How I went from 700-2200 Chess Rating in Just 2 Years!

Hello Everyone!
In this video, I give my best tips for chess improvement, as someone who went from beginner level to 2200 ELO in just 2 years! I hope this helps some of you out, feel free to leave any questions in the comments below.
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[@ahote1028]

i went from 700 to 600 in 2 years

[@gealdyrtheta6938]

Progress it's progress better than shy away at playing chess for fear of losing your 800... 😔

[@Defy_Gravity]

Cuz everyone else got better, right?

[@josem-1-2-3]

Mines might be worst I went down to 250ish now 3 years later I'm 600 elo. 😂

[@kelvinuko-oe7vp]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GeneralBlorp]

Gotta get on them Chessbrah habits brah...

[@Abhyuday.]

0:26 Tip #1 : Play longer time controls 2:11 Tip #2 : Analyse your games 2:42 Tip #3: Practice your tactics 4:15 Tip #4: Pick any opening repertoire 5:08 Tip #5: Work on your endgames 5:55 Tip #6: Study master games 7:33 Content creator recommendation www.youtube.com/@HangingPawns Benfinegold lectures: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmWcf6Glh5Z_fac www.youtube.com/@ChessCoachAndras www.youtube.com/@DanielNaroditskyGM This was such an impressive and instructive video, Hannah! You've got some great recommendations and tips and I'm sure it'll help many people in improving their chess skills. As always, keep up the good work and best of luck for your improvement! 👍

[@hannahsayce1]

thank you so much for adding the time-stamps and the links!!! Appreciate the feedback as well :D

[@oom_boudewijns6920]

and the most important: be consistent

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Work on your endgames is probably the best one. Tons of people (even above 1600) mess up completely winning k+p endgames

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 Eh, it's case-by-case. I don't know jack about endgames but it doesn't matter much, because my games are insane and a tactic will have decided them well before the endgame is reached.

[@EvanEvansE3]

​@@carlo44720idk about Hannah, but I started chess on Dec 18, 2022 and in 8 months went from 300 to 1000. I play(ed) about 25 games per day on average.

[@rogermichou8654]

+1500 points in 2 years is out of this world. You are insanely talented. I needed 20 years

[@DanielSong39]

LOL she was probably a 2000 rated player 2 years ago Regardless she is an insanely talented player, dedication alone can only get you to the 1200-1500 range

[@hossam6063]

My friend wint from not nowing what chess is (0elo) to 1700 in 3 months whith not full focus what im gonna call him now

[@pds4]

@@hossam6063 Thats a total playtime of 48 hours assuming he started at 400elo and played 10 mins rapid with no increment and a 60 percent win rate. He's either lying to you, has some prior chess expierience or used a way to beat the system and reach 1700 (elo) not (strength). He is lying to ypu bro its literally not possible

[@rogermichou8654]

@@hossam6063 he's a genius

[@bozzbozz2800]

A lier or a wannabe ​@@hossam6063

[@slomka01]

Nice video and good advice :) I used to think openings are irrelevant at the beginning, but I changed my mind a bit recently. Knowing a bit of theory helps you remember your games. You will remember "a Chigorin Defense game" you played, but you won’t remember a game where you were on your own from move 3. And when you remember a game, you also remember your analysis and why you lost/won. I have 1000s of games I learned very little from (even if I analyzed them) because I just don’t remember them at all.

[@hannahsayce1]

so true slomka. thanks for the comment ☺️☺️

[@Silvermist78]

Happy to have stumbled across your learning path video Hannah! Refreshingly well done. Watched the whole video, which if I heard you were suggesting something about the London system I would have just gone to another video. Really excellent recommendations on books and channels. Thank you 👌🙏

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou so much for the positive comment, really appreciate it :)

[@walterwillis6731]

Thank you, Hannah. These types of videos are so helpful. Thank you for being generous with your learning strategies.

[@SGCric]

Very good video with practical/realistic advice. Quick question: Curious to know how many moves you can calculate say in a avg complexity middle/end game ? Is there like a bare minimum number that one needs to develop ? And does playing lot of higher time control games help or does it hurt ? Thanks much.

