2 Training Habits To AVOID If You Are Under 1800

[@Smittefar1]

Cool video - I agree so much on the puzzle thing - I also enjoy doing the difficult puzzles, but it is definitely the lower rated puzzles that will win your games. What use is it that I can solve a 2500 rated puzzle, if I need to spend five minutes to do so - by that time my rapid game is over. It is much more important to be able to recognize the simpler patterns and puzzles.

[@Georgewalsh100]

What’s your rating champ?

[@Smittefar1]

@Georgewalsh100 I am a bit lower rates than light squares, but I think I'm doing ok

[@sebastiandierks7919]

0:33 that's the money quote. I also noticed that with myself. If you do puzzle rush, you just hit a puzzle level where you stop seeing the solution immediately but have to start thinking and slow down a lot. That level, where you kinda have to go from level 1 to level 2 thinking, seems to correlate strongly with your elo rating. I also got my puzzle rating up to 3000 because I could with a lot of time, and it's also good practise for deep calculation. But to increase your elo, the most effective seems to be to increase your floor as you say. You suggested puzzle rush survival, but I also found that the training mode, where you can do puzzles of a certain rating range, works well. Just set that rating range to where you slow down in puzzle rush.

[@southernrun9048]

Another excellent and enlightening video from you. Thank you

[@SuperOriginalRecipe]

Also my favorite channel. These are great observations that we don’t see other people making!!

[@LightSquares]

Very kind!

[@Polaroid_Witch]

So glad you're uploading again, this is my favourite chess channel ♟️

[@LightSquares]

I’m surprised, I see so many errors in my video editing but maybe I overthink it. Thank you!

[@dannycragel9686]

Good input thanks! Need to add rush survivor into my tool belt 👍🏻

[@juleslondon3088]

First time seeing your channel, I think. Very incisive ideas, well-presented. I agree with both of your points - great advice and by no means obvious.

[@LightSquares]

Thanks for the supportive feedback.

[@sid5537]

Love your videos. Realistic and simple tips to improve.

[@LightSquares]

So much can be achieved by doing the basics well.

[@Redskies453]

The worst advice I've heard is focus on solving every puzzle correctly. If you can't solve it in 60 seconds you will not solve it in a game either. The worst thing being the more 6 minute puzzles you get right the more distant your puzzle rating and actual rating will become. 1 minute time limit then throw your best candidate move out there and analyse afterwards.

[@LightSquares]

The quote “there is no calculation without intuition” comes to mind.

[@juleslondon3088]

I think it depends on your goal. 6 minutes is not a long time to spend on a critical position in a standard play game, when you think there could be tactics afoot. If your goal is improving your calculation and visualisation then spending the time to be accurate makes perfect sense. If you’re just training tactics for online blitz and rapid, however, I totally agree with your point.