My USCF rating is not increasing. I study puzzles/tactics, play OTB games as well as Online games, and even buy chess books and read and solve them thoroughly(Casablanca's books are my favorite). I need more advice. I still am not sure how to implement these maneuvers in real games. And the universal way of "getting better" is not through tactics I believe. I've solved hundreds of puzzles on lichess per week, hence the 2000 plus puzzle rating, play puzzle rush and normal tactics on chess.com and also have a tactics rating of about 1700. But my USCF rating is about 1200. How is this possible? How can I be so many rating points shy of my tactics rating? Please share advice!
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Solving hundreds of puzzles once is better than nothing. But it’s not much. Again, to get to 1800 solve 300 positions from chess tactics pro app or Alburt’s training book 7 -10 times over until you instantly answer all 300 puzzles, to develop pattern recognition. Then increase puzzle number to 1000. Then 2000.
Read How to reassess your chess or Ameteurs Mind or both books a couple of times over.
Then after 1800 opening repertoire start to make a noticeable difference. So you will then watch repertoire videos, not just openings, but specifically one color and one variation one line that you will use.
Do puzzle rush daily. Go over the ones you missed. Focus on simple tactics, but you must solve simple tactics instantly, that’s the goal. If it’s a mate in 1-3 moves or win of material you must do it just like you answer what 2+2 is, you know it’s 4, you don’t need to calculate or think, same with tactics. Then you will bulldoze people under 1700 easily.
Read How to reassess your chess or Ameteurs Mind or both books a couple of times over.
Then after 1800 opening repertoire start to make a noticeable difference. So you will then watch repertoire videos, not just openings, but specifically one color and one variation one line that you will use.
Do puzzle rush daily. Go over the ones you missed. Focus on simple tactics, but you must solve simple tactics instantly, that’s the goal. If it’s a mate in 1-3 moves or win of material you must do it just like you answer what 2+2 is, you know it’s 4, you don’t need to calculate or think, same with tactics. Then you will bulldoze people under 1700 easily.
Wow...Thanks. That helps a lot-I guess i thought i was doing too much but I guess not. Thanks!! @Kusokosla
I wish bots can play tactics
Praxis! Praxis? Praxis.
Playing chess well is not about accumulating dry knowledge. Solving tactics is practicing corners and penalties, but that’s not everything.
Play many games online and offline and look for improvements.
Playing chess well is not about accumulating dry knowledge. Solving tactics is practicing corners and penalties, but that’s not everything.
Play many games online and offline and look for improvements.
Do a blunder analysis of your games and eliminate *the causes* of those blunders, one at a time.
There is no easy answer, or there would not be 2340938349032 billion threads on getting better. I would get a coach for one month and see if he/she can see your mistakes. maybe time, opening, end game (doubtful), lack of attacking, bad at exchanging pieces or you miss the same obvious attacks. really, i've learned A TON from streams when they say things like, "pawns are pointed this way, we attack this way".... or maybe something about how to sacrifice pieces correctly and when. and how to play differently against weaker players, like try a crazy opening to throw them off their book.
anyhow, just think more. lol
anyhow, just think more. lol
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