[@Zenocrat]

great helpful video. thank you!

[@PatrickRecordon]

For books, I would recommend Hellsten’s trilogy about opening, middlegame and endgames. You can start around 1600 elos and your understanding will skyrocket. For calculations, check each piece on the board - are they protected? Pinned? What are the changes with the last move? Something seems off, maybe you need to switch the moves of your variation. Have fun everyone!

[@walterjurewicz1567]

Great content Hannah! What openings do you recommend for white and black. I'm struggling to find a good opening that's consistently winning. I just learned to play chess a few months ago and am currently in the 1200 ELO range.

[@dmythica]

Just coming back to this after hearing a few months ago (it's in a playlist of mine). Can't believe it still only has 12k views, its an instant hit. Awesome vibe, beautiful video, + love the weirdness with the out of place booty gang lyric!

[@yobroh0]

Truly inspiring! Thanks for sharing 😊🙏

[@brandondoucette1178]

Well said. The word doc for every move is a great translation for making every move make sense.

[@silvera1109]

Very well said. A lot of excellent advice in this video. 👌

[@mikecantreed]

Insane progress. Congratulations. An idea for a video would be how you analyze games.

[@kathigranger]

Thanks for this video the tips are pretty cool and helpful. So I have a question for you, how much time did you train daily do do this big step and how much time do you recommand using per day

[@tigerhillarp8068]

Being an old, grumpy GM, with low expectations on ”chess content” on youtube (I only watch Sadler’s ”silicon road” occasionally), I was surprised to see a chess related video on my list of recommendations, so I watched it. No surprise that you got so good, considering your process. Thx. For once my prejudice against chess content receded.

[@hannahsayce1]

Glad that you decided to give it a chance, and I'm also happy to read that you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful day :)

[@SMacCuUladh]

just like your hairline!

[@pontusschroder8361]

@@SMacCuUladh What kind of comment was that? Do you like insulting people?

[@user-nx9gw8hc3c]

Really appreciate the tips. I started from 400 and now I'm at 1300. I've been puzzled as to what to do for improving my play. I hope, like me, this video helps many other players as well.

[@Toxic0T]

whats ur elo now

[@BryanJorden]

Great tips, and great vibes. You have an incredibly bright future in the space. Best wishes on your chess/content-creating journey

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou very much for the kind words :D

[@jordanbrown9666]

It's an incredible effort Hannah! Great video too, some really good tips here I haven't heard before. Hope you can keep improving, be exciting to see how high you can get your rating in another 2 years of playing!

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou so much Jordan! glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@lukeshanley2484]

Refreshing to see a fellow Aussie doing well!

[@kennethkakande]

Thank you for this wonderful video. I was 800 in 2021 and I'm stuck at 1500. Imagine the shame. And I've read that Seirawan's book, watched all Ben Finegold's lectures and Daniel Naroditsky's content. One thing I've adamantly refused to do is analyze my losses. I'll work on that asap.

[@hannahsayce1]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! good luck :D

[@theresnothinghere59]

i was 800 in 2021 and i am stuck at 700 now, lol

[@kevinmalone3210]

​@@theresnothinghere59Too funny! 😅😅😅

[@Kiwi_Chess]

Very helpful! Thank you !

[@Socrates...]

Play longer time controls

[@jennysmeets5361]

How did I just see this masterpiece now! Thanks, will try to follow those tips ^^

[@hannahsayce1]

Hope you enjoy!

[@Flash4freedom]

Great video Hannah I had to zoom into the video to see the Pendles Pie poster. Wow some local Melbourne chess content great work. Very concise great take aways. Take Care Be Well Gordon

[@hannahsayce1]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@tankotee9755]

Thank you for the tips. 1500 gain in 2 years is amazing. Our mind is wired to play at a certain level naturally. I found that playing, playing and playing for some reason doesn't help me improve rating, matter of fact that can make the rating worse. Spending time on studying, watching others and doing puzzles can help increase rating.

