Fix My Chess
← Fix My Chess

Mistakes that repeat

From 1200 to 1500: repair, don’t study more

“Between 1200 and 1500 the gap is not knowledge — it is one error pattern you repeat every few games.”

At this level almost nobody loses for lack of theory. Games are lost to the same old thing: a hanging piece in the middlegame, an advantage that slips in the endgame, a premature attack with your own king unsafe.

Studying more openings does not fix that. The opposite loop does: diagnose the exact pattern → train 5 minutes a day on your own positions → play → measure again. Improvement stops being a feeling and becomes a number going down.

Start with the free diagnosis: paste your username and within a minute you will know which pattern is costing you points, with your own moves cited as proof.

Is this your leak?

Paste your Lichess or Chess.com username and in 60 seconds you will know which pattern is costing you points — with your own moves cited as proof. Free, no account.

Diagnose my games See an example diagnosis