I'm a beginner player who started not too long ago.
How can I improve quickly so I can become a National Master eventually?
analyze your mistakes (particularly in lost games), play longer time controls, follow a good routine with plenty of time dedicated to chess, and stay in good physical state with good mindset. you can read "The Lightning Kid" by Vishy Anand, where he talks about his journey and what is the champion's mindset, whether in bad form or good form, else there are some pretty decent videos on YouTube.
for study material, it's best to start slow and easy. studies on Lichess (endgames, middlegames, strategy, calculation etcetera) and by studying annotated master games (find them for free on chessgames.com and by browsing around a bit, or by buying chessbase access to mega database). then, when you reach around 2100-2200 in Lichess rapid or classical, you can proceed to books like "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht, "Calculation" by Jacob Aagard, "The Woodpecker Method", etcetera.
maybe the studies, videos and annotated games will be enough for you to reach NM, maybe not. but I believe that it will, if you continue with discipline and resilience. remember, it is important to train aspects like calculation, middlegames, endgames, positional play; whether via books or by other study material.
best of luck in your journey!
(@)Kaspar0vRegen10: 'How can I improve' ~ Play slower time-controls (like 15+10); analyse the games; stick to one opening as White, one against 1. d4, one against 1. e4, etc., to gain experience with them.
'quickly' ~ You cannot become good at a hard game quickly; that is the main appeal of competitive chess.
'so I can become a National Master eventually?' ~ You will likely never became titled. If you will still try, then do it one step at a time: Aim for fourteen hundred, then fifteen hundred, then sixteen hundred...
Stay away from bullet & blitz.
Play 15+10 rapid and use all available time.
Blunder check before you move.
A great help is to enable move confirmation in your playing profile.
Think about your move. Play it. Check it is no blunder. Confirm.
Let us look at an example.
https://lichess.org/IknBwMyY/black#19
The decisive mistake took 3.8 seconds only.
You had to strike back in the center with ...d5.
You lost this 10+0 time control game with 6 useless minutes left on your clock.
Slow down.
Take time to think.
@Kaspar0vRegen10 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/GJm1ayxQ)
> I'm a beginner player
You are not beginner
@Kaspar0vRegen10 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/GJm1ayxQ)
> I'm a beginner player who started not too long ago.
>
> How can I improve quickly so I can become a National Master eventually?
Beginner with an 1970 rapid? I think this doesn't count as a beginner lol
But, if you really want to improve:
1. Solve puzzles, improve your tactics.
2. Analyze your mistakes, either you can't go further without it.
3. Look to https://lichess.org/study
(@)Kaan_Burak: A beginner is different from a weak player. Eighty-five games qualifies as, 'beginner.'
@Kaan_Burak said [^](/forum/redirect/post/oc0sTSVA)
> Beginner with an 1970 rapid?
When I say that a man is new, I always ask to show Rapid's rating. I can immediately look at this "novice".
@RemRus said [^](/forum/redirect/post/v9jLZC3r)
> > I'm a beginner player
>
> You are not beginner
I am a beginner, I started playing like a couple of months ago.
I'm just a beginner and fast learner.
@tpr said [^](/forum/redirect/post/CS36LOPH)
> Stay away from bullet & blitz.
> Play 15+10 rapid and use all available time.
> Blunder check before you move.
> A great help is to enable move confirmation in your playing profile.
> Think about your move. Play it. Check it is no blunder. Confirm.
> Let us look at an example.
>
> https://lichess.org/IknBwMyY/black#19
> The decisive mistake took 3.8 seconds only.
> You had to strike back in the center with ...d5.
> ...
Yea I don't know what the heck I was doing here.
It didn't look like a blunder to me and the time but yea, terrible move.