[@shadeburst]

Online chess is addictive. I was spending too much time on it. After an hour my concentration and accuracy slipped.

[@tominmo8865]

Very well said! 👍 -- I have learned that any decent opening is fine, just get to know it very well. There are lots of YT vids where someone says that opening X or Y or Z got them to 2000 or 2200 or whatever. The basic purpose of an opening is to set up the field of battle for the middle game, and hopefully with some sort of advantage once the opening phase is concluded. -- Endgames: I win a lot of games that I should be losing (due to blundering away a piece) by having superior endgame knowledge vs. my opponent. Endgames are crucial to understand, and convert defeat into victory. -- Puzzle work and analyzing your games are also absolutely necessary for any serious chess student. At the amateur level, the middle game is mostly tactics by far, with a little strategy/planning thrown in.

[@nike2945]

Thx for the recommendations☺️ how you work with Books only read it or do you Play it by yourself on the Board And which Book you recommend for the First one ? Thx 🙏

[@ssuleymanoglu]

Great video! Here through Twitch!

[@hannahsayce1]

awesome! Thanks for watching :D

[@zawzawz88]

I have to shout out John Bartholomew because he wasn’t mentioned. His Standard playlist is the best series of videos for improvement out there, imo

[@hannahsayce1]

John bartholomew is awesome!! I agree :)

[@binks3371]

Can you elaborate more on why you chose those particular openings ? Usually you hear something like ruy lopez and sicilian are too complex, use london and karo kann etc...

[@davidrobins1021]

4:05 Yes, looks good, let's...oh wait, hold on a minute That moment when you play a move, expecting the sound effect and the "You Won!" box to come up on screen, and that sinking feeling when it doesn't.

[@Dannil1]

Always like your videos, very professional and easily understandable, using your methods are definitely going to make me a better chess player TY, wish you the best.

[@hannahsayce1]

Glad you like them!

[@TheThinkersBible]

Congratulations on your fantastic achievement and thanks for all the wonderful, useful guidance!

[@hannahsayce1]

You are so welcome!

[@chess_felix2955]

Additional tipp for getting better over the board compared to online is solving puzzles on a real chessboard since 3d is completely different from 2d chess

[@Sota...]

Congratulations! You learned very fast

[@tysuuuu]

The advice was great but the Pendles memorabilia makes this video even better! Go Pies

[@LilRofl]

Love the advice! (Extra love for the shirt❤)

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou so much :D

[@Cant_find_good_Handle]

A key point is that modern chess openings is only 122 pages of normal text reading and the. The rest is variations. So this book is actually really good for club level players as well. The intro to each opening is about two to ten pages of text and mostly discusses the first few moves, and the main variations, and the main ideas, plans, and themes of the openings. So if you only read that and you skip to the next chapter your getting about the same information that you would get from a beginner book on openings. Except for with this book you can then play different ones, and when you find an opening you like you can go deeper in the variations page. This makes it good for use as a long term references not just a read through. But if you are looking for a book that does not go as deep with variations and is mostly text format the book fundamental chess openings would be the way to go. And for pawn structures I prefer the book Chess Structures over Pawn Structure Chess. It is updated with more opening structures explained and formatted more like a text book with bullet points for plans and goals for each side before and after example games.

[@kadelchess42]

Really good tips, thank you Hannah!

[@hannahsayce1]

You're so welcome!

[@shulmpino5505]

I just played some 30 second games with you, and turns out I have seen your channel before.. I recognized the name when I saw it. Great work, and thanks for the games

[@hannahsayce1]

Welcome!

[@piotrten0]

Awesome video, i got stuck at way lower rating than Yours and will try all of the tips ^^

[@kesetokaiba]

Nice video HannahSayce - always nice to see another small KZbin channel growing and offering quality information (I also have a chess YT channel). My only advice is to look into the camera more; I'm guessing you are looking into a second camera, or the computer screen in this one, but looking at your audience is important. I need practice with this myself, but it makes a better connection with your audience this way. :)

[@hannahsayce1]

yes I was looking into the computer screen but my camera is on the other side lol 😅 I always feel super awkward looking into the camera but it definitely adds to the video so will make sure to do that in future videos of this style :).

