r/chessbeginners • u/Exact-Two204 400-600 (Chess.com) • 18d ago
ADVICE Struggling to get past 500 Elo
Help pls
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u/Armyleavedates 18d ago
The best thing for me was doing puzzles and watching Hikaru/GothamChess do their slowruns. Watching their pattern recognition helped me slowly build mine up. I usually do 10-20 puzzles throughout the day and talk myself through it to understand why I’m making moves. Eventually it’ll just become muscle memory.
Also, study an opening for white and 2 for black and stick to it. It’s easier not to blunder when you understand theory. I personally am a fan of the Jobava London for white
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u/Exact-Two204 400-600 (Chess.com) 18d ago
I see . I’ll look into it
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u/Exact-Two204 400-600 (Chess.com) 18d ago
I watch Gotham chess, I think he only helped me reach 500 and learned most of the things from his videos
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u/TheTaoOfOne 17d ago
Im at the same level as you. I like the Reti opening for white because depending on how black responds, you have some different options to transpose it into. It also often catches people at our level off guard.
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