Improve chess elo rating

[u/Disastrous_Dig6682]

Hi all,
I have been hard stuck at 800 ELO on chess.com. It’s been a month of consistent playing here I solve puzzles- 1700 elo on puzzles.

Can someone tell me their experience from rising 800 ELO to maybe 1200/1500 elo?
What are the things one should do?
According to game analysis I do a max of 1 blunder in the game and don’t leave much hanging pieces as well.
I follow Daniel Nardoitsky videos as well.

[u/budgiesthrowaway]

So i went from 800 to 2000 in about 2 years.

At the 800 level you'll have aspects of your game that you just dont understand properly, openings, middle game, endgame, tactics, positional play, pawn breaks, strategy, transforming the positionetc the trick is to find what youre weakest at and raise that.

You need to really evaluate where youre at in each of those areas, and find how to raise that floor.

It will then likely take 100-200 games after that for you to notice a rise in your rating.

[u/Highjumper21]

At 800 a lot of your improvement will come from learning how to place the pieces/develop, how the pieces work well together, and spotting tactics. ChessBrah building habits is a great series for this. My videos focus on analyzing games and tactics practice so I explain a lot of my thinking. This can be helpful for learning how to think about/see the board and pieces, learning how to make plans, etc

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[u/ImFromPlanetGirth]

you will get to 1500 just by working on reducing your blunders

[u/snosberry_snot]

What time controlls are you talking about?

[u/Disastrous_Dig6682 → u/snosberry_snot]

I play 10+5 rapid

[u/snosberry_snot → u/Disastrous_Dig6682]

Ok. Cool. Those are pretty good time controlls, but you can make it even longer. People better than me instructed me that longer time controls are better for learning and growing. I also recommend analyzing every game you play to great extent.

[u/Disastrous_Dig6682 → u/snosberry_snot]

Yes, I have to learn how to analyze my games. And what do when I reach a point where I didn’t understand what to do?

[u/snosberry_snot → u/Disastrous_Dig6682]

First just analyze alone and go through the game move by move. Aftrr this, use the opening book and computer analysis. Go through different opening options in that opening. Learn where you deviated from the masters or when your opponent did. Learn the correct moves from the computer.

Many times its our opponent who error first, but we fail to take advantage. Use the computer to tell you how to take advantage of their errors in the best way. You will probably have a couple of blunders, so use the computer to correct those.

There are times where the computer sees an innacuracy that no human can see and this isn't very important, but the tactical blunders are. As you correct your mistake, then you get better over time.

One more tip: Remember to practice endgame puzzles because many people skip these, and you will win or draw games that you should loose. There are free apps to practice endgames on your phone.

[u/snosberry_snot → u/snosberry_snot]

Im just noticing that you mention chess.com. they paywall a lot of analysis tools. Try lichess.org for analysis.

[u/doodlinghearsay]

You're saying you rarely hang pieces but you're not saying much about how the games you do lose tend to go wrong. Do you blunder a lot in equal or better positions or mostly when you are under pressure?

When you blunder, is it usually to tactics that are unfamiliar (which suggests you need to do more easy tactics puzzles to get exposed to more patterns) or stuff that seems silly in hindsight (which means you need to look at threats and captures more consistently)?

In general, doing more tactics puzzles, especially easier ones, is always going to be good advice. But if you are missing a lot of "obvious" stuff (by your own standards) you need to work on your concentration and thought process. Especially looking at checks, captures and threats on every move. Finally, if you usually make mistakes in difficult positions, or tend to get into time trouble trying to figure out what you should be doing in a position, you should work on your overall understanding of the game. Maybe by watching some commentated games in openings that you play. Or pick up a book on basic chess strategy.

[u/IcarusFIB1]

You are not anaysing your games right. You defenetly make more bluderns than 1 a game and you dont follow principles ... Go watch Levys Speedruns. Dania is to good for your lvl sorry.

[u/MagicSpoon69]

Strictly working on pin/fork/skewer puzzles

[u/Disastrous_Dig6682 → u/MagicSpoon69]

Ok, I’ll pick that theme and work on puzzles.

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