[@Random_Peasant]

Thanks for the great advice! I'd love to know how your opening choices developed and when you knew to stick to them

[@Dreadscare]

I procrastinated watching this lovely video. (Deadge) I personally always appreciate these improvement related videos rather than say some bogus clickbait chess bot videos. Alongside Slomka's comment I totally hated openings and had never looked at them. Then at around ~1600-1700ish I finally put forth a tremendous effort of memorizing main lines. Which is a horrible way to go about learning openings. As you said in the video the most efficient way is to learn common ideas/plans to the opening. Alongside that, I feel like this is not stressed enough to anyone. But, you don't need to play mainlines, or even somewhat popular sidelines in the opening. If you think of yourself as a creative player you can putforth some effort into finding lines that are very rare or may have never even been played before which are playable objectively and that perfectly suits your play style. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. It has been a massive pleasure watching you grow as a chess player for these past 2+ years and since then you've become a huge inspiration to countless people.

[@hannahsayce1]

Appreciate this comment, lots of insight, and appreciate all your support along the way!

[@pathofmelee6746]

Great video, and great improvement 💪💪

[@hannahsayce1]

Glad you liked it! Thankyou :D

[@Krapvag]

good job, I got to 1300 but stalled and stopped enjoying it. One thing I always meant to try and figured would have done great is find a local chess club. There will be a big element of natural ability in play with this kind of rating climb though

[@blakewyatt386]

Thank you Hannah!

[@sporegazm]

Impressive progress! And solid advice through and through. I have been trying to take my chess to the next level and hired a professional coach at one point and annotating games was one of the strongest recommendations for a study plan 👍 i've currently been attempting to make videos of my games in hopes that talking out loud to myself about my thoughts, plans and ideas, will help me improve my chess(more notably, my blunders). I've uploaded many games to my channel if you are ever curious :) i'm on lichess but pushing for 2200 as well. Currently knocking on 2000's door Subscribed. I like your energy :)

[@hannahsayce1]

Thanks for the subscription! Good luck in your journey to 2000 :D

[@sporegazm]

@hannahsayce1 thx. Its actually 2200 (I'm nearly 2000 already). 😉 maybe in the future we can play and I can record my perspective :) either way, been digging into your old content. Very good stuff.

[@jokulhlaup1143]

@@sporegazm are you 2000 yet? 🙂

[@sporegazm]

@jokulhlaup1143 I hit 2000 briefly...and fell nearly 100 points...usually from throwing games in completely won positions 😓 pretty frustrated with myself these days. Been playing some awful chess

[@jokulhlaup1143]

@@sporegazm Happens to everyone I think. Had it myself after summer. Took a couple of days or a week off - no chess at all. Get back to it with a few games per day max (analyze!)

[@MrIvanbrewer]

Thank you for the video! I'm working on several courses on chessable, the one and only opening that i play, various tactics and also basic end games and i see my understanding grows week by week, but reflexes and automatism take much more time. i am wondering, how many games it took you to get to 2200 and how many hours of study time outside of games? I'm studying 2h per day and i feel there is long long way to go to let's say 2000 elo, like another 1000h at the minimum, starting from ~1300 rapid where i am now

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou so much for watching! I have played a ridiculous amount of games (partly due to the fact I'm a full-time streamer, so I have 40,000+ games), you could definitely play far less than that, 1-3 rapid games a day with analysis would be plenty :D. That post-game analysis is really important, don't skip it!

[@bhagyeshthakur209]

Thanks for the awesome recommendations Hannah!

[@hannahsayce1]

You're so welcome!

[@selti1]

Thanks so much for your excellent advice

[@hannahsayce1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cortezchess]

Thank you, this video is very good.

