Hello everybody, I'm 19 years old. I started learning chess 2 months ago, and I got to a rating of 1400 (rapid) on another site . I believe I am in a reasonably good level: I rarely blunder pieces and my tactics are somehow ok, I try to play longer time controls and I practise tactics everyday. My question is: How do I progress from here? is it time to learn openings and more strategy or should I just play more games? Do you have any useful tips and resources for an amateur like me or some study schedule in details maybe? I would like to reach an advanced position and take my chess to the next level.
Thank you!
note: So far I watched ChessNetwork's and IM John Bartholomew's videos, as well as other chess youtubers, and I found them very very helpful.
note 2: I don't use chess.com so frequently so that's why my rating here is quiet "bad"
Ratings are not absolute measures. They rate you relative to the group of players on whatever site you got it from. Ratings from different sites aren't easily comparable.
You are the same player but you were a 1217 here. 1217 isn't bad. Many people would dream of beating a 1200.
That rating was only based on 10 games, however, so it wasn't considered very accurate. It would be interesting to see if it would have changed.
Hello everybody, I'm 19 years old. I started learning chess 2 months ago, and I got to a rating of 1400 (rapid) on another site. I believe I am in a reasonably good level: I rarely blunder pieces and my tactics are somehow ok, I try to play longer time controls and I practise tactics everyday. My question is: How do I progress from here? is it time to learn openings and more strategy or should I just play more games? Do you have any useful tips and resources for an amateur like me or some study schedule in details maybe? I would like to reach an advanced position and take my chess to the next level.
Thank you!
note: So far I watched ChessNetwork's and IM John Bartholomew's videos, as well as other chess youtubers, and I found them very very helpful.
note 2: I don't use chess.com so frequently so that's why my rating here is quiet "bad"
Edit: I know ratings aren't so precise but it's just to show where I stand so you guys could give me some tips that can really help me