@imanoob424 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/EQoa9lAV)
> my goal currently is to learn better defense and endgames, because at 950 elo im great at attacking, better than my level, but my prophylaxis and endgames are still terrible.
I love attacking chess and also sacrifices; look at this game I played 1+0 during the 2026 summer marathon.
https://lichess.org/study/embed/nT7RXSPd/EpyF7Y0u
@Piratesboy said [^](/forum/redirect/post/OBr0Kt5s)
> > my goal currently is to learn better defense and endgames, because at 950 elo im great at attacking, better than my level, but my prophylaxis and endgames are still terrible.
>
> I love attacking chess and also sacrifices; look at this game I played 1+0 during the 2026 summer marathon.
>
> https://lichess.org/study/embed/nT7RXSPd/EpyF7Y0u
genuinely a sweet game with the scotch gambit. you should also try the tal variation of the caro-kann, named after mikhail tal. it might be the most sacrifice heavy opening out there, and can easily steamroll black if they dont play aggressively from the opening. its also completely sound, as white keeps a +0.1 advantage after h4!, and also gets a huge space advantage.
Personal :
- To improve in slower time control
- learning more theory in Antichess
@imanoob424 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/CpNvmBmq)
> > > my goal currently is to learn better defense and endgames, because at 950 elo im great at attacking, better than my level, but my prophylaxis and endgames are still terrible.
To improve at chess, watching games played by players of that era can help (games by Tal or Fisher, for example).
I would like to get better at bullet and rapid. My old brain has a tough time keeping up.
Probably being prepared to the best of my ability for a very big national tournament in january
To learn the french defence and classical dragon for classical tournaments otb.