[@yobroh0]

Suggestion for another video: How to know when and why to push a pawn…🤔 Perhaps this is a backwards way of looking at it, but I often struggle with this question 🙃

[@hannahsayce1]

true, this is a difficult concept to learn!! I shall try to make a video on this, great idea :)

[@alexiskian1241]

well deserved hannah 👏👏

[@hannahsayce1]

thank you Alexis :)

[@chesswithbill]

Just bought that book. Hell yeah! Thanks for all of the tips.

[@hannahsayce1]

Yay! Hope you enjoy it! Looking forward to hearing about how it goes :D

[@chesswithbill]

absolutement! @@hannahsayce1

[@user-dh1yq5cz9v]

So impressive and inspiring! I'm learning how to play atm (let's just go with 100 elo lol), and I'm really not clicking with studying openings, would you say it's wise to leave that for a bit until I'm more comfortable with the board? I try watching a vid and they'll start talking about variations and whatnot, and I just can't keep up.

[@bower350]

I haven't studied a single opening and I am almost 1100 elo on rapid chess, just play to get a feel for things and learn from you mistakes before you start thinking of openings.

[@user-dh1yq5cz9v]

@@bower350 Okay amazing, thank you!

[@how-to-video]

Congrats, I appreciate you !

[@hannahsayce1]

Thank you! 😊

[@sslvsme5763]

Wow you’re like the only person to say that first part. It’s exactly what I told someone else in a discussion for improving Elo. You can’t play blitz and bullet starting off because you don’t develop your calculating skills! It’s the same for every other skill, first you have to take it slow and learn the tricks(openings, middlegame, endgame, tactics, etc) then once you get good enough you can focus on calculating speed. I started playing 9 months ago and was at 600 now at 1400. I would say puzzles help too. Right now I honestly feel like o could be higher rested but I’m too lazy to learn any openings with more than like 3 moves theory lol… which is my worst part in my games, my openings… everything else is super duper solid, massive comebacks in endgame and have pretty good tactics I think. Openings kill my game and I have to resign a lot after like 4-10 moves because of a trap or something I wasn’t aware of. My time control is amazing too, usually on average by the time I have 8 minutes my opponent is down to 5 min. I would suggest doing lots of puzzles, playing weird openings in bullet and try to survive, DO NOT WATCH HIKARU UNTIL YOU ARE AT LEAST 1100 because honestly you won’t even know what’s going on. My biggest boost in elo were 700-980, 908-1150, 1020-1320 all in a single night. I’m not sure why but those nights I just decided to play until I fell asleep, played for like 2h, 6h, 4h. I’ve been noticing that I could see moves GM play beforehand which is weird but I think it’s because of how they are masters in positioning every single piece, I’m thinking that’s the reason why they are so far ahead. I could see the best moves for them only in their position but not in my games because my position is garbage compared to them, it’s not so clear when you have garbage position. Weird though, how chess is, how you can see obvious moves and blunders that when you were a 600 you didn’t see at all… I’m over here telling people otb how to setup the pieces, to telling them how they missed mate in 1 like four times… crazy that used to be me…

[@sslvsme5763]

Also watch Remote Chess by GM Igor smirnov, he’s pretty good and almost always leaves a puzzle in his videos another one I recently found that’s been blowing up is “chesspage1”

[@hannahsayce1]

For sure! Long time controls are the best :D

[@willu842]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@hannahsayce1]

You're so welcome!

[@mouselipschanneltyrinprice7130]

Solid tips.

[@raj_ski]

Great Insights Hannah, will definitely try to implement these while LEARNING Chess❤

[@hannahsayce1]

wooohooo! Common Raj W, thanks for the comment :D

[@raj_ski]

@@hannahsayce1 DAMN 🤗

[@laurentsaltoflife9267]

Congratulations for your great progress. Playing OTB is a must, for sure.

[@hannahsayce1]

Definitely! thanks for watching :)

[@H223Tommy]

Great list of tips! Nowhere near as impressive, but I managed 600-1200 in about 18 months. Most of these were definitely signficant contributors to the progress. Especially endgames and learning classic games.

