I've been stuck around 1800 ELO in person, and I'm looking to improve my rating the fastest and most consistent way possible.
Might be worth getting a third party to analyze your recent crop of games or taking a crash course on how to do it better yourself. I am crap at Chess but great at selling and in both spheres a cold hard and granular look and what you are doing, why, wastes of time etc are worth their weight in gold.
I bet there are some good Chess players on here that could help without stinging you for coin but if you are serious about titles, paying a coach might be a good investment.
I have paid for many sales conferences in the past (though I researched them very well before putting my hand in my pocket) and they have paid for themselves many times over in the long run.
Investing in yourself. However times are hard and the coin might not be there for that. The other options could be to seek a freeby from a nice soul on here or go on a youtube search and create a crash course of tutorial vids on how to DIY it better.
I did this several years ago in order to learn SKU systems and inventory management better. Saved an absolute fortune in cash and time.
I bet there are some good Chess players on here that could help without stinging you for coin but if you are serious about titles, paying a coach might be a good investment.
I have paid for many sales conferences in the past (though I researched them very well before putting my hand in my pocket) and they have paid for themselves many times over in the long run.
Investing in yourself. However times are hard and the coin might not be there for that. The other options could be to seek a freeby from a nice soul on here or go on a youtube search and create a crash course of tutorial vids on how to DIY it better.
I did this several years ago in order to learn SKU systems and inventory management better. Saved an absolute fortune in cash and time.
"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012)
"Every now and then someone advances the idea that one may gain success in chess by using shortcuts. 'Chess is 99% tactics' - proclaims one expert, suggesting that strategic understanding is overrated; 'Improvement in chess is all about opening knowledge' - declares another. A third self-appointed authority asserts that a thorough knowledge of endings is the key to becoming a master; while his expert-friend is puzzled by the mere thought that a player can achieve anything at all without championing pawn structures.
To me, such statements seem futile. You can't hope to gain mastery of any subject by specializing in only parts of it. ..." - FM Amatzia Avni (2008)
"Every now and then someone advances the idea that one may gain success in chess by using shortcuts. 'Chess is 99% tactics' - proclaims one expert, suggesting that strategic understanding is overrated; 'Improvement in chess is all about opening knowledge' - declares another. A third self-appointed authority asserts that a thorough knowledge of endings is the key to becoming a master; while his expert-friend is puzzled by the mere thought that a player can achieve anything at all without championing pawn structures.
To me, such statements seem futile. You can't hope to gain mastery of any subject by specializing in only parts of it. ..." - FM Amatzia Avni (2008)
@Rey0825 said in #1:
> I've been stuck around 1800 ELO in person, and I'm looking to improve my rating the fastest and most consistent way possible.
What comes to my mind by looking at your games is, that you like to play a lot of bullet games.
Imho bullet is a very "dangerous" thing for a player's improvement-plan.
What i see often (and also in several of your games) is, that you move way too fast, when playing slower time controls and missing several opportunities the position gives you - instead playing a standars-schematic-move. In 10+0 games you enter the middlegame with 8 minutes on the clock - that's nice, but you left out several opportunities, to give the game another direction or even blunder sometimes.
So, to sum it up I'd play slower, think deeper on the position and try to spot the inaccuracies of my opponent and adapt to them. This is a main difference between the average club player and the strong club player. Focusing on that also in the analysis of your games will give you at least a chance to develop (i don't speak about titles since i know there is much more effort to put into that...).
Have fun!
> I've been stuck around 1800 ELO in person, and I'm looking to improve my rating the fastest and most consistent way possible.
What comes to my mind by looking at your games is, that you like to play a lot of bullet games.
Imho bullet is a very "dangerous" thing for a player's improvement-plan.
What i see often (and also in several of your games) is, that you move way too fast, when playing slower time controls and missing several opportunities the position gives you - instead playing a standars-schematic-move. In 10+0 games you enter the middlegame with 8 minutes on the clock - that's nice, but you left out several opportunities, to give the game another direction or even blunder sometimes.
So, to sum it up I'd play slower, think deeper on the position and try to spot the inaccuracies of my opponent and adapt to them. This is a main difference between the average club player and the strong club player. Focusing on that also in the analysis of your games will give you at least a chance to develop (i don't speak about titles since i know there is much more effort to put into that...).
Have fun!
Thanks
I studied 6-8 hours a day for several years.
Have fun!
Have fun!
Greats don't work a lot; they fix their weaknesses by practicing a little while staying healthy with school, breaks, exercise, & other hobbies, too. Thus, they avoid tilt, burn out, & health issues. Don't work hard, work well.
The more you work, the worse you become; the less you work, the better you become (Sometimes, not working accelerates progress: lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/im-cant-get-2000-blitz-rating#6).
The more you work, the worse you become; the less you work, the better you become (Sometimes, not working accelerates progress: lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/im-cant-get-2000-blitz-rating#6).
What's the race?
Just focus on game don't think about time and it's relative.
Study games and analyse them. Do puzzles. Watch top level games. Read relevant books.
But the moment you think about time, you can't become titled player!
Just focus on game don't think about time and it's relative.
Study games and analyse them. Do puzzles. Watch top level games. Read relevant books.
But the moment you think about time, you can't become titled player!
Lost time is never found again. ~ Mom
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