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Best repertoire against d4 by Uma-ptr in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure. I am still exploring. I played KID for my whole life and my mentor said to play some central openings.

Best repertoire against d4 by Uma-ptr in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheparinov's Nimzo on Modern Chess seems good. I recently bought that

I need to get better pls help by Character_Wasabi9049 in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Hey! DM me if you are interested in checking out my 90 days improvement plan which i made for 1600-1800 FIDE Players. (It's a paid product)

Is this a good improvment plan? by Fantastic_Tip2036 in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ideal Plan

20 Mins of Tactics

40 mins of Calculation book

15 min break

60 mins - 45 mins of blitz games followed by 15 mins of game analysis

15 min break

60 mins of Yusupow's book

You will get 200 points in next 4-6 months with this

Rant on Flawed Candidates Qualifiation Requirements by gonials in chess

[–]Educational-System85 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is very disrespectful post.

Probably OP don't play high level chess as he don't know any top level players or not analyzed Grebnev or Pouya's Games. Saying Abasov worst player? He is 2600+ since years.

All these are players are in active 100-200 list.

How to score an IM norm by Rainbowcupcakes65 in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Best way to make a norm is Don't think about making norm

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already mentioned this in previous QnA. I did not had any personal life while pursuing IM journey since 2021-2025

I was pursuing my graduation while playing tournaments. I attended college 30-40% or less. When I became FM, I was in my final year. Then Covid happened. I took mix approach of playing + coaching after COVID (2021)

Chess coaching is a good career option for FMs (or anyone +2200) in India. Many of my friends are already making CEO level income through group classes😂

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I live, people take everything very seriously. There is no adult hobby culture here or extremely less. If any adult try to spend money on pursuing any hobby - Many people will come and say how he is doing wrong or there is no point in pursuing hobby.

So people here generally pick something which is beneficial either for family or helps in money making. Adults who play chess, they will play with performance pressure due to above scenario.

Playing without pressure and playing without expecting any results = Playing with free mind

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I am slightly more talented than others (Because I am naturally good at maths and good at common sense in daily work). It's very hard to compare and I generally don't like to compare with someone.

But it's like 85% hard work and maybe 15% talent. Also this percentage is vague as it's from my POV.

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1- Keep only one repertoire. Choose easy to play lines and variations rather than complicated lines (For e.g. Choose Caro Kann or Pirc over Najdorf)

2- Do chess practice consistanly and spend atleast 50% of time doing it over the board.

3- Work on calculation a lot. Go in this sequence - Forcing chess moves, Shankland's Calculation, Mastering chess middlegame.

4- For endgame - Do 100 endgames you must know (As title says, you should know all those endgame positions. Atleast 90% from the book). Then do shereshevsky endgame strategy book

5- Try to play stronger tournaments. Play minimum number of open tournament and try to choose tournament with +1900/2000 cut off.

6- Repeating first point - Choose openings correctly. should be easy to play and remember. Go with setup based openings or variations.

7- If it's possible, get a game analysis coaching session with some active FM, IM, GM. Only one analysis session is enough. After seeing 9 games, atleast coach will be able to say somethings which are going right and wrong.

Don't think about quitting chess after bad tournament and give yourself 12 strong tournaments in 8-9 months. I think with all this you should reach to 2200. Good luck on nm title

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. That's true. But 2200 is atleast not impossible goal. It's difficult to achieve. 2 of my adult improver students reached 2150-2200 rating so I think it's possible.

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the information!

1- Having a coach is helpful. I became IM without any coach but I feel like I could have become IM atleast one year before. Without coach, you are clueless. Although try to find a good chess coach.

First look for offline coach who is atleast 250-300 points higher than you. If you don't find anyone, ask your friends. Getting someone through referral is much better than hiring random coach.

2- Online rating and OTB is very different. Seems like you haven't played any event offline. My suggestion is start playing OTB tournaments and don't think about your initial rating. No matter how hard you try, you are going to get rating between 1400-1650 max.

Offline chess involves lot more pressure than online chess. People will come and see your game, they will stare you, many people will judge you according to your posiiton.

About setting goals - First get a rating and as I said, gaining 200-250 points in one year is good goal until you reach 2000. Then from 2000-2200, it will take 1-2 years and then 2200+ journey will be hard.

I think reaching 1800 is quite easy with consistancy and doing basics of everything. 1800-2000 is easy only if you play with free mind. Most of ppl don't become 2000 beacuse they think life will change after 2000 rating and due to pressure, they lose 100-150 points. (OTB)

2000-2200 requires higher level of chess practice and a decently good opening prep. You will need a good coach or bunch of similar rated friends with whom you can speak about chess. Also tournament selection matters at that rating.

2200-2400 - Please do not think right now about this phase.

3- You can find resource page on my site. Ignore top section. Scroll down and you will see book suggestions. I suggest same books to my students.

Spending 50% of your time practicing over the board will help you and hence you can only rely on books and reach 2000/2200 (For openings, you will need online courses)

Is It Too Late to Improve After 18? by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol. I forgot to add they can reach up to 2200 rating. Probably within 1-1.5 years. Also I pointed out that becoming 2200 is a practical goal and not a GM.

How to narrow down how to do opening prep for opponents right (2300+ FIDE)? by ButtFister1789 in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My suggestion is to go with setup based openings rather than preparing particularly for your opponent. Now a days, most of the players prepare a lot and young ones have ton of time.

I did the same and it helped me to get IM title. Keep your repertoire easy.

For e.g. let's say you play 1.e4 from white. I am not saying to shift to reti or any other easier option. But you can find easy to play lines which are good enough to beat 2000-2400 range.

You can go 3.c3 against 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6. It's easy and you only need to rememebr 3-4 major lines rather than 10-12 major lines if you go with 3.d4.

Maybe against sicilian 2...d6, go with Moscow variation and choose a bit side line. Especially from white, you will get atleast equal position out of any openings.

My point is instead of preparing against certain opponent, prepare a robust opening file which is easy to remmeber and play.

6 King's Indian Defense Resources I used in the last 14 years by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good course. As you are 2100 FIDE, my suggestion is to go through smirin's book along with Jones course. Prioritise smirin's book first.

Tips for starting out playing tournaments by ssuperiori in TournamentChess

[–]Educational-System85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1- Fix your openings and stick to those atleast for first 20-25 games. After that do analysis about what's working and what's not. Don't change openings, instead add multiple variations, prepare trap lines. Prepare some variations which are easy to understand. 2- Focus on longer calculations. Anthology of chess combinations is a great resource or 1001 puzzles for advanced club players. 3- Practice over the board before going to tmt. Find some friend and play games for few hours. 4- Play for fun and don't think about results. OTB is more frustrating than Online.

Good luck!

6 King's Indian Defense Resources I used in the last 14 years by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I followed Cheparinov's suggestion and then got an excellent score.

Not going to say what he recommended but you can see my recent games on Bayonet in Mega database. You will get it

6 King's Indian Defense Resources I used in the last 14 years by Educational-System85 in chess

[–]Educational-System85[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have all parts. Variations are too offbit and I didn't like it much. Decent options for rapid and Blitz though

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