playing casually. My parents wanted me to improve so I joined a chess school. From then on, I rapidly increased until I became 1882. Then, I dropped to 1829. I struggled a while in 1800 so I switched coaches. Then, after about 2 months, I reached the 1900s.
do you have a USCF profile? I need proof
Aug 10, 2018
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cjxchess17 wrote:
checkmateeerree wrote:
cellomaster8 wrote:
1955 USCF from what rating? If it’s from unrated, then you must be a liar
I was at 700, just playing casually. My parents wanted me to improve so I joined a chess school. From then on, I rapidly increased until I became 1882. Then, I dropped to 1829. I struggled a while in 1800 so I switched coaches. Then, after about 2 months, I reached the 1900s.
do you have a USCF profile? I need proof
The players is under age, so I don't want to publish his name.
Here it is:
Unless you're preternaturally gifted, it will take internal motivation and hard time-consuming work.