[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.09.29"] [Round "?"] [White "White"] [Black "Black"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2360046816709723"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 {"The best type of game is the ones where it isnt clear where the opponent made a mistake" - some chess player. I dont know yet what i did wrong this game!} d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe4 Nxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nd7 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf3 f6 9. a4 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. f3 g6 14. c3 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Kc2 a4 17. b4 axb3+ 18. Nxb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxb3 20. Kxb3 Bg7 21. Ra8+ Kf7 22. Rxh8 Bxh8 23. Kb4 f5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Kxb5 fxe4 26. fxe4 Bf6 27. c4 Ke6 28. Kc6 Bd8 29. Bb6 Be7 30. c5 h5 31. h3 g5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bf6 34. Kb7 Kd7 35. c6+ Kd6 36. c7 Bd8 37. c8=Q Ke7 38. Bxd8+ Ke8 39. Kc7 Kf8 40. Qe6 Kg7 41. Bf6+ Kf8 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qg7# 1-0

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I've been studying most nights for 45 mins for probably the last couple months. I'm analysing every game and working really hard and i just can't progress. Its so humbling but it also is making me hate this game. I'm so close to 2000 that I'm forcing myself to study even when I don't want to and every game is so exhausting now. A huge part of me does regret learning and going for this rating. I used to love chess so passionately until I hit 1400 https://lichess.org/7CQwEAJT/white

The second I get to 1850 and play a game, I immediately get insane opponents who never blunder or make mistakes, makes me feel like theyre hired by chess.com to keep me from reaching 2k lmao Been there for 2 months now, I was never used to plateauing but maybe thats just my potential I reached. 2000 would be really nice though. I play as best as I can, analyzing, calculating, taking my time etc but sometimes I cant just cant do anything since they dont make mistakes, but eventually I do. If you want you look at my games and see if I have a bottleneck or any weakness I need to work on

If you want a practical way to improve your chess: • Play 50 games of Chess960 — it forces you to think, not memorize. • Play 50 games without queens — it builds real piece coordination. These two formats will level up your game faster than puzzles alone.