Why am I no better after completing 1000 tactics?

your brain takes time to heal from hardstudy, eat healthy foods, sometimes theirs more than 1 correct answer in a tactic ,the downfall about online tactics,is that they want only 1 correct answer... In my opinion tactics are better otb for that reason..... think your better off with composed studies. study Gligorics work .it should help.

chess.com TT only accepts 1 answer. Other sites wont fail you for moves that are also winning, but are not the engine's #1 choice.

1000 tactics in 4 days is like skipping class all semester then pulling an all nighter the day before the exam to read the textbook.  Sure, you're better off than if you hadn't read it, but it's not like it's going to stick.  It's much better to spend 10 minutes on one problem and really analyze it and understand the solution than just bang through it and redo it until you've memorized 'the pattern'.

REST !

don't forget about rest other ways you are going to burn yourself out take 3 days completely off chess !

Then come back and do the SAME 1000 tactics again , after that repute rest 3 days and 1000 SAME tactics again.

1 month time I GUARANTEE if you follow my instructions your rating will increase by at least 200 points !!!

I've been listing that page a lot and it plus the tactics problems themselves only work if your thought processing isn't lazy - and fast games help instill lazy thinking habits because you don't take the time to go through a complete thought procedure.

There are varying examples.  Here's a good one someone (sorry, I cut and pasted it but forget to get the commenter's name) posted here this week:

Pre Move Checklist

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.

5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"

Like I said I did the 1000 tactics on lucas chess.

Solving tactics puzzles won't necessarily make you better at finding tactics in real games.
I don't even know why people believe this.

Agree 100%. In a tactic problem you know there is a winning tactic so you look until you find it. In a game there may be no winning tactic or a tactic which you think is winning but is in fact not. Or you simply let the moment pass by because the position looks normal and you don't expect there to be a tactic there.

Tactic practice is not how you get better.

 

If you watch many titled players, you will see them miss elementary tactics fairly often.

 

 

Beginner tactics are the place everyone needs to start out, but they aren't gonna let you tactically stomp your opponents. They are better for preventing you from letting your opponent get you with obvious tactics. Also you should go over those problems a few more times, 4 days isn't enough for them to sink into your brain. Higher level tactics will let you actually get people. I'd suggest 303 tricky chess tactics once you've mastered your current problems.

 

Also tactics come from a superior position. If you want lots of tactics in your games you need to learn how to play strategically strong chess. The Amateur's Mind by Silman helped me a lot in that area.

 

 

That's arguable.

 

Lucas Chess is not the best tactics site/app . You can try chess.com or tactics chessbase.com

 

honestly, much respect for your 1900+ tactics rating. But your 60% pass rate, says that you don't give them the time required.

completing tactics is not enough.. understand those tactics which you think is good... and practice those tactics regularly... im sure in some days you will know how to apply them against your opponent...

It's because he did them on Lucas Chess and not on this site, as explained in the opening post.

IMO that site looks like a good place to start. Then buy a book like the Polgar book suggested above. Solve all of the problems in the book repeatedly until you can solve each one almost instantly.

Hey man. I started on the site as well. It got everything the books (there are 2) got, content wise. But I'm a bit of a bookworm and for training purposes or for revisiting the patterns the books are more efficient. I got annoyed using it online and switching between pages etc. Also easier on the eyes. But really excellent explanations, training of thought process and a real eye opener how complex simple tactics can be. When I started with PredatC, I already knew more advanced tactics but boy was I missing basic constructs. Hope you have fun with it. Just one more tip....don't overdo it. The brain can't remember scores of tactics so take your time with it. Once you understand the right technique, it'll become easier finding and recognising tactical patterns even without memorising. If you have any more questions pm me or ask here. GL

No pain no gain, are you sure you felt pain while training?

That's right, the George Lucas Star Wars Chess Tactics training app - the first 3 modules were OK, but the 3 later modules were slated by the critics

Personally, I feel like solving tactics everyday keeps me in good shape but if you're a beginner I will tell you right now stop worrying about tactics because we need to understand that tactics
come from good positions. Chess isn't 100% tactics you need positional understanding, opening knowledge, principle, etc. It's like you're shaq expecting to hit consistent 3 pointers when he hasn't got his free throws mastered