Hello chess friends. I would like to ask what is the difference between a 1300 chess player and 1400 or 1500. I got from 1000-1300 just by doing Tactics and watching lessons here. But is there something else? Should I start consider something else than Tactics and lessons?
No idea, I guess higher rating player can see more critical and long term game plan. Which I sometimes can. (I'm 1400) but not very often.
I think someone who is 1300 still has some major hole or holes - could be tactics, but it also could be endgame basics, opening concepts, or something else. Most 1500 players are pretty solid across the spectrum without a gaping hole in their game. I think to be 1500, you need (1) solid tactics including checkmating patterns, (2) basic endgame fluency, and (3) basic positional and strategic understanding, including for a spectrum of openings.
Hi! I just recently crossed 1500 in rapid after struggling for a few months. My strategy? Aside from doing tactics, I decided to stick with one opening against each of e4 and d4. That way, I was able to build positional understanding and know what the first few right moves were, as well as what the general middlegame plans were. I am actually going to be pausing now to do some study on openings and their middlegame strategies, as well as endgames, for the next few weeks. What I would emphasize is that you must ALWAYS be on the lookout for what your opponent wants to do (easier when you see the same openings over and over again) and to not be discouraged. It took we quite a while to get from 1200 to 1500. Last piece of advice: STUDY THE ENDGAME.
Hello chess friends. I would like to ask what is the difference between a 1300 chess player and 1400 or 1500. I got from 1000-1300 just by doing Tactics and watching lessons here. But is there something else? Should I start consider something else than Tactics and lessons?
Learn all basic endgames and tactics, prepare atleast first five moves of opening before your game or have a weapon against most of replies and openings, double check your move before its played to avoid blunders and you should be able to reach 1500 easily. I started playing two days after you made this post and Im already 1500. The main difference between 1300 and 1500 in my opininion is that the 1500 rated players just have more experience and somehow can feel which move is the best with less effort.
The key is to think carefully and to always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
I was a 2100 rapid. Got back to rapid 2000. Opponents just feel the same. I just keep on practicing and try to win each game and try to rise my online ratings. I will be 2300.
I have no clue, I just went from 1300 to 1500 and I didn't notice any difference.
Hello chess friends. I would like to ask what is the difference between a 1300 chess player and 1400 or 1500. I got from 1000-1300 just by doing Tactics and watching lessons here. But is there something else? Should I start consider something else than Tactics and lessons?
Not all 200 rating differences are the same. Many people have a rating of 1300 rapid and 900 blitz, while most people who are rated 1500 rapid are rated 1300 blitz. So that difference of 1300 to 1500 rapid is roughly the same as the difference between 900 blitz and 1300 blitz.
It is just the way it is. 1300-1500 rapid is really a 400 points rating difference in disguise. Just like 500 blitz and 800 blitz are nominally only 300 points apart, however 500 blitz players are often times rated 700 rapid, while 800 blitz players are rated 1200 rapid, which means that the difference between a 500 and 800 blitz player is really 500 points.
Not all 200 rating differences are the same. Many people have a rating of 1300 rapid and 900 blitz, while most people who are rated 1500 rapid are rated 1300 blitz. So that difference of 1300 to 1500 rapid is roughly the same as the difference between 900 blitz and 1300 blitz.
It is just the way it is. 1300-1500 rapid is really a 400 points rating difference in disguise. Just like 500 blitz and 800 blitz are nominally only 300 points apart, however 500 blitz players are often times rated 700 rapid, while 800 blitz players are rated 1200 rapid, which means that the difference between a 500 and 800 blitz player is really 500 points.
Lots of valid points, there. There is so much more purpose to play the Bots for assessing one's rating, than randomly meeting someone in Live.
I also use the custom settings in the Puzzle section, for getting relevant feedback on my improvement.
Pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster... That's how I got to rapid 1499 ramen... 
Monster bless! I will keep you in my prayers Ramen!!
Thanks for the link, an enjoyable Sunday afternoon read 
. Have you thought about moving it (or at least duplicating the articles) to www.chess.com/blogs?
Keep practicing and trying to improve. 👍
But as a mid 1300 who lost 50 points today (its 1333) and yesterday it was 1389 it is not easy in my opinion and I am thinking to quit chess forever because it's too much for me . As a student , i can't study chess like openings so please guide me
Keep practicing and trying to improve. 👍
But as a mid 1300 who lost 50 points today (its 1333) and yesterday it was 1389 it is not easy in my opinion and I am thinking to quit chess forever because it's too much for me . As a student , i can't study chess like openings so please guide me
Those who play for fun will find it a lot easier to improve. Treat it like a game where the point is having fun, not winning.
Keep practicing and trying to improve. 👍
Your performance can easily fluctuate from day to day. You lost 90 points in 2 days not over the course of months. I always remember this quote by Hikaru Nakamura because of how profound it was: "Form is temporary, but Class is Permanent". You didn't all of the sudden become a worse player you are just having a bad couple of days or weeks or months, you still have that same level of knowledge and potential you had when you were 1389, you just need to make a few adjustments and it will eventually go back up again. That means you aren't playing the way you were 3 days or so before. It was either GM Jesse Kraii or IM Greg Shahade who said this: the path/graph of improve doesn't at all resemble a straight line, intact many time your path to improvement is 3 steps foward 2 steps back, and then eventually 3 steps foward again. Maybe you did hit a plateau and are experiencing the grind of chess that is incredibly mentally draining. If so I recommend to either take a break from the game to refresh your mind and come back in a week or a month or to try something completely different; a new time format or variant, new and fun opening, studies or puzzles, maybe watch a chess stream on twitch, or look at some top level chess on Chess.com's or Agadmator's YouTube Channel to inspire you. Honestly from my own experience, there is no quitting chess. You drop the game and pick it up again months or years later, Super GM Vassily Ivanchuk quit chess and still plays in games at the highest level from time to time, Super GM Hikaru quit chess to focus on school and ended not only coming back but making a career out of it with his Elite level matches and his twitch stream, IM GothamChess at one point wasn't seeing the improvement he wanted, quit chess and hated the game for a while and he later was either given or found a book on the Caro-Kann and re fell in love with the game, I personally quit chess due to disinterest and lack of competition against my peers and a few months into the pandemic which was years later I refound my love and passion for the game. If chess is frustrating then go watch PogChamps and see players hang all of their pieces yet still have fun and enjoy the game, it help me cool off after frustrating losses. And if you truly are stuck and frustrated and convinced you are going to quit then before you do, please for me who spent a long time writing this but more importantly for yourself watch this one video titled "Stuck at Chess" by GothamChess before you put it down for good. I hope this was helpful and keeps you in this beautiful game. Good luck
Thanks for the link, an enjoyable Sunday afternoon read . Have you thought about moving it (or at least duplicating the articles) to www.chess.com/blogs?
I just achieved 1500 in rapid and have played numerous 1300-1500+ players.
whenever I play 13xx they are much more liable to drop pieces. Like a free knight and I will go from slightly losing out of the opening to winning.