What is the Best Way to Reach 1000 elo Without ANY Subcription?

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I just slipped off of 600 elo falling to about 530, it feels like I cannot succeed as I have no support. It is a complicated matter but to sum it up chess is forbidden in my household and as a 13 year old I cannot do anything about it. I cannot get a subscription as I am always playing on a school computer. The only way I get away with it is because I am an online schooler and my parents are always at work. I have been secretly learning and playing chess for about 6 years, switching from site to site and I can't seem to be "good" in any way. So I ask everyone on chess.com, "What is the Best Way to Reach 1000 elo Without ANY Subscription???"

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Just play. Do the maximum amount of puzzles and lessons available for free.
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BillByronFan wrote:
Just play. Do the maximum amount of puzzles and lessons available for free.

Are puzzles really that helpful?

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Yes. And not only improve your board vision. They also make it instinct to see Chuck mates and tactics in the middle of games
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Wow, I would like to know, why is chess forbidden in your household? Maybe you can convince your parents to change their opinion if you choose the right words in the right moment (but do NOT say anything about that you have played without their knowledge).
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On lichess you can have infinite puzzles without paying. Just saying, lichess is better for non-paying players.
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Fet wrote:
Wow, I would like to know, why is chess forbidden in your household? Maybe you can convince your parents to change their opinion if you choose the right words in the right moment (but do NOT say anything about that you have played without their knowledge).

It is forbidden because my great great grandfather died while playing chess. He had some sort of heart disease he took medicine for but was distracted by chess. My parents think chess is a distraction in life.

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Fet wrote:
On lichess you can have infinite puzzles without paying. Just saying, lichess is better for non-paying players.

What is lichess? is this a website? happy.png

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BillByronFan wrote:
Yes. And not only improve your board vision. They also make it instinct to see Chuck mates and tactics in the middle of games

I love chuck mates

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#7 🤦🏻‍♂️
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#8 Lichess . Org (cannot write it as a link)
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Im-too-small wrote:
Fet wrote:
On lichess you can have infinite puzzles without paying. Just saying, lichess is better for non-paying players.

What is lichess? is this a website?

lichess.org

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lichess sounds great but "I am always playing on a school computer." some things end up blocked, in this case lichess frustrated.

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you don't

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ok, maybe that was a bit mean, Lichess.org has free puzzles and if you are really desperate I can send you ones

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Im-too-small wrote:

I just slipped off of 600 elo falling to about 530, it feels like I cannot succeed as I have no support. It is a complicated matter but to sum it up chess is forbidden in my household and as a 13 year old I cannot do anything about it. I cannot get a subscription as I am always playing on a school computer. The only way I get away with it is because I am an online schooler and my parents are always at work. I have been secretly learning and playing chess for about 6 years, switching from site to site and I can't seem to be "good" in any way. So I ask everyone on chess.com, "What is the Best Way to Reach 1000 elo Without ANY Subscription???"

why tf is chess banned in your household

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ForkMe_ThenSpoonMe wrote:

you don't

im sorry I don't understand thoughts. "you don't" has no context, which means I have absolutely no idea what you are referring to when you say "you don't"

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did like your parents choke on a pawn

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wet-coughdrop wrote:

did like your parents choke on a pawn

#7

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ForkMe_ThenSpoonMe wrote:

ok, maybe that was a bit mean, Lichess.org has free puzzles and if you are really desperate I can send you ones

"desperate" is a strong word. I like to think of it as not desperate but "searching for guidance" in a way. I want to get better naturally, some puzzles help and some don't when someone sends stuff, they don't know what level of puzzles I should or shouldn't be doing. This is a kind gesture though, I will however, humbly decline.