stuck at 300-400 elo

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nivyaxD
ive been stuck at 300-400 elo for about 2-3 months now... i think my tactics are decent(?)-(my puzzle rating is approx 1000) can someone pls analyse my last games and give me tips to improve?
damianiakkocur

iam sorry

RussBell

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Duckfest

Based on your game vs dany9142

Your opponent blunder a piece on move 9, giving you the better position. After their blunder on move 11 (11. gxh5) you play a great move (11. Nxh5). You now have an even better position. On move 12 your opponent blunder again (12. Qg4). You are now completely winning.

You have 26 minutes available, almost 27 minutes. You can take their Queen. Not with a tactic. You can simply take the Queen. Instead of looking at all available options until you find the best move, you only use 6 seconds and immediately take the Bishop. Lucky for you, the Queen was blunder again so you could take it. 

You can't make an informed decisions in just a few seconds. Not yet anyway. Take time before making your decisions. On my blog I wrote an article about the basic decision making process. For each move you need to go through these 4 steps:

  1. Look at the board
  2. Identify candidate moves you can play
  3. Evaluate the position for each of the moves
  4. Pick the best one

Good luck on your journey

 

 

Also. Why did you resign in a winning position?

yourmother089
Bro same
nivyaxD

@Duckfest thankyou so much

Let_me_be_a_winner

You know that puzzle rating does not reflect your chess rating. But you would get used to it as it takes time to understand the complexity of chess. Just practice with lessons and puzzles and when using analysis look for how you lost and how to refute that.

magipi

Back to the game that Duckfest has linked with his great insights.

I would like to repeat his question: "Why did you resign in a winning position?"

nivyaxD

i lost my queen (and would have lost a rook in the previous move) my pawn was hanging and bishop was undeveloped so i thought i would lose...i dont think i know how to evaluate positions as winning or losing

magipi
nivyaxD wrote:

i dont think i know how to evaluate positions as winning or losing

This is another reason to never resign. Resigning in an obviously winning position like this is just very weird. No calculation or evaluation is required, you just take the a6 bishop with bxa6 and you are up 2 pieces.

nivyaxD

thanks everyone ill try to not resign and ill take more and think before i make a kive

nivyaxD

thanks everyone ill try to resign less and ill think more before making a move

ChessMasteryOfficial

You should learn most important principles of a chess game. That will give you a solid understanding of a chess game and you will know what to do in every position. Then, you should optimize your calculation so you don't miss tactics in your games. Your rating will skyrocket. I can help you with all of this. Message me if you are interested.

CallenChess

I am this kind of level. I’m trying to improve.

et0f

I started recently but can’t eat my Elo to budge

 

Astyork

Stuck at 300-400 Elo? Focus on fundamental skills, like tactics and openings. Analyze games to identify weaknesses. Seek guidance from stronger players or invest in resources to improve your game.

Abir23112009

Your rating must be in 650 pn blitz

Mazetoskylo
nivyaxD wrote:

i lost my queen (and would have lost a rook in the previous move) my pawn was hanging and bishop was undeveloped so i thought i would lose...i dont think i know how to evaluate positions as winning or losing

You don't need ANY sort of deep evaluation to judge that a couple of extra pieces are worth more than one pawn.

And... "i think my tactics are decent" ----> far from it, they do need drastic improvement.

GrandmasterJohn15
If you want to go up in rating play the English Opening. Great opening. Solid. And plenty of attacking chances!
et0f

Not 400 but I’ve been stuck at 600 for a year now. I play pretty consistently and watch videos but can’t improve.