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How can I get to 2200 rapid quickly

I need to get better I need so tips I can use in my games

I need to get better I need so tips I can use in my games

quit blundering is my guess

quit blundering is my guess

"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - What It Takes to Become a Chess Master (2012) by GM Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf
https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/the-way-to-become-better-as-a-2000-level-player
https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/how-to-pass-the-2000-rating

"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - What It Takes to Become a Chess Master (2012) by GM Andrew Soltis https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/the-way-to-become-better-as-a-2000-level-player https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/how-to-pass-the-2000-rating

play some otb chess. it helps

play some otb chess. it helps

#Title: In your recent Rapid games, you end the game with five or more minutes left on your clock. Use all of the time on your clock. In increment time-controls, flagging is not an issue. Thus, going under ten seconds is fine; win on position. Analyze the games. First by yourself, then with Stockfish.

#Title: In your recent Rapid games, you end the game with five or more minutes left on your clock. Use all of the time on your clock. In increment time-controls, flagging is not an issue. Thus, going under ten seconds is fine; win on position. Analyze the games. First by yourself, then with Stockfish.

@shadow1414 Stockfish is a waste. You want your games analyzed, your only good recourse is to hire a coach.

@shadow1414 Stockfish is a waste. You want your games analyzed, your only good recourse is to hire a coach.

#7: For a more human analysis, one can---and should---analyze their games by themselves first; then, they should turn on Stockfish --- a machine that is far stronger than any human. If, after those two steps, they still do not understand it all, they can ask in Game Analysis to receive other humans' input.

#7: For a more human analysis, one can---and should---analyze their games by themselves first; then, they should turn on Stockfish --- a machine that is far stronger than any human. If, after those two steps, they still do not understand it all, they can ask in Game Analysis to receive other humans' input.

@shadow1414 said ^

#7: For a more human analysis, one can---and should---analyze their games by themselves first; then, they should turn on Stockfish --- a machine that is far stronger than any human. If, after those two steps, they still do not understand it all, they can ask in Game Analysis to receive other humans' input.

Long story shortened, just see his rigid mindset: https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/how-to-analyze-your-own-games?page=5 and how he can cross any limits.

@shadow1414 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/tGRJDKz4) > #7: For a more human analysis, one can---and should---analyze their games by themselves first; then, they should turn on Stockfish --- a machine that is far stronger than any human. If, after those two steps, they still do not understand it all, they can ask in Game Analysis to receive other humans' input. Long story shortened, just see his rigid mindset: https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/how-to-analyze-your-own-games?page=5 and how he can cross any limits.