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I'm 600 elo on chess dot com, what should I do to improve now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by nerdhd@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm guessing I should play more games(duh) and study theory...?

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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Learn an opening for white. Having a game plan half the time will increase your win rate especially at such low elo. Learn how to mate with two random pieces, this will not only let you close out games without forcing a draw accidentally, but it will also help you build mating nets earlier in the game.

Edit: I nearly forgot, learn how to absolutely punish the scholar mate. You'll still see it occasionally up until around 1000 elo.