@BrilliantMoveStorm said in #1:
> For a few months, I have been stuck at 1400, witnessing everyone I know get to a higher point, or others who are lower get to my rating. I am not jealous of them, but I just want to be able to that to. For improving I am kind of clueless on what I should do, because right now my training consists of analyzing classics, doing tactics, playing practice games and analyzing my tournament games but I haven't seen substantial improvement from that. Instead I keep lingering at my current rating, and I want to get to 2000 by the end of this year. It may seem overly ambitious, but I am determined to do so. If you can suggest any books, areas to train on, or just general things I can do, please tell them to me, because I will do ANYTHING to become 2000 by the end of this year.
1. The first thing I would do is ask those people how they are improving and then try to imitate it.
2. I agree with the others here that 1400-2000 in a year is unrealistic. It is great to have optimistic goals, but they should be a little bit more realistic while still being high enough that you will be motivated to achieve them.
3. Your current training program seems pretty decent. How is your consistency on doing these things?
4. With chess, I have seen people improve vastly different amounts with vastly different training. Some are able to reach your rating or higher without studying, others plateau below 1000 and would need serious work to improve. I think you should focus to a training program, and revisit the problems you solve (spaced repetition).
Good luck!
> For a few months, I have been stuck at 1400, witnessing everyone I know get to a higher point, or others who are lower get to my rating. I am not jealous of them, but I just want to be able to that to. For improving I am kind of clueless on what I should do, because right now my training consists of analyzing classics, doing tactics, playing practice games and analyzing my tournament games but I haven't seen substantial improvement from that. Instead I keep lingering at my current rating, and I want to get to 2000 by the end of this year. It may seem overly ambitious, but I am determined to do so. If you can suggest any books, areas to train on, or just general things I can do, please tell them to me, because I will do ANYTHING to become 2000 by the end of this year.
1. The first thing I would do is ask those people how they are improving and then try to imitate it.
2. I agree with the others here that 1400-2000 in a year is unrealistic. It is great to have optimistic goals, but they should be a little bit more realistic while still being high enough that you will be motivated to achieve them.
3. Your current training program seems pretty decent. How is your consistency on doing these things?
4. With chess, I have seen people improve vastly different amounts with vastly different training. Some are able to reach your rating or higher without studying, others plateau below 1000 and would need serious work to improve. I think you should focus to a training program, and revisit the problems you solve (spaced repetition).
Good luck!
