You should treat rating just as a milestone in this whole process of improving as a chess player. The day I stopped caring about it and instead started to focus on the process of improving my game which ultimately took my game towards the next level and my rating followed me like a shadow and it improved even without me noticing it. When I look back on my chess journey as a chess player till now (FM) I feel as though the more I was focused on improving my rating (the number aspect) the harder it was for me. This will help you to have a strategic balance between your games and make them sounder. I recommend studying the games in dept by the players like Tigran Petrosian, Anatoly Karpov, Boris Gelfand. Since you have already learned the fast-paced game (tactics) it’s time to focus more on the positional game. There are lots of things one can do with the training partner that one cannot do alone. This will not only motivate each other to pursue new heights in chess but also act as strong support. I highly recommend it if you have not already so as to start working with different players. Having someone to work with be your friend or an online buddy is always a blessing in chess. The Short Answer: Have a training Partner and Study positional Concepts Constantly training various tactics and focusing on visualization is a must for players to improve their rating. The calculation is the only way in chess by which we can look at the future in chess and make decisions accordingly and this skill cannot be ignored. All the strong players present today know their classics very well. Studying the master’s games of the past not only improves your knowledge regarding the classics but also helps you to understand many different ideas. Now it’s time to upskill them by looking at how the great players of the past have played chess and learn from their games. The Short Answer: Study Classical games and improve your calculation and Visualizations skillsĪround this level, you already have knowledge regarding the endgames as well as openings and different types of tactical patterns and themes.
IMPROVE CHESS TACTICS HOW TO
You should know what you should be playing against different set-ups and how to manage the position in the resulting middlegame. To develop yourself as a complete chess player it’s important to have an opening repertoire for White pieces as well. This will not only help you to improve as a chess player but also your knowledge regarding the game would improve at a whole new level.Īlso studying endgames gives you the confidence to transform the game from winning middle to the won endgame. Having a basic understanding of different endgames is a must for the players to improve from this level. The Short Answer: Study Basic Endgame and Learn to open with White This will help to make decisions in the openings fast and intuitively. This will help you to improve the knowledge regarding the same opening and also the grip of the opening would increase. And start playing it almost exclusively in all of your games. You should already be focused on building your opening repertoire and I suggest to at least have one pet opening with Black. You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. To improve from here you have to replace the blitz games with the rapid time format around 10 Min or 15 Min+ 5 Sec Increment.Īlso after the game, you should build a very important quality in yourself to analyze and identify the mistakes you have made or how you could have improved your play. This is one of the things which could damage your chess progress and make you stuck around this rating range. One of the biggest mistakes players make when they are improving as a chess player is they play lots of Blitz games. The Short Answer: Play Rapid Games and Learn one opening with Black