Shaun Michael

I play 10 minutes each side games and the highest I've reached this year I believe is 1270 on chess.com. Is it a concentration thing or will like of strategy? 🤔 appreciate any wisdom 🙏🏼 https://www.chess.com/member/discoveryx

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what are common problems preventing me passing 1200 > to reach 1300 and beyond.

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@James Hartono 👍

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@Dan Sh. I think that is clearly where I am lacking, tactics.

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What's your current chess.com Rapid rating?

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1100-1200

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Jul '25 •

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Stuck between 1150-1200 elo- what next?

Any suggestions that would move me closer to? elo 1300? Thanks

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@Santosh Kanatia I think pausing for thought before each move will lead to less blenders and should give me another 50 to 100 elo on that alone perhaps

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@Santosh Kanatia that's why I recently stopped playing blitz and moved to minimum 10 minutes on rapid each way to give me more processing time and I think I'm playing better because of it

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May '25 •

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Starting to enjoy the Kings Gambit but…

But after opening that line, not sure really where to take it in the mid game - any tips on objectives or what to be building towards?

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