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Yay i finally reached the 1700 mark after so long! 🙂

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Originally posted by jman566
Yay i finally reached the 1700 mark after so long! 🙂
Congrats. That is an impressive achievement. Now, you need to set the goal of reaching 1800!

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actually the first goal is to stabilize the rating above 1700, something I can't seem to do.

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congrats!!! 1700s are great, but not as good as 1800s which are not as good as 1900s...

I've been stuck in the 1700s for a year and can't get out. I just got to 1801 as a new high and made sure to get back down 3 seconds later.

The most important thing is to just play and ignore the numbers

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
Congrats. That is an impressive achievement. Now, you need to set the goal of reaching 1800!
thats my goal!!! i remember when it was my goal to be at least 1500

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Originally posted by pijun
congrats!!! 1700s are great, but not as good as 1800s which are not as good as 1900s...

I've been stuck in the 1700s for a year and can't get out. I just got to 1801 as a new high and made sure to get back down 3 seconds later.

The most important thing is to just play and ignore the numbers
One thing i learned that has helped me improve is taking breaks and changing my attitude. when i was stuck at 1400-1500 i was intimidated by anyone over 1500. then one day i told myself that i could take them and stopped being scared and eventually i had no problem. then after that i got stuck in the 1500. i quit chess for a while (two weeks or so) then came back and started going up. 🙂

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Originally posted by jman566
One thing i learned that has helped me improve is taking breaks and changing my attitude. when i was stuck at 1400-1500 i was intimidated by anyone over 1500. then one day i told myself that i could take them and stopped being scared and eventually i had no problem. then after that i got stuck in the 1500. i quit chess for a while (two weeks or so) then came back and started going up. 🙂
Yeah, when I was a youngster and learning chess relatively fast, I noticed that short breaks often helped my game. It was almost as if I needed a short break to assimilate everything.

Later, when I was playing OTB tournaments, I used to swear off chess a day or two before the tournament. I don't know if it helped, but I never got the "I'm sick of chess" feeling in the middle of a tournament.