A diamond membership to chess dot com for Christmas? That might do the trick. But then you have to use it a couple of hours a day.
How to get from 1800 to 2000?
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Oct 30, 2010
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When you analyze your losses, where are you making most of your mistakes? That would probably be a good place to start.
The 1800s of today are the 1850s of the future
Oct 31, 2010
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Try to find a system that suits your personality and style. For example if you prefer a tactical game as opposed to a positional one, then play open games (Italian complex and most king pawn openings) and systems that meet your preference. If you prefer positional chess then look to play more closed games (Queen pawn and hypermodern). Lastly look over masters games of the styles you like to play. The time you spend looking over even 10 games a week will surely pay off in the long run.
If you're sure about not making simple blunders go for perfecting your openings most people make inaccuracies there
Well , some times its very difficult to advance further once you come to a certain rating. But keep on working hard and you will advance in the long run.
For my part I try to minimize my mistakes!
Thanks for all the responses. Sorry if I confused anyone; my rating is 1800 USCF. I go to OTB tournaments but I don't play on chess.com.
My biggest weakness right now is 1) I'm too passive 2) openings 3) Planning
I'm working on overcoming my passivity and taking initiative. I've decided on which openings to play and I'm learning those right now. I'm not sure if that will help, but I sure hope it will.
I'd say get a coach, if you have the money for it. Much easier to just have an expert tell you what you have to work on. And if there's none in your area, there's aplenty around the internet.
Be patient. A USCF rating of 1800 is strong for someone your age. When Jeremy Silman was your age, he played through massive numbers of Grandmaster games. Maybe that would help.
good advice spaghettio thats the way petrosian used to play but he had an eye out for his own plans and tactics
(i think it's called prophylaxis when u prevent ur opponent from playing good moves (if u do that he has no choice but to play normal or bad moves))
but for that u need mega patience and practice basic and slightly complex endgames for this as it will usually transit into endgames if ur opponent plays correctly
My advice is: study your own games fisrt !! Try to find out where you are bad.
I studied famous Nimzowitsch My System and I can tell by chess get better.
If you think your opening is the thing you should practice, then select gradmasters games (let´s say 2500+) and go trough them. Try to understand every move in the opening, try figure out what was the plan and then aply it in your games. You should allwas have a plan! Not only in your games but also in your study.
For example:
Monday: 1 hour of opening
0,5 hour of tactics
0,5 hour of endgames
and so on ...
I had almost exact plan like that and I went from 1820 F to 2000F in about a year
My goal for 2011 (I know it's still 2010 :)) is to get from 1800 to 2000. I've been 1800 for about two years now; for about 9 months, I hadn't studied chess or actively gone to tournaments. But since about 6 months ago, I've been very motivated and I need to improve. I am very focused and determined to reach this goal and improve at chess. I know I need to study hard and I am willing to study hard. However, I don't have a chess teacher and I cannot afford one.
So that is basically why I am on here asking for advice. What do I need to improve on to reach 2000 from 1800? A little bit of everything (can you please list them?) or one particular thing (like positional chess for example)? Thank you so much!