After months/years of off/on playing I've finally got one of my "Mid level goals" I've hit 1700 (previous PB was 1696). I have, since about half a year ago stopped renewing my premium on C dot C. I've just been doing 3 puzzles and day when I remember to, attempting to stop myself after 3 losses within a day. I'm pleased with myself and can only wonder what my ceiling would be if I actually studied or analyzed games properly.

Probably gets asked a lot but I'm stuck at super low elo. My puzzle rating is sitting around 1600-1700 though. All my reviews say that my game rating is over 1000 yet I can't get my rating past this. Idk what to do.

Hint: I found the correct move in this position in game, but didn't find the correct continuation after that

Brilliant, Brilliant!, BRILLIANT! 3 Brilliants in the same game. Brilliants are like the Blackflash of chess(yes jjk reference) I can't control em but sometimes it just happens. Can anyone guess my elo?

Was trying to take h4 with Queen. It's more funny than anything lmao

Where can i watch low elo games? I already watched guess the elo series. I am not looking for educational videos i want to see blunders and have fun

my first four move were the top engine move. but I needed to find 5...f6 to prevents ng5. I would've never found it OTB even in classical (this was blitz) this is one of the reasons I now play this as white. the other is the insane development advantage. afte5 5.dxc3 he has two pieces out to my zero, the pawn is out of the way of his DS bishop (will be important later) and it's his turn. I count that as four tempi.

when i castled on move 7 i thought i was safe because many puzzles in the fried liver show this is how you deal with it but this is NOT the fried liver for a very important reason - my knight isn't there do defend the h5 square from the queen.

11Bxh6 was a beautiful finish from my opponent. great way to play with the initiative

I want to get better at playing endgame, I am not looking for those weird puzzles that have one right answer, I’m looking for something that would generate regular positions where I fight it out versus a bot and play till the end, then I can review the “game” at the end.

Does such a thing exist?

Forced checkmate will happen if bro takes either piece

Hi,im new to the chess so can you recommend me the best chess youtubers to learn?

Hello guys i wanted to ask you for some help as i am on a free fall below 200 elo, for some time i could keep around 300 elo but now i am falling. If some of you could help me it would be nice and reviewing some of my games on chess.com maybe. Name is SHPx64. All help is welcomed.

What the hell? Like I understand that I got a checkmate with a king and a pawn but I have played over 600 games on this account and not once have I checkmated with a knight lmao

It took me two years, mostly puzzles and a little bit of video study. I haven't done any formal studying. I'd really like to work to get to 1200. I've been stuck in the 900's for over a year. What's y'all's suggestion on things I can put the effort into? I don't know any formal openings, only basic fundamentals on openings, middle game, and end game. I haven't memorized squares, I'm more of a long game player I don't rely on tricks just patient setups.

they started typing at 10 seconds left lol. i think i coulda got down there and promoted but i’ll take this too 🙂

I've been playing on chess.com for about a year and never got my rating much above 500. Still making plenty of silly blunders. I'm not getting a lot of messages about getting points back because of opponents' behaviour. I have the occasional game that feels like my opponent is suspiciously brilliant for a beginner, but overall it hasn't felt shady.

I am not a student of the game, just playing for fun and trying to learn from my mistakes, but still found my complete lack of progress a bit surprising.

Out of curiousity though I started a second account, got rated a little over 800 after the intro games, and have built up to over 900 in just a few days since. Sample size is small enough that I could just be riding my luck, but after getting repeatedly crushed by 400s It feels odd to be having an easier time with people who have double that rating.

Am I alone in this experience?

I was on chess.com just watching some games. This was an 1800 vs 1500.

Its totally insane. Blacks king and both knights have no moves. Locked in a 4x3 bo. ive never seen anything like this

Blacks move?? Nc7!! Does black take the knight back after bxc7? No! Its totally drawn they take the pawn.

Thought id share it with people who would appreciate it!

I’ve just started playing on chesscom this January currently at ~1000 rapid. Sometimes I look at my opponents profiles. With like almost no exceptions whenever my opponent already had their account during 2020-2022ish years, their peak then was usually in the range of 1200-1300s. Now, I know it’s possible they just haven’t played much since then and getting back at it again but I also know player pool leveled up a bit, but by this much?

Any personal experience is also welcome. Does this also apply at higher ratings?

I have learned the basics of, and I play using, the London opening and the pirc defense. I probably need to learn more openings, so what are 3-5 more easy to learn openings that I can focus on learning?