Stuck at 300 elo for weeks now....

Basically i started playing chess again and i wanted to gain a higher elo rating but it gets too hard for me. All the 300-400 elo players play really good against me and i have been practicing many stuff now, Tactics and Puzzles, Middlegame ideas, opening and endgame principles and my rating always stays between the range of 280-320. The opening i use for white is Colle System and sometimes London System, The opening i use for black is the Caro-Kann and my elo rating is still the same out of 2 weeks from countless studying, watching ed vids, playing games, and all of that and i still cant seem to get out of this elo range. Does anybody have any tips or tricks to get out of this elo range?

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

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Hi there,

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Use your time to think a bit more, with 15 min. left on the clock, there is no need to make very fast moves in 3 sec.

If your goal is just to get out of the 300 range, just play scholar’s mate, but if you actually want to get good, here’s some tips:
•Use your time - if you’re playing a 15 minute game, you don’t have to spend 1-2 seconds per move; you have enough time to think and not make too many blunders
•Use analysis on losses - I see too many people only analyzing the games they won; analyzing the games you lose will actually help you more because you learn what you aren’t good against
•Play to your own style - many people will learn the more popular openings and defenses to them(Italian, Fried Liver, Queen’s Gambit), but if you go with one that isn’t too well known or played often that fits your play style(Bird if you’re aggressive, Hippo if you’re defensive, etc.), you will have the advantage against your opponent; though, after 1200, you’ll want to begin playing popular openings again because they are popular because they are good, and most people will know defenses to the less popular openings.

I am 600 elo

wow, thanks for all the help. It helped me gain some elo i went from 280 elo to 330 in one day and im still growing. But in the 300 elo range they really wont fall for scholars mate, now i apply most principles and i use the main line of the italian game which gives me a high winrate and the caro-kann with black. This really helped me thank you all :] edit : well i think people really know how to counter italian game ig u were right

You can do one thing that will immediately boost your rating, and set the stage for future improvement: Slow down! In your recent losses, you used about 1 second per move. It is impossible for you to see the board, calculate, or plan when you play at that speed.

Thanks for all the help, im improving. I dont play blitz or bullet ( if u see on my profile its just to gain trophies for my division quickly ) but either than that i play 15 10 rapid and is improving quickly, thanks for all the support!

I play like 300s

In all of your recent games, you have more time on the clock than you started with, so you are not actually trying and are actually playing blitz/bullet, even though you are playing rapid games. If you want to get better and reach your real level, you have to slow down and actually think. Until you do that, you aren’t really playing chess.

1. Think before you move.

2. Avoid blunders by doing 1.

3. Have some confidence.

4. Don’t resign in a losing position. Your opponent might abandon/stalemate you and cause a draw.

5. When your opponent plays, think what he/she is trying to do.

oh thanks this is what i previously did :

1, 2, 3, 5 ( i used the anti blunder checklist )

what i didnt do

4

Here's an example game:

https://www.chess.com/game/live/129238367439?username=generalpawnman

You started the game with 15 minutes, and ended it with a lot more than 15 minutes (there was increment). A lot of crazy things happened: you won a pawn, you won a piece, you lost a piece, you lost a queen. But no matter what happened, you just made a random move in just a few seconds.

Don't do this. Don't play random moves. Use your time and think.

ok man, thanks

i am trying to use more time for each move now it helped me a lot

one question? what amount of time is good for each move?

all of you guys is helping me a ton, when i posted this. I was at 280 elo, and after reading all of your tips. I am skyrocketing at 360 elo and going higher, i make less blunders than before, tactics getting sharper, better openings. Better middlegame and endgame principles, And i lose less games than before. Thank you all for the support!

Why do you want to get an higher elo? Focus on improving your chess and learn to have fun with it instead. Otherwise you will be just an elo seeker and your chess will not improve