ive been on a losing streak for some time now, ive decided to get better at whatever cost it is. im still an average player, even after some time on this site, i was wondering, should i try and study some master games or something? openings? what is your opinion, any tips, games, or memtoring is greatly appreciated.

Try to get a hold of a chess book, i have been reading one and it has helped.

Also try to get in a chess club.

not many chess clubs, i think there is one at my school, but ill have to check.

yeah, i am trying to get in another chess club.

Try to form a chess club. (just a idea) :)

lol, not many people play anymore, well none that i know of in my area. its a small town. but thanks for advice!

Can you identify your weakness? Openings, middle game tactics, endgames? If so, focus some attention there. If not, study a bit of all the above, basic endgames, tactics, and a select few openings.

i would have to guees, middle, and end. mostly middle, i get mated and blunder a lot.

you can try to get a chess coach.

im 14. no money.

1. Play people better than you, and have them go over the game with you.

2. Study Grandmaster games - Karpov, and Alekhine are best.

3. Annotate your own games

ok, how do i study a grandmaster game? and how do i annote?

Join a group that plays a lot of vote chess. Read the comments the stronger players make. If you see a move, ask about it, and let people explain to you why it's bad or good.

I foind this helped me a lot, you might have to search around for a group which suits you, some are better than others.

can you suggest some?

Well, for me Team South Africa is very good, but you probably have to be a citizen.

Another excellent one is

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/team-antarctica

 Play over a Gradmaster game and at each move try and figure out the move they played.  Cover up the moves as you go so you cant see them. 

Play over your games and write down notes as to what you did well and not well.  Mistakes...good moves...etc. 

ok, thankyou.

I'd say you should study tactics, Tactics Trainer here on chess.com is great for that and there are also some other very good websites on the net.

yea, i just joined chesstempo.

No offense to the others.  But, if your rating is accurate(about 1400 on this site-that would generally equate to about 1200 otb) and you are still hanging pieces etc then annotating master games would go way over your head.  It took me until about 1600 until I understood anything that was going on in master games. 

This isn't to say that the op should not try.  But, be warned you will be at a loss for the most part of the game.  So maybe look over a game and when you get confused come on here and ask what the ideas behind certain moves are. 

Some general advice for games.  When the other person makes a move....

-are they threatening something

-is that threat real

             *if it isn't real then you can ignore it

             *if it is real then you need to either take care of it or create a larger threat(eg they are threatening to win material then you threaten mate)

-Did their last move move a piece out of the way so that they could create a threat with a piece behind it?