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Right now you're winning majority of your games so your rating climb may not stop anytime soon. At this point tactics alone should be enough for you to win almost all of your games. When I reached 1100 for the first time I solved a beginner tactics book again and again untill I could tell in seconds what answer to that problem was. The point isn't to memorize the problems but to develop a sense of instinct of sorts so that when you play a game you can feel if there is a tactic or not. When you don't blunder and you don't miss your opponent's blunders you are going to more likely win.
sasanka_sarma wrote:
Right now you're winning majority of your games so your rating climb may not stop anytime soon. At this point tactics alone should be enough for you to win almost all of your games. When I reached 1100 for the first time I solved a beginner tactics book again and again untill I could tell in seconds what answer to that problem was. The point isn't to memorize the problems but to develop a sense of instinct of sorts so that when you play a game you can feel if there is a tactic or not. When you don't blunder and you don't miss your opponent's blunders you are going to more likely win.
You look really strong from the 1600 rating! and being 400 points away from 2000 is an achievement. Im really Surprised that you can reach that level in just 3 months from being 1100, I’m really curious about the specific steps you took to improve so quickly. What other strategies or resources did you find most helpful in your journey to reach that level?
SethLeeChess wrote:
sasanka_sarma wrote:
Right now you're winning majority of your games so your rating climb may not stop anytime soon. At this point tactics alone should be enough for you to win almost all of your games. When I reached 1100 for the first time I solved a beginner tactics book again and again untill I could tell in seconds what answer to that problem was. The point isn't to memorize the problems but to develop a sense of instinct of sorts so that when you play a game you can feel if there is a tactic or not. When you don't blunder and you don't miss your opponent's blunders you are going to more likely win.
You look really strong from the 1600 rating! and being 400 points away from 2000 is an achievement. Im really Surprised that you can reach that level in just 3 months from being 1100, I’m really curious about the specific steps you took to improve so quickly. What other strategies or resources did you find most helpful in your journey to reach that level?
That's a misunderstanding. I was originally in the 1400s at this site but later stopped playing for more than 5 years being busy with my studies. When I started playing again this year, the 1400 players were wiping the floor with me. I just felt I wasn't as good as I used to be so i made a new beginner account and slowly climbed again from the beginning. I didn't technically reach 1600 from 1100 in 3 months, I just regained my original playing strength and then improved a little bit more i guess.
However it's true that it took me less than year to reach 1400 from a complete beginner. But the thing is, I was heavily neglecting my studies in return. Still in case you're interested to know I mainly read chess books likes Winning Chess strategies and Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan. I also studied endgames from Silman's Endgame book for my rating range from the book.
sasanka_sarma wrote:
However it's true that it took me less than year to reach 1400 from a complete beginner. But the thing is, I was heavily neglecting my studies in return. Still in case you're interested to know I mainly read chess books likes Winning Chess strategies and Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan. I also studied endgames from Silman's Endgame book for my rating range from the book.
Oh, ok. Thank You. I haven't tried reading chess books about strategy or endgames (all iv'e been doing was watching videos) So I guess the chess books can be more elaborate than videos, so it may help. Again, Thank you!
Hello, Ive just reach 1100 elo rating here on chess.com, (for the higher rated players) do you have any good advice into getting to 1200? and what did you guys learn or did to get there? Just wanted to get insight and inspiration. thanks.