What’s the most effective way to improve chess?
Two ways: Play in lots of tournaments and analyze your games after and learn from your mistakes Practice chess puzzles daily.
Do you have any tips for focusing well on the day of a tournament game?
Get a good night’s sleep and eat a healthy and good breakfast. Don’t get too excited in between rounds and stay relaxed
How to improve as a beginner?
For a beginner level player - Don’t focus on openings. Focus on improving your tactical skills. It will take you a long way up until at least 1600 levels. Don’t give up. You will have lots of losses and tons of bad tournaments. You learn from your losses more than your…