What was it like for you when you started to get past beginner elo ranges like 800 and higher?
Was it very gradual improvements or did anything help you jump up some notches or a mix of both?
Currently I’m just palying puzzles and chess.com bots until I can’t go no more, presently I am able to sometimes beat 800+ elo bots but I can never seem to break 200 elo games against people
For me, each step seems to have corresponded with hearing a new piece of advice and gradually learning to apply it.
For example, “don’t play hope chess” or “don’t force your opponent to make a good move” were both things that I had to work at, but once they clicked, my competency felt a lot better. And each thing only made sense once I was at a point to understand it and ready to start applying it.
+1. I’ll make a post about maxims like this actually.