[@hannahsayce1]

Nice work! Thanks for watching

[@souvikdas3147]

I gained 400 elo in 4 months...from 600 to 1000... It's not so fast...but I can really feel the improvement 😅

[@WARRENBUFETT]

How many hours per day did you play and analyze your games each day to get to 2200. How much time did you spend on tactics each day? Thanks.

[@amitanshuv]

great tips

[@Paul_Ehlers]

Well done. Thats impressive.

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou Paul! :D

[@mothudimothudi2946]

Haven’t played chess since 2017 to focus on my studies, came back in 2023 Jan, went from 1800 to 2100 since, ultimate goal is 2500… simply playing everyday,solving puzzles/tactics and analyzing,,, yea she is right it does work

[@hannahsayce1]

you can do it!

[@John_Carbajal]

Impressive! I similarly got to 2000 in about a year recently and I was quite happy, but still looking for improvement. Thank you

[@hannahsayce1]

Awesome! Good luck in your chess journey :D

[@sam-ef3et]

yo can yo givee mee tips , i start like 4 months ago and i am in the 1500 level , what do i really need from here to 2000

[@kf3696]

Super cool that you have your YT blowing up and on my recommends. Miss the twitch days. Congratulations on the elo gains; you should celebrate with a krappy vegemite pizza ;)

[@hannahsayce1]

Hey krappino, nice to meet again :). Dare I say it... I miss your trolling in the chat :D. Hope all is well!

[@NicholasBenbow]

Great poster! Go Pies!

[@hannahsayce1]

woohoo!

[@TheoreticalDraw]

Really good job here Hannah, Great video, you reaffirmed some things for me, and gave me some ideas , great job!!!!!❤

[@hannahsayce1]

Aw I'm glad that you enjoyed it, thanks for the kind words :D

[@michaelorsini9695]

Hey Hannah, that AimChess suggestion looks very interesting! I may be getting a monthly subscription. Thanks!😃

[@hannahsayce1]

Hope you like it!

[@zizhiqu]

Hannah is super smart and a really great addition to the chess streaming community. Personable, witty and good natured. However (!) i think she must have had some chess background before that 700 starting point got scratched onto the door jamb. Either that, or she's devoted these past two years entirely to chess, and really i cant believe that. Whatever. I feel she knew more than the 700 rating suggests, or she is an absolute natural at the game. Best wishes either way.

[@nedsullivan969]

Instant subscribe for the collingwood poster

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou! go the pies 😊

[@salemtv5808]

just discovered your channel..i have a question y r u looking away from the camera? also i want to note that i started around the same time BUT i’m still at 1000 although my tactics rating reached 2300!! i believe you’re absolutely on the point i wish i can follow you advices..thank you sooo much

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou! I suppose with the not looking at the camera, I'm very used to streaming and film where I don't want to be staring down the camera lol, but I am working on fixing that for the next videos :D

[@TheLula26]

Hannah, thanks for the video, very inspiring. I was wondering, what do you play when Black "refuses" to let you play the Ruy Lopez, i.e does not play 2... Nc6?

[@hannahsayce1]

Hey, I have a line for each response by black. For example, against c5 I will play Nf3 and go into the open sicilian. Against the french (e6), I play d4 and Nc3 or Qe2 (the chigorin variation). Against the caro-kann, I play the fantasy variation or the two knights variation. If black plays a philidor, I go for d4 and bishop c4, against the petroff I take the e5 pawn, then after d6 nf3 and play for d4 (think this is called the classical attack). Unfortunately it takes a fair bit of time to get comfortable with all the different lines that black can choose after you play 1 e4, but with time, you build up a repetoire that you can feel comfortable with! Hope this helps :)

[@TheLula26]

Very helpful. Thank you very much.@@hannahsayce1

[@5RustyBin]

One thing I would suggest Hannah - your mic volume is quite quiet. Maybe turn the sound up a touch on your videos. Cheers and keep Goosing.

