The one tip that got me to 1000 Elo in a week (from 750)

I was really struggling to get to 1000 Elo. Like struggling is even the wrong word, I though its more or less impossible in the near future and I have to do a lot of studying. However I came up a Youtube Video that had 6 tips to give me better Elo. (Learn a couple openings, play longer games, castle early etc) and one secret tip that really helped me out:

Do not try to attack/win too early. So in Midgame instead of attacking a plan which lets be honest ends up in blunders by us news more often than not. I just go for save and boring plays that slightly improve my position if possible. I think from 750 to 900 I had a 16 game winning streak. Playing against >1000 Opponents I lost a couple but nevertheless climbed quite fast.

I hope this helps other people too.

My current routine to improve now is:

Playing

2 daily chess games (3 day, 7 day) always running

Play 30 mins game when I want to (nothing less) If possible I would go for 60 min or 45/45, but not there yet and often don't have the time.

Studying

Scanning for Blunders after the game, trying to understand situations where I was unsure what to do. I'm not remembering any specific suggestions or any moves that turn out to be better in like 5 moves, thats above my level yet

Do the lesson plan here. I'm at the intermediate Level now. Always making notes going through it slowly.

Mix in some Tactics.

Watch Videos or articles about opening. Soon I want to go really deep into ruy lopez and sicilian.  Since those are most of my games. and also quite the most common.

Of all that I don't have fixed times, I just do what I'm interested in the moment *shrug*. Hope Ill hit 1100 soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgUyxPafWVY

This one

Good tip to be honest and learned it myself the hard way, since it is the opposite of what every GM advices. The reality is that unless you are really good at chess, if you try to make a boring position into an interesting one, chances are that will be at your own expense.  

You're starting to get some of those basics in! Well done! If you'd like to build that up even more, I'd take a look at John Bartholomew's video on undefended pieces. It follows a lot of that "safe play, sound chess" philosophy that does an excellent job at helping beginners understand fundamentals.

Thank you bro I.ll do @tpfrecoil

Actually in tennis its quite the same strat I use very often I just think when hitting the ball, what is the best position I can shoot the ball back. Often a defensive shot i way superior to a crazy 10% winner.

Now i understand why chess gets kind of lame at more than 1000 elo... i mean i miss the blunders and attacks in early game. Now everything is slow. It is exactly like tennis when guys dont do any great shots at all but have a good consistency. Honestly it is hard for me to stay focus so long ( even more when nothings happens). I will have to get used to it or loose.

Thanks, for the info and the link.  That last tip's something I've wondered about.  Seems like as often as not shortly after starting my "attack" things turn to s..t. 

It is not lame. 1000+ is the rating at which real chess (tricky combinations, tactics, strategy)  begins. Below 1000 it is more like piece grabbing and trying to checkmate people with scholars mate.

I think more specifically is don't attack/sacrifice too early unless you see the end of the line with a win or advantage.  Its risk vs reward.  Always assume your opponent will make the best moves.

It's a good tip. I'd go further and say, first build an advantage then attack. The trick then becomes understanding the nature of your advantage or how to build an advantage. For this, look at the differences in the position and try to exploit the features in your favour.

@Viznik. I'm not sure people are anti-blitz, it can be great fun. It's just the census tends to be that long games and study are a better road for improvement. Players going down the long games and study route will be exposed to a wide range of patterns in their studies, such as puzzles solving. So they still get the benefit you mention, just different methods. There are some good arguments for long games and learning. An important one is output. The brain needs output as well as input to understand stuff. The act of recalling and reconstructing knowledge and applying it is an important part of development and building understanding. This is easier to do long games, where there is more time to think. It is also a reason why being exposed to patterns (input) is not enough. You need time to properly recall these patterns, given the position, to complete the learning cycle. I'm of a view that a balanced approach with a mix of long and short games, and study, in all areas with emphasis on weaknesses is probably the most effective. Just an opinion.

This thread clarified my thinking and won like 6 rapid games in a row last night adding 90 points to my ELO.

Honestly for U1000 players I wouldn't go for any time control more than 30|0, you have too much time at that point. Even OTB, I didn't progress to 55|5 or 60|0 games until I was comfortable with less time and forcing myself to make decisions quickly (my rating was >1000 then at least). If you get used to having all the time in the world blitz and bullet, maybe even rapid will give you real problems once you're ready to learn a whole lot about chess and gain a lot more experience. That's my two cents, as I've seen others type multiple times to me

I got 8.5/9 in a tournament last night using this type of thinking I only blundered a couple times in my last game but found a forced draw through perpetual check.

I GOT 1000 ELO YESSS

through constantly playing bullet chess whenever i can. it wasnt pleasant but it speeds up my thought process??? also lets you practice with all the common openings because bullet chess players always do the same things

Yes very important tip. What most beginner see is that they want to checkmate the king as soon as possible like they have a limited number of moves to end the game. It is not that way. Im currently reading silmans complete endgame course (currently on page no. 160) and now i aim to steer my games into a winning endgame position rather than desperately trying to checkmate.

that helped me a lot

thanks for great advice!

can someone summarize it