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Hello, what I should do, if I not improve last year at all. Lose many games. Puzzle strike helps a little, but jurt in day, when I solve it.
And what to learn debuts? Thank you. I am a girl, if its meaning.
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@Rebeachess13 said in #1:
> Hello, what I should do, if I not improve last year at all. Lose many games. Puzzle strike helps a little, but jurt in day, when I solve it.
> And what to learn debuts? Thank you. I am a girl, if its meaning.

If you want to improve with chess, I suggest to follow the footsteps of Botvinnik (coach of Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik, the 3 Ks). One of Botvinnik's mantras was : Analyse your own games. And therefore learn from your mistakes.

Tactic puzzles can help, but you may also need to improve your chess strategy and your endgames.

Here some suggestions written earlier :

- Start studying, reading, exercises, puzzles, playing slower time control, analysing all your games, and in depth daily, every day, and work hard at least for a few months.
- Set modest goals, for example 1800 in Rapid on Lichess in three months time.
- Consider getting a chess coach, or two (Yes, some chess players have two chess coaches).
- Enjoy your chess, have fun, look at the beauty of chess positions, absorb it, and slowly like looking at a beautiful painting in a museum. If you have no fun in chess and are only focused on rating and results, it will likely be more difficult to progress.
- Play casual chess games or as guest, and see how that goes, compare it with your rated games. Are you putting yourself under a lot of pressure in your rated games ?

Then it is possible, that despite your hard work, that you have reached your ceiling.
If that is the case, just play some chess for fun, and find other hobbies to enjoy.
Hi@Rebeachess13, assuming you are asking about openings, lots of strong players at my chess club have told me its not important to learn too much theory. Stick with one or two openings and understanding moves before you play them is helpful.
"... Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thinking it takes to plan, evaluate, play long endgames, and find deep combinations is just not possible in quick chess. ... for serious improvement ... consistently play many slow games to practice good thinking habits. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf
"... Review each of your games, identifying opening (and other) mistakes with the goal of not repeatedly making the same mistake. ... It is especially critical not to continually fall into opening traps – or even lines that result in difficult positions ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2007)
web.archive.org/web/20140627062646/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman81.pdf
"... Logical Chess [(Batsford edition by Chernev)] ... a collection of 33 games ... is definitely for beginners and players who are just starting to learn about development, weak squares, the centre, standard attacking ideas, and the like. In many ways, it would [be] a wonderful 'first' book (or first 'serious' book, after the ones which teach the rules and elementary mates, for example), and a nice gift for a young player just taking up chess. ..." - IM John Watson (1999)
theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/assorted-recent-books
www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004861
"... For beginning players, [the book, Discovering Chess Openings by GM Emms,] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..."
web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
www.amazon.com/Discovering-Chess-Openings-Building-Principles/dp/1857444191?asin=1857444191&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
I'm sure that if you don't lose motivation and you keep doing what you're doing, your rating will go up. You're good at tactics puzzles, and you play with slow time controls, which everyone says is a good idea.

You've lost your last 5 games! Losing five in a row is going to make you feel bad. When I lose multiple games in a row, I think:

"Why am I playing chess? I'll never improve... I suck at chess... It's not for me."

But Capablanca said:

"You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player."

You've played about 1000 games, but 800 of them were in the last year, so I think we can say you are still quite new and inexperienced. Therefore, I think it's too early to worry about your rating.

I believe experience is important, so why don't you play 'some' blitz?

This is the opposite of conventional wisdom, but I think there's something to be said for quantity over quality, and blitz is fun too. Play some blitz, experiment with some sharper lines (not just the Giuoco Piano). Dare I say it, sac a pawn or even a piece, play ugly, trick your opponent, win in a time scramble, study less and play more... you know, have some fun.

Good luck chess friend!
@Rebeachess13 said in #1:
> Hello, what I should do, if I not improve last year at all. Lose many games. Puzzle strike helps a little, but jurt in day, when I solve it.
> And what to learn debuts? Thank you. I am a girl, if its meaning.
All good and fine but what's 'debuts'?
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