Does anyone know what I must do to break my 1300 strength and move on to a 1500 player. That's all the rating strength I desire. I want to hit a CLASS B level. If I do Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess course volume II, will I be able to achieve a 1500 rating in a year with hard work? I play my chess computer constantly, and it rates me at 1300 all the time. Some people think 1300 is a decent player, but 1500 is a titan in the casual playing world. How do I go about achieving this? I will do anything. Study anything! I just need to know the best way to go about this goal! It's 200 points, but the 1300 player only has a 1 in 20 chance to beat a 1500 player. If I can obtain a 1500 true chess strength, I will be totally satisfied with that accomplishment for the rest of my life. Anyone have any advice? Also, I've studied tactics books, and I often use tactics. I scored 1850 on the exam in Killer chess tacts. What am I missing? What's going on?
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Originally posted by powershakerPost a few examples of your average games so we can start building a clear picture of you and your possible problems.
Does anyone know what I must do to break my 1300 strength and move on to a 1500 player. That's all the rating strength I desire. I want to hit a CLASS B level. If I do Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess course volume II, will I be able to achieve a 1500 rating in a year with hard work? I play my chess computer constantly, and it rates me at 1300 all ...[text shortened]... actics. I scored 1850 on the exam in Killer chess tacts. What am I missing? What's going on?
quit blundering? 🙂 haha, I know, easier said than done. but there really is a point. that is, I find that all my losses so far have been caused by stupid stupid stupid oversights, and to make myself clear, I'll throw another stupid into it. Things that you realise only seconds after you moved. things that you do know better. "oh, I just moved my queen for a pawn to eat." "oh, that bishop just checkmated me from the other side of the board." "oh, that knight just forked my queen and rook." -sound familiar?
be more careful. concentrate. take your time before moving, and you'll see what you were going to do wrong. and do lot's and lot's of tactics of course. then do more tactics. It'll help you see the threats in time. - It doesn't really matter much what opening you choose if you keep dropping pieces.
plus, don't over extend. play same openings so that you'll get more familiar with them. watch the center. but most of all, stop hanging pieces. 🙂
works for me, anyway.
Bad Wolf, here's a game I played against Caligula. It's a disasterous loss!:
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Why did that board do that??? LOL! Anyway, here's a game I won against a player more my strength:
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Originally posted by powershakerI hit 1500 in about 8 months of starting chess. One GOOD beginners chess book is enough. Nimzowitsch 'My System' is a good one. Logical chess move by move is the one i read (by Irvin chernev). Perhaps look at one Grandmaster Game a day (spend 10-30 minutes) and just get a feel for what a good move looks like. You'll be surprised how easy it really is to improve to that level. 🙂
Does anyone know what I must do to break my 1300 strength and move on to a 1500 player. That's all the rating strength I desire. I want to hit a CLASS B level. If I do Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess course volume II, will I be able to achieve a 1500 rating in a year with hard work? I play my chess computer constantly, and it rates me at 1300 all ...[text shortened]... actics. I scored 1850 on the exam in Killer chess tacts. What am I missing? What's going on?
I find sometimes, I'm doing combinations that amaze myself! I look back at those games afterwords, and I think, "Wow! I pulled a gem off on this one!" Then, on another game day, I'm playing like a patzer! That game with obliteration, I think he made a huge blunder by not detecting clearly identifying the tactical pin, and the position of my pieces near the end. Wasn't a brilliant win, but I did take advantage of my fellow 1300 player's blunder, more like punished it.
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Originally posted by powershakerHmmmmm, a problem I can see was with that of your king towards the end, the king was left partially neglected at the top of the board, whereas your opponent developed theirs. This problem became prevelent at the end when the exchange of bishops would occur - the opponent's king could then start taking your pawns.
Bad Wolf, here's a game I played against Caligula. It's a disasterous loss!:
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I suggest you practice your endgame pretty thouroughly because I think the middle-game and opening looks pretty sound (although these could use improvement as you overlooked a single pawn loss) but you lack the skills to finish it. Check out this website - http://chess.about.com/library/ble70ndx.htm
it has some helpful tips but there are better sites.
Sicilian Smaug, 2500 is pretty much impossible to reach unless you're chess gifted like Josh Waitzkin and devote your life to chess. You have to clearly have rare talent to achieve such a height. If you don't achieve a master rating in your 20s, you'll never achieve 2500. Master's ratings never really improve after the age of 30. I wouldn't want to be a grandmaster. You have a much more difficult time of having a good time. It becomes a job then. Some grandmasters will tell you that class players have it made in the sense that they aren't bound to schematics, memorized theoretical lines that must be played because it's the lastest, etc... Chess is nearly dead at the grandmaster level. Hydra - the super computer - is playing 3000 ELO chess! It crushes all the grandmasters. But, my little 1300 butt has room to improve, explore, enjoy... Hail the 1300 player! Leave it to me to save chess itself! Blunders are us! haha
Sicilian Smaug, I remember one of those games I won against you, and you definitely were not a 2500. LOL! Check this game out where I obliterated you with my 1300 power!
The theme and title of this game is:
How to Pin Pinch a Smaug Dragon! Enjoy!
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