How to I go from 800 to 1000 in Live Chess?

I do tactics puzzles (the free ones for now), checkmate puzzles, read a chapter now and then, but am still stuck in the 800's in Live Chess, and have been in the 800's for a few years.

I've heard that going from one rating class to another is exponential, that is, going from Class E to D is a million times easier than going from Expert to Master, for example, so I would think that improvement at my level should be pretty simple and straightforward. 

Using my Live Chess rating as an approximation, I would be in USCF Class F (800 - 999), a low rating, which would suggest that after a year or less of practice and play, I would jump to Class E (1000 - 1199) in a short time with some study?

My current rating is 919, but that is a rare peek. My average is 800 and some change. Suggestions for averaging 1000 in Live Chess? Thank you.

Below is a sample of my most recent games to give you a feel for my strengths and weaknesses.

There are many roads to improvement in chess. I have my own methods, which I figured out after I became a chess master. I share them free, on YouTube video with a free lessons program which emphisizes what you need to know mostly, and how to maximize your study time. Link to my website is found in the "about me" section of my profile here. Plenty of other resources on my website to improve your game. Thanks for your time.

How much longer?

Blitz play leads to impulsive habits. Longer games are better. Try 30 0, easy to get a game here with that control. But the whole key is to teach yourself, since you're playing the game. My videos show you how to do that.

Video one made a lot of sense, and I especially liked your talks on thinking deficiencies and studying your own games.

Regarding the idea that chess is 99% tactics, I took that as gospel, did a bunch of them every week, seeing a few more tactics in my own games, but never progressing to 1000. 

My gut tells me that my biggest weakness is counting errors, where I incorrectly calculate exchanges, dropping a piece when the dust settles. However, I gotta go over my games, find my true strengths and weaknesses, and play slower. Thank you.

No training can really help you if you don't ask yourself : "what's the threat ?" like in game #3

Why didn't you spot that one ? Is that because you didn't look, or you did, but didn't notice that f2 was under attack ?

If you didn't look, then you should and probably play longer games (30'+). If you did, but couldn't spot the threat you must work on basic defensive exercises (basically asking yourself what the threat is in every diagram you see...)

I found this site to be *incredibly* useful when I was picking up some of the very basics. Check out the "Attackers" and "Defenders" puzzles. They are very quick and will really help you to look and see what pieces on the board are doing.

http://www.chessgym.net/tac_select.php

Record your games and study them is a good start.

I took a quick look at your first game. 

On move 29, you moved Nf7 and hung your knight, when Nh7 would have won you the pawn and freed your knight from the pawn threat at the same time.

Now granted, your opponent didn't even notice the blunder, so it didn't cost you anything in that game, but!...

Looking at simple little improvements like that and striving to implement them can add up to some higher ratings from where you are right now in my honest opinion.

Again, I just looked at the first game you posted and you seemed to play well. Move 29 was the one that stood out. Not sure if this is the kind of feedback you were looking for, but I hope it helps.

I have not check your games, but I will give you simple tips.

1. Look at the whole board.

2. Always study your opponent's last move.

3. If you have lots of time, don't rash your move.

4. Study endgames.

- tactics -  its all about attack in chess. In some games you can play for fun : try to do sacrifice, and mess with opponent's king  threating it in possibile every next move. recognize those sacrifices which would let your opponent right into troubles. try to calculate but dont try to think about an hour on single  move and then run out the time. Honestly I dont know why you are so low in rank seeing your games, i think you could get about 1500 rank 

first game: dont try to gambit, play safe, solid chess and you will win at your level when they drop pieces.

second game: ok

3rd:  6. or 7.d4

4th: good, solid chess

5th: 14.Qe2 is losing for you.

6th: playing for too many 1 move threats, just devlop, then look for an atack

7th : he couldve trapped your bishop with 1..f4
You werent placing your pieces on good squares.

Develop naturally, by the time youve finished your opponent is likely to have already hung a piece 

2 very simple things. Look at your opponents threats, and concentrate.

1) don't play blitz. Absolutely useless to play anything below 10 minutes. You'd be better served by games around 30 minutes total, or even correspondence chess.

2) try to play with people stronger than you. It's not healthy when you make blunders and your opponent doesn't punish them.

You said it much better than I did

I didn't see 7...Qf6 as a threat because I forgot about Black's bishop on c5, completely! I think it was because I was real excited to play 8.Nd5??, forcing Black's queen to move again, picking up a tempo, while threatening 9.Nxc7+, forking Black's king and rook, winning a rook. Doesn't that sound like a great plan?

I don't know what kind of stupid thinking that is called, but I hate it when my brain completely ignores such simple threats like a mate in one on f2! I do know that mating pattern very well, so missing this mate was not due to a weakness in tactics.

I need to get back into the habit of doing what NM Dan Heisman teaches, and that is to check for checks, captures and threats on each move, for both sides. 

I will experiment with different time controls, to see which ones give me enough time to perform all of these checks. I wonder what my Live Chess rating will be in the future when it becomes a habit to ALWAYS ask those questions (checks - captures - threats), on EVERY move? Hmm...

My Tactics Trainer rating is much higher than my Live Chess rating, so it looks like playing at a 1000 strength should be possible with the right  thinking process. Thanks to all who have given me helpful tips.  

My Tactics Trainer rating

Current:

1231

Highest:

1432 (3/27/12)

Lowest:

1116 (8/1/12)

Keep praticing ....good luck :)

hahahahaha   I can relate Mr. Spocky  (btw.....love your nickname!)  lol 

Thank you! Your Live Chess rating is well over my target of 1000.

I looked at one of your games and noticed that you caught every hanging piece, gobbling them all up. Well played!

I also noticed that your clock was set to 15 10, which gives you an added 10 seconds per move. Do you feel like you have enough time to check for threats before making a move?