I need tips.

I've been on chess.com for 4 years and I'm incapable of getting more than 500 elo. I've played chess in my school club for 7 years and always lose. Do you have tips to improve? Thank you.

Hi,

I’d recommend focusing on learning patterns (puzzles) and evaluating what’s going on in positions by making a mental checklist that helps you look at how each piece is interacting on the board with each other (puzzles/games). For example a common checklist is looking at all the possible checks against the kings, possible piece captures, and then possible threats on pieces.

At your level it’s all about keeping your king and other pieces safe while seeing when your opponent isn’t doing that. Try some Daily chess games to allow yourself time to go through a checklist each move to help you understand the positions before moving, and solve some puzzles each day. There are also a lot of free resources such as ChessAble to practice and learn more knowledge to then practice with by playing games.

If you want to play unrated daily games with takebacks enabled with me let me know, we can work on this together.

Thanks

Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
Think about your move.
Consider 3 candidate moves.
Calculate.
Evaluate.
Decide.
Do not play your intended move.
Imagine it played on the board and check it is no blunder.
Does it hang any material? Does it run into checkmate?
Only then play it.
This little mental discipline alone is enough to reach 1500.

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond.....

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Thank you

Thanks

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:

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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.

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