How to get out of 200-500 elo hell

I'm not sure if there are other forums related to this topic (but I honestly don't care about those).

But can someone tell me how to get out of 200-500 elo hell?.

For starters wandering what the hell elo hell is (no pun intended. Well if it's even a pun. So dont say anything), well elo hell is when someone reaches a stage in their chess career where they just become stuck and is in a loop of constantly winning and losing (fsr excluding draws). So yea.

I have been stuck in elo hell for the longest time when I reached 200 elo. It took me lots of time and practice to outsmart these dumb fellas and over 100 games of playing chess.

But i'm worried that when I play against stronger opponents on the 500 elo scale (currently I have 405 elo as i'm writing this), I think i'm going to be back in elo hell and it will take even longer to exit this chess purgatory. So that's where this forum comes in handy. Of course you can also tell me tips that can bring me up to intermediate level.

Spend $6 a month. 
Do puzzles. 
Watch the lessons.
Review all your games. 
Reaching 500 will be easy.

I got out of that bracket just by binge watching Daniel Naroditsky. If you haven't heard of him I'd look up his channel. Insane instructor. I was stuck at 450 for a while and took a study break where I just binge watched videos and came back and like crushed to 850 in one sitting

You don't care if someone has already answered this topic? So instead of putting in a minimum of effort yourself, you want someone else to put in the effort for you?

An hour a day of tactics at chesstempo.

Figure out the solution before moving a piece.

Or don't spend $6 and use lichess. Go through all their lessons in the 'practice' section (including those on endgames). Do lots of puzzles, both slow ones and puzzle rush/storm. I see the puzzle rating is around 500, which is a catastrophe. The puzzle rating is usually much higher than then playing rating, do more of those!

I spent a whole week grinding 8 hours a day and by the end I was past 500

Improvement in chess can be difficult and slow. If you're not improving you are probably doing things in a rut, the same way. You should try a few things:

- Do puzzles and learn what they are trying to teach

Sorry, I keep hitting the button to post. Do some puzzles every day, here or somewhere else. Next, watch someone else teach a bit. Then, you don't need to learn an opening, but a lot of players in your skill range do some unique things in the opening. It doesn't hurt to play the same opening for a little while so you can get some experience in it. Games from different openings can feel very different from each other and for now you'll want to find something you're more comfortable with.

An underrated thing one can do is watch master games. For example, from agadmator's YouTube channel. Even if you don't understand a lot, it gives an idea of what good chess looks like. Where to put the pieces, how to use tactics (for example, pins), etc. Imagine trying to get good at basketball but never having watched any. Kids who get started in a sport, be it soccer or basketball, grow up watching competent players and try to immitate them. The way they shoot and dribble, for example. Many people in "200-500" hell, as you call it, only watch themselves and others at a similar level, and never see what good and purposeful development of pieces looks like. Even if you don't yet understand these games at a deeper level, some pattern recognition will rub off.

Thank you!!

Or do everything in this list but for free on Lichess

blundercheck

i recommend that you try not to hang your pieces, and also look for pieces that your opponment could be hanging

I wish I could do puzzles, I only get to do three out of eight a day. I find them really helpful though. How much does it cost to unlock eight per day?

you can! for free!

https://lichess.org/training

The biggest reason people struggle in lower-level chess is because of blunders. They make them in almost every game.

A mistake can instantly put you in a bad position, no matter how well you played earlier: if you had great opening knowledge, great positional skills, great endgame skills, whatever; a single mistake can change everything (you lose a piece or get checkmated).

So, how do you avoid blunders? Follow this simple algorithm:

While avoiding blunders is crucial, I also share a few basic principles with my students. These principles help them figure out what to do in each part of the game - the opening, the middlegame, and the endgame. Understanding these simple principles is like having a map for your moves. I provide my students with more advanced algorithms that incorporate these fundamental principles. When you use this knowledge along with being careful about blunders, you're not just getting better at defending. You're also learning a well-rounded approach to chess. Keep in mind, chess is not just about not making mistakes; it's about making smart and planned moves to outsmart your opponent.