[@hannahsayce1]

Thanks for the advice! This is one of my older videos that I edited by myself and I think I had the mic settings too low :D. In my recent videos I believe this has been improved upon!!

[@al3xj]

That is incredible, great work! Thanks for sharing - how many hrs a day did you play / study?

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou so much, I think I played 4-5 hours on average a day, which is a lot I know.... but I think, in retrospect, my study-time could be much more efficient and cut down into a smaller time period per day (perhaps 2 hours of efficient work would suffice!).

[@AGUNGKAYA]

I tried to practice what you said and my rating start improving, the puzzle part is the weird part. I start not doing it again and yes like you said, I start winning more and more 😮

[@johanvanaelst8976]

Andras Toth and Naroditsky are easily the best 2 I've seen for chess content. Stepan (Hanging Pawns) is also very good mostly for opening introductions so far. And Finegold's good too if you can stand him LOL

[@executivelifehacks6747]

Truth hurts

[@pnilu6828]

What are the websites that you use to study chess openings?

[@hannahsayce1]

good question ! I use a combination of chessable courses and the master database on chesscom/lichess. When using the master database I look through main lines (most common moves), then analyse ‘human’-looking moves that might deviate from this main line. Chessable is great for if you just want a line given to you straight away!

[@ChristianSoschner]

Amazing performances . Congratulations 😊

[@hannahsayce1]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

700-2200 in 2 years in insane progression, chapeau

[@annasch1463]

We need to show this video in all chess club ❤Thanks Hannah😊💜💚🌍

[@hannahsayce1]

Aw I'm honored! Thankyou :D

[@amatya.rakshasa]

wow.. that's incredible!! :O

[@simonkarsten272]

This video is a nice slap in the face as my own chess journey is to some degree the other way around! I started playing online speed chess because I couldn't play short time controls for the life of me, and I wanted to get comfortable with that magic 5 minute game (I was proud to be able to play 7 minute games, now I like 1+1 or 1+2 games best). I nowadays rarely analyse my own games anymore because most of them are blitz games and silly mouseslips and speculative sacrifices happen way too often, also for my opponents. I hardly practice tactics anymore as my analysis is streamlined by Stockfish. A surge in chess strength came about after a change in repertoire (for example, instead of a lazy Petrov I started to learn as much as possible about 2. ..Nc6). Now I am thinking about changing my repertoire again believing that I will achieve a new surge in strength (albeit from the Italian to the Ruy Lopez). When I started out with chess I made sure to really learn endgames, so that in unavoidable time trouble I would know what moves to make or avoid. Now I no longer really study endgames anymore because I am comfortable with short time controls and time trouble in long time controls. Humble brag time: my playing speed spikes only when I am below 1 minute in OTB rapid tournaments without increment, still winning endgames with many moves left to make. To club members I call this spike 'waking up' but it is an incredibly bad habit. Master games are entertainment for me and have always been so. They are more or less an exercise in recognition of previously learnt patterns rather than instruction material. Kasparov once said or wrote something close to "studying Carlsen games is like studying an iPhone if you want to learn the basics of electrical engineering", meaning it is too difficult, and I felt like that too. I owe a lot of knowledge and insight to chess content creators, but now I virtually never watch them anymore! Thanks for the lesson, I have some homework to do!

[@hannahsayce1]

Thankyou for sharing your experience! It’s very interesting to read about the journey that different players are having in chess. I agree about analysing carlsen games, his ideas are so complex and subtle that I cannot begin to understand many of his moves. I think it is great to analyse Fischer games or Tal, Morphy etc. You can definitely grasp these a little better and it is very inspiring!

[@Adherento]

I met Jesus De la Villa Garcia in a torunament 23 years ago on a tournament in Presov, Slovakia 😊

[@shadeburst]

To get to 2200, very high intelligence is a must :) And specifically spatial intelligence. I might make 1500 if I'm lucky. Very lucky. I'm trying longer time controls and it helps. I have time to perform a pre-takeoff check before every move. I'm trying to make it a habit but...

