Stuck at Chess? How to Progress? | 3 Steps to 2000 ELO Rating

This is the first introductory lesson "How Do You Progress in Chess?" from the chess course "3 Steps to 2000 ELO". In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov addresses why most chess players are stuck and do not progress further, no matter how much they train.

After learning the chess fundamentals, basic openings, middlegame strategies and tactical motifs, and a few basic endgame positons, most chess players often start to be stuck and they're unsure of how to progress further despite of the efforts they're putting to it. Why is that so? And most importantly, how to progress in chess?

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00:00 3 steps to reach 2000 ELO Rating
01:17 Can you reach 2000 ELO rating?
04:36 Newbie: Learning chess rules
05:34 Beginner: Learning basic chess openings
07:14 Middlegame: Strategy & Tactics
09:39 Intermediate: Learning basic endgames
10:43 Why most players are stuck at 1200-1600 ELO?
11:47 Problem-1: Don't know how to progress further
14:09 Problem-2: Too many rules, lack of clarity
15:03 Problem-3: How to beat stronger/equal opponents?
15:40 Summary: Answer to your question 

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🤔 About the course "3 Steps to 2000 ELO" 👇

In the past months, we have been working very hard on a comprehensive course that will set you apart from most chess players. We took it so seriously that we even decided to set the goal for you 😊.

The course will help you become a 1st category player and will allow you to reach an ELO rating of 2000 points, or the strength of a player of that caliber.

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👇 What will you learn from the course? 👇

a) What are the main things that helped the course’s authors progress up to the 1st category (2000 ELO).
b) What are the most common mistakes of 1200-1500 level players and how to overcome them.
c) Why do lots of players stuck at a certain level, for example, 1500, and never improve after that.

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[jonathanrodgers]

The niemann method raised my chess rating 1000 points in one day.

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 3 steps to reach 2000 ELO Rating
01:17 Can you reach 2000 ELO rating?
04:36 Newbie: Learning chess rules
05:34 Beginner: Learning basic chess openings
07:14 Middlegame: Strategy & Tactics
09:39 Intermediate: Learning basic endgames
10:43 Why most players are stuck at 1200-1600 ELO?
11:47 Problem-1: Don't know how to progress further
14:09 Problem-2: Too many rules, lack of clarity
15:03 Problem-3: How to beat stronger/equal opponents?
15:40 Summary: Answer to your question

[TeeGar]

I would LOVE to be stuck at 1600 lol. Currently a solid 1100.

[tlw]

Listening to Igor pronounce the word “pawn” is better than listening to Benedict Cumberbatch say “penguins”

[godofwar]

I would love to join ur course man but its too expensive for me and if i join and my wife finds out first she will kill me and then she will come for u.🤣🤣

[moetigodfrey]

Hello mr igor.. my name is moeti godfrey maine from a village called dryharts, i jst wanna give thanks to you sir ur lessons made a strong player i really love the way u teach chess..i have a lot of ur videos and ur strategies really work so effective..ur a brilliant chess teacher ..

[pamelahuett]

I watched your master class at least 6 times Igor and as much as i love playing I'm afraid at my age(64) that I'll never get over my 600 something rapid and 500 blitz rating.
All I do is play chess and I was almost 1000 rated rapid but my wifi was so terrible I kept losing because of abandonment so I stopped playing for a long time and when I started playing again I lost most of my rating.
My budget does not allow me to buy any courses .
I just want to tell you how much I appreciate all your free videos you have made public to everyone.
Best regards.
Pamela Huett.

[kcice]

went up about 200 rating watching your videos

[vladislavshevchenko]

I got to 1300, but now my rating has crushed to the bottom after the last tournament. I had lost every game but one which I drew through perpetual check. Now I'm trying to figure out what might have gone wrong.

[michaelcavanaugh]

What time of games are we talking for these rankings ?

[dixonbuttes]

Thank you! I feel like most people seem to plateau at this stage, plenty of guys in my state are in the 1400-1500 range and have been for years.

[sayanth]

Please make an article for 1800 to 2000 uscf

[futuremagnus]

why your channel isn't verified yet?

[mohbw]

When are you stuck at a certain rating? How long does it take?

Being between 1700-1800 for 3 months now of my 15 months of playing the game, but now is the first time i'm actually finding it hard to know where I need to improve at in my game.

[vladislavshevchenko]

In my chess school we studied endgames first, then openings, then middlegame

[srikanthtupurani]

I had a friend who had a rating of 2100 but he left chess and went in to software. We have to give lot of time. It is stressful.

[michaelprentice]

I practice hrs a day or play rapid games I had a knack for chess when I was a kid ...stopped for a bit and progressing into the will get there u put in time* and study not just games and them tactics you'd be surprised

[stargazer]

I'm not stuck at a rating. Just unsure how much time I want to spend to get better.

[Santa-ubbk]

Thank you for the information. a faster pace would have been even better!

[tupacmasteralg]

actually i stucked in 2000 elo just stay a little in 2100 and get back to 2000 elo again for a long time