@Roibabax Kenzaburo is right. Doesn't mean he himself is trying to improve beyond his current level, or otherwise doing what he says.
Also tpr's advice is super sound.
Now how on earth are you 21 tactics and 16 rapid.
Look at the many instructional articles on
chess.com. They post a lot of them, and are very helpful.
A good book is the one by Kasparov on his matches with Karpov.
Also stay tuned for the upcoming match Carlsen-Caruana, which will be available on the internet with grandmaster comments.
@Roibabax The 2500 figure is from the average figure of the top10 guys from the Autumn Marathon. I mean sure there is some margin for improvement after 2500 in the trainer, but it should be definitely ENOUGH for practical purposes.
And about the socre stuff if we have similar scores in the trainer it takes a different amount of time to solve the same problems. Say twice the time for each 100 points in bullet.
And I agree with
@lecw . Don't personally follow it, but quite sure that's the way to improve.
Thanks to all new answers.
@lecw , i take lots of time to resolve puzzle, this is one reason.
Also i think my real level is more 1700, until now i have play many games not at 100% of my possibilities, sometimes too many games in the same day, like an addict to chess and screen.
I am trying now to change this, playing always very concentrate and best possible.
@Kenzaburo ok ok....But it means that until i reach this 2500 rate in tactics, all others works (openings endgames or else) are quite useless, this is what you say ? I dont know if i will reach one day this level.
@Roibabax Let's put it another way, each 100 points you get in tactics are worth more of chess skill than the same amount of time dedicated to watching your favourite youtube streamer, reading your favourite chess author, learning the Ruy Lopez or studying bishop vs knight endgames.
I mean the rest of things are all also useful and some of them might be funnier than improving tactics and trying to find patterns. But if you want raw improvement, tactics will do it more efficiently than the rest until you reach 2500 in the trainer, of course it will take a lot of time. But the same time dedicated to other chess things will get less improvement.
i also have a relatively high tactic rating and still suck at the game.
i feel i recently got some improvement in my game by doing blitz tactics on
chesstempo.comGet a solid coach that will assist you in improving your weaknesses, I started taking chess seriously about 5 months ago and my coach has helped me a lot in that I went from a 1300 player to a 1900 player, even though I have to reach that level again lol as my last account I forgot the password and had to make a new one, but I've even managed to defeat my international master coach before tho that was a while back, I meet daily with him and in 3 months i made it to 1900 but I have issues with fundamentals and my progress has slowed its also odd but weaker players tend to do a lot better at defeating me than strong players, I told my coach I'll fear no GM but will fear all 1200's as that seems to be the theme with me, IDK I get up a piece and two pawns easy win but lose interest against lower players thinking,would you just give up already and as such I lose out of stupidity
I think you have to do what's fun for you. If you just try to push trough in misery I don't think you'll get much out of it.
So, playing games is fun.
Tactics training is good and I've come to find enjoyable. It wasn't that fun at first for me, but then I found a tactics book I liked and I got better at it too, which helped. That's one point to consider which is not apparent right off. As you get more experience in chess you'll come to appreciate different things.
Books are only good if your good at getting information out of books, not everyone is. Don't try to force yourself to if it's not productive. I've read many chess books, not all the way through, but enough to get something out of it. The thing is out of 50 or so books I've found ten or so that I like. It works out though because I can now go back and study those more. So, you've got to find out what's a good book for you.
I think a coach would be very helpful, but I don't think everyone can go out and get a chess coach. Like a book, you'd have to find a coach you like working with, and you can't go out and sample 50 coaches.
In lieu of a coach though, a friend you play chess with can be helpful in that regard too. Playing OTB chess gives you a different feel for the game, for one thing, and that has to be somewhat helpful. And if you get to the point that you can not only play a game but analyse the game with your chess partner, that is helpful too. That's what a coach is doing at a higher level.
As for time to put into each of these, let it vary. Do what's most comfortable to you and what feels the best at that time. It's a long distance run, a marathon that never ends, not a sprint!
That's where I am, but I'm an old man. I can see where a young guy might just want to sprint away. So, just go for it, however you want.
Thanks a lot Ldog.
Very nice to read you.