[@Gretchaninov]

Your rise is very impressive. Nice video explaining your process. It's hard not to feel jealous, especially when you have both looks and brains! But I think there might be more to it. What skills did you already have before playing chess? I think some skills translate better than others. Maybe you and/or your parents already spent a lot of time using your brain in various ways which then found a use in chess. Other people are unlikely to have the same rapid rate of rise in as short a period, even if they take similar steps, IMO. I'd also be curious how much time you invested. Like 1 hour a day or 5 hours a day, etc.

[@hannahsayce1]

Hey! Thanks for enjoying the video. I have played instruments e.g. piano, guitar, flute, and I was very was doing a lot of maths, science and problem solving competitions and classes throughout school and now in university, so perhaps there is some cross-over there.

[@Gretchaninov]

​@@hannahsayce1 "Perhaps", lol. Okay, clearly you're a genius. I've definitely found a lot of overlap between maths, music, chess, cubing and other things in my experience. Like at Sydney Uni, the maths society would put on music concerts every year. Thanks for the response. I'm curious what piano pieces you liked playing and what your parents do. You should do a video on how to get more IQ points!

[@jorgeresendiz072]

I also recommend Chessbrah's "building habits" series, they have a second channel with a much longer version and I think Aman is very good at breaking down the concepts and explaining them in a clear way

[@hannahsayce1]

I agree! Definitely missed that out when recommending channels, aman does have some really great educational content :D

[@xekind]

It's fun to watch you on twitch to see an adult that improved quickly at chess. You've proven that you don't have to be a child prodigy to get good at chess. How's your club / IRL tournament play going? That's the part where I'm still shy to get into it yet.

[@user-gt1et8qe9x]

EPIC VIDEO

[@hannahsayce1]

BLOASTED Video

[@alexlaporta6393]

This video is deeply inspiring, didn't think it was possible to improve so much in such a short time: you're the proof that where there's a will there's a way! Can I ask you how many hours per day did you spend on chess to reach 2200?

[@theresnothinghere59]

it's 1 out of millions people buddy

[@carokus]

I was interested, how much time you've spend on chess in two years to get to this level? Why I'm asking, because I'm not sure that I'm giving enough time to chess, or I'm spending it irrelevant. I have been playing for about half a year or more and I'm now stuck on 1200 or sometimes even getting lower, I'm planning to continue playing but it gets a little frustrating. Just the last thing I want is to spend so much time on chess and not progressing in it.

[@NinjaSquirreI]

She did leave out one important part. How fast you improve will depend on how much time and effort you put into it, and your talent for the game. The more talent you have, the faster you improve. The more time you spend, the faster you improve. To improve at the speed she did means one of two things: either she is very talented at chess, or she lived, breathed, and ate nothing but chess for two years. Or some combination of the two. In your case, if you do enough of what she said, you will improve, but only you can decide if it is worth the effort it might take.

[@anthonymeetsastranger]

Awesome. What got you into your chess journey to pivot into it full time?

[@hannahsayce1]

COVID lockdown in Melbourne! Decided to try something new and streaming was something I could do from home, since my work at the time (teaching) was not going ahead with lockdowns. Fell in love with playing chess, and doing it ever since! :D

[@anthonymeetsastranger]

@@hannahsayce1 wow that’s awesome. Super inspiring to chase your passion with such dedication. I’m excited to follow along and learn a little something too

[@imamslaoui4341]

what's the name /KZbin channel of the Australian you're referring to in the video?

[@hannahsayce1]

ChessCoachAndras :D

[@christinemurray1444]

If you went though all that in 2 years, including those books and those long games regularly then you put a massive amount of work. It's impressive but most people won't be able to devote that much time to chess.

[@MrPainfulTruth]

For me personally the main reason to play fast and mostly variants is that everyone else is potentially using an engine online. Much easier to do in slow TC. OTB theres no doubt that slower games are much more helpful.

[@maxm7719]

Anyway the aim is improving ourselves, not improving our ratings. At least you can play unrated games.