stuck in the 800’s, any tips on where to improve/study?

Do you look at your games after your done ? Its going to be the usual advice everyone writes on here. Blunder check befour you move a peice, develope and castle your peices befpur you attack ( usually ) And somthing i had to start doing is asking ourselves questions during the game. If i attack that peice, where will it move ? Do i have any checks captures, attacks ? Do i have any tactics ? Can i improve any of my peices ? After i exhange these pawns, how will the board look ? And will it be good fpr me ? Solving puzzles will always be the thing to do amounst others.

Tactics is a case of just do it. Do you play sport? Doesn't matter on the type of sport, all require fitness and it doesn't matter how fit you are, you can always improve. So tactics are like running or circuit training, just do them regularly and given time (months) your chess will generally improve. If you prefer structure, then suggest Chess Tactics for Students by Bain which is a puzzle workbook, or any source that groups tactics into themes, and learn/drill the themes. Also look up the Woodpecker Method which is a structured method for drilling tactics - not everyone likes it, but have a go and see what you think. Do little and often, say 5 to 10 per day or 30 minutes. Always solve them in your head, dont guess continuation. Given time, your calculation and visualisation will strengthen. Tactical puzzles develop the brains mental muscles that spot patterns. Your chess should improve.

woodpecker is a good course ! although the puzzles a quite a bit harder then chess.com puzzles

A rating of 800 is a sign of frequent blunders. Think carefully about your move. Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it. That alone will get you to 1500.

I'd recommend playing longer time controls, like 15|10 and 30 min, so that you can, like the people above me have said, check your moves before you play them. Make sure to always think to yourself, "What is the purpose of my opponent's move?" This is basically all you need to work on until you're at 1000. Hope this helps.

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I had a look at some of your games, both those which you won and those which you lost. The winning games looked nice, you got a stable position from the opening and were tactically more alert than your opponent. That level of playing will take you clearly above 1000.

In the games you lost, the decisive factors were tactical blunders. There were usually several of them in a row. If you make a mistake, try to calm down and make as good a move as possible and keep chances for counterplay. Also if you want to improve your rating, don't play when you are tired (such mistakes could be a sign of not being at your best).

I noticed one particular thing related to the Scotch opening (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4). When you play Black it is best to take the d-pawn immediately (3. ... exd4) instead of Bb4+ (4. c3 forces you to move the bishop again so you basically lose a tempo since the check does nothing) or something else. If you don't do it, White will get a stronger center and you will be in trouble fighting against it.

1 Checks- can you check them, can they check you? Should you? Should they?

2 Captures, can you take a piece, can they, should you, should they?

3 Consolidation- can you, or they improve their position/strength on the board.?

Try to run through these 3 things prior to your every move.

At you level play the bots but not rapid games then go over them afterwards to see what you could/should of done better. Also find someone to play who is above just above your level and do the same thing. Learn to develop a better tactical eye but only from positions taken from real games.  Find a sound and basic opening and learn not just the moves but the reason for the moves. There are so many treatises out there for beginners that are not helpful, keeping it simple is best at first to learn.

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@KMWS I haven't tried the course. I have a Chessable account, their spaced repetition tool also supports Woodpecker, so I'm woodpeckering the On The Attack series. I've found the middle sets, 2 and 1 week the toughest. But it does work. At the end, I rattled off 200 Knight based puzzles in under an hour with better than 95% accuracy - a lot of decoy and attraction motifs. I know some find it a bit tedious and I can understand why. It requires commitment to stick with the programme.

Just borrow a beginners book from library and play

same thing except you'll just make moves for no reason too

Honestly, no - I don't recommend anyone plays bots unless they're doing it for fun. As a former 800 I can tell everyone that the ratings are skewed and they play nothing like an actual human. If you want to get to 1500+, practice with real humans - or not at all.

Ratings lower than 1000 are basically ordered from most blunderous to least blunderous. 

Think about it this way.

A 500 is just as likely to beat a 100 as a 2000 is to beat a 1600.

Statistically, yes.

But I would think the latter is more likely since in the former the game would be decided by blunders

From listening to and reading various opinions I have learned that beginners (under 1000s) should concentrate on this:

1. Don't give away free pieces.
2. Take free pieces.
3. Tactics/puzzles
4. Puzzles/Tactics
5. Tactics & Puzzles

Also, slower games give you more time to evaluate new positions. We low-level players usually haven't played enough games to recognise positions we already played a few times already.

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess coach based in California.

I offer a  free beginner’s free eBook on my website, www.ChessByLauren.com in case you are interested. 

   Before each move, I highly encourage you ask questions before every move such as, “If I move here, is it safe?”, “Can I safely capture a piece?”, and more.  

Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. 

Learn basic tactics such as the fork, discovered attack, pin, and more.  I offer interactive puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php  

If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.  

I hope that this helps.