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Hi all. Probably this question was made thousands of times but i am not really 100% happy about answers.
So i repeat the same question that every chess player probably thinks at least once during his/her chess career.
How can you get improve at chess slowly but surely,100% working method? Even if i need 1 year to be slightly better i will do it,but first 2 or 3 things about me(so you can suggest me the best method for me). I play always same openings(Alekin,KIA;KID),rarely i resign(i move very fast if i am losing),i prefer closed center and wing attacks,i play both fast and slow time control,sometimes i analyze my games(but not all 100%),i like to play versus engines and getting crushed(because i always learn something i hope),i watch a lot chess videos or live streams,i do some tactics every day,i play both weak and strong opponents(everyone is welcome,i no care about rating,i only wanna improve),seldom i read some parts of chess books(i bought a lot during my life but i prefer to play,because reading after 2 or 3 games commentated becomes a bit boring i guess),i am very competitive(i never offer or accept draw,even if i am a queen less,i wanna play until mate),i know i will never be a good chess player but i wanna play chess for all life. Regarding to these things about me,what can i do to get improve very very slowly but surely?Every answer is well accepted. Do not be afraid to tell critics or that i am wronging all,i really need to improve!
i'm a lowly rated minion of one.............. there is no 100% method. that's about it. i was, in my young days, like you: bushy tailed, eager to improve, yet cognizant of my limitations... studying every opening........ back in my youth........ now........as time's wheels churn away, i no there are many fewer churns left for me. so i say to you: nope. no 100% method. heed my tale of woe, born of experience; or disregard it.....
There is no sure 100% solution. If that's why you are not 100% happy...well, you're likely to remain so.

And you may indeed not ever be a "good chess player"...but your rating is higher than most everybody else on here. So what're you asking here for? ;)
Ehm ok,i am wondering nobody will explain his/her training method that worked to get improve for him/her,right?
ok, bub. i read your lengthy post at the top....... wow, but why owuld you take advice from a patzer like me???? why indeed...

well, since you seem to love playing and getting smashed like a smurf, but you HATE studying annotated games and reading books, etc ----------- you need to study annotated games, master games, and books such as fischer's or tal's or whomever. if all you do is play and get your b*lls crushed ------------ you'll probably never improve much. you'll stay the same. it don't take a weatherman to see which way your wind is blowing. you need to study, which you hate to do. that is the only way you'll improve.
You seem to be doing fine. Keep doing what you’ve done to get to where you are.

In addition here’s my advice. Start paying attention to endgame technique and efficiency more. Pay attention to more subtle ideas. Look for and study positional tactics - positional pawn sacrifices, opportunities to change the pawn structure favorably (because maybe you have a light squared bishop and your opponent doesn’t in the KID for example), etc. You need to expose yourself to new ideas if you want to continue learning.

that means don’t keep playing the same openings. play new openings, and experiment more. And read your chess books. There’s still a lot to learn at your level, and you need to look harder to find new information.

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hope this helps!
Study of endgames. Champions like Carlsen beat lesser grandmasters in the endgame.

Thorough analysis of all of your lost games, so as to identify your weaknesses and learn from your mistakes.
Fischer did not play in 1969, but came back in 1970-1972 much stronger than before. He had analysed his "My Sixty Memorable Games"
Although I,m not a grand master,yet!,I have improved steadily over the years and I put it down to nothing more scientific than this-If you throw enough sh1t at a wall,some of it will stick.I believe if you keep playing,its inevitable you will improve as you become more confident with positions and certainly how to navigate your way through the openings and into the middle game.Understanding endgame technique is an advantage as its almost like a new game within a game.

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