How I improved in Chess in 2021

-~--~-- 2021 --~--~-

1. I have gained ~ 300/ 400 imaginary lichess rating points
2. I have read "My System" by Nimzowitsch
3. I have read "my 60 memorable games" by Fischer and tried to memorize every game (but failed)
4. I have read "100 Endgames you must know" by de la Villa
5. I have read "The life and games of Mikhail Tal" by Tal
6. I have read some other (chess-) books too
7. I have played Chess960
8. I have learned an effective K, B and N checkmate (but have forgotten it since)
9. I have analyzed some master games (including the Opera Game, the Immortal Game, the Game of the Century, etc.)
10. I have learned a little about everything (Opening, Middle-Game, Endgame) and improved a little
11. I have published blogs and followed the World Chess Championship, I also became a Patron and I started posting in forums, to add to this I created some studies (the studies from 2020 were almost all updated)

~-- In the future (or 2022) --~

1. I want to improve even more
2. Thus, I have to read those books again and read a whole lot more
3. Additionally, I want to take a break from chess (although I know, this most likely will not happen)
4. I have to play a lot more slow games to improve calculation
5. I have to create a "real reportoire"

For me, 2021 was a semi-successful year: It was a stressful year, but I improved in chess and broke the "2000 imagianry rating points barrier", that I wanted to break. So, all in all, it was a good year, I guess.
With this said, I hope that you all have a nice day and thanks Lichess.org, for being the free chess server, where people can play and talk chess.

2021

1. First full year of taking chess more seriously and starting to develop a decent opening repertoire.
2. Bought Bookup and started compiling my moves and using Stockfish to analyze my games.
3. Met up with some other adult improvers, which has helped motivate me.
4. Bought some Chessable courses and began the process of patching the hundreds of holes in my repertoire.
5. Switched to Vienna Gambit as White and over the year had decent results and made good progress.
6. Recently started work on a Slav-based repertoire vs non-e4 lines mostly based on Colovic's Chessable course.
7. Very recently started learning the Open Sicilian as white.
8. Some interspersed work on puzzles, tactics, and endgames.
9. Attempting to play different time settings, though I still struggle with blitz and bullet.

2022

1. Continue work on the Open Sicilian and Slav repertoire. When both are in decent shape the repertoire as a whole should be acceptable.
2. Once step 1 is accomplished I look forward to spending more time revisiting tactics and endgame study.

@Yourchesshero said in #10:

In 2021(near the end) i finally realised how much chess are important for me. It is not a quality improvement but it is the begginning. From 2022 chess will be my heart and my life. Chess played on my own,with my rules/openings.
That's actually dangerous!

Thank You Lichess is all I can say ! The Features here helped me to improve even as a 55-56 year old NM ... I really enjoy being able to see Learn From Your Mistakes & centipawn loss . It was a great year starting off "undercover" playing casual chess & later playing in many tournaments ... Studying broadcasted games after completion ( So Many) . Even my facebook pages kicked in with so many games available under videos

I can see so many people trying so many varied ways to improve these days is my takeaway from this post from King's Clash ... There are a few chess books I still deem so well & hold in high esteem like Endgame Strategy by Mikhail Sherevesky that I believe would help others reach goals

I have the Shereshevsky book and it is a classic. I like the focus on coming up with a plan.

IN 2021 when when i was covid positive i started playing chess in april smth and studied some of the opening not some "only one - QUEENS GAMBIT" then i started asking for tips on discord from some high rated player a guy who was like 1900 smth helped me a lot he actually gave me so many tips he said:
MOST IMPORTANT POINT "Analyse you games with and without engine" i followed it
2. Do puzzles " i have done few puzzles at that time but left doing it "
Thats It I tried doing some book but i never studied cordinates so i procrastinated it.
The thing is you just have to look at the board carefully and take chess as a real life war