Sharing Tips on How to Improve (General)

by Tony Kosten , France, Sunday, July 22, 2007, 12:18 (6481 days ago) @ giorgio

? I have been more or less between 1830 -1920 for many years, I do
? understand chess better but my grading has not changed.

It is quite normal for chessplayers to have rating 'plateaus', it happened to me when I was young: your knowledge increases but your results stagnate, then for no apparent reason they dramatically improve! I've no idea why this happens, but you can be sure that if you keep learning more your rating will eventually increase.