1200 to 1600: improving player

Who this is for: you know the standard tactics and openings and want to win more of the equal games.

Build a small repertoire: one system with White, one defence to 1.e4, one to 1.d4, 12 to 15 moves deep, with the ideas behind it.
Calculate three moves ahead in forcing lines (checks, captures, threats).
Play simple plans: open files for rooks, outposts for knights, a good bishop against a bad one.
Convert a won position and hold a worse one.

Courses: Forks, Pins and skewers, Deflection and decoy, Sacrifices on the king, Defensive moves, Quiet moves, Endgame 5: Queen endings, Endgame 6: Bishops and knights, Middlegame 5: Attacking the king, Middlegame 6: Combinations and quiet moves.
Puzzles (30 to 40 a day): mix themes. Try the rated puzzles for your level and your missed puzzles queue. Puzzle Rush 5 minutes, three times a week.
Games (6 to 8 a week): rapid 15 | 10 as the main diet, a few 30-minute games for thinking. Review all losses and one win.
Openings: pick a course in Learn openings and learn it to 12 to 15 moves. Use the opening explorer to see how strong players handle the positions you reach.
Study: one opponent prep before a match, a tournament or a rematch with a friend.
Ladder: climb the chess.com bots from about 1200 to 1600 for steady practice.

Memorising lines without understanding the plan. After the book moves you are alone.
Moving too fast when the position becomes complicated.
Trading your good pieces for no reason, or keeping a tension you cannot handle.
Neglecting rook endings.
Using the engine to pick moves instead of to understand them.

Tip: write down (in your head) your opponent’s plan on each move. If you cannot, slow down.

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