I can't play chess960, I just can't

WHY AM I SO BAD AT CHESS960?! I lost so many games in this format, WHY!? it's not because of no openings cuz I'm not an opening nerd anyways, but the layout of every position is so confusing, also I keep moving so slow, I'm burning so much time cuz I just freeze in certain positions, what cna I do about this? also I keep either losing on time in winning positions or I throw games away cuz the positions are so complicated or I'm in time trouble

anyways, imma take a break of 960 for at least a couple of days, but can someone plz help me?

also, it's so annoying that I'm only getting paired against higher rated opponents in 960 cuz nobody plays 960 on this site, so that's not helping either

i also hate 960

I don't know, I rarely ever play 960 and I'm just not a fan of the no openings and I just kinda have to play random moves in the opening. But I'm pretty sure there sort of is openings in 960 cuz in like that one freestyle tournament with magnus and hikaru and gukesh they all played like the same first moves. It might just be your not used to it that's my guess

same

yea but every game is a new position

Also you might just be tilted or tired from playing so much. And you said ur getting paired with people with much higher ratings, so that is definitely another reason for the losses

chess960 is good for Magnus and other top players, but I don't think it's for me

wait it is????? so every game the kings and queens and knights and stuff are placed in different squares?

i hate 960

same ive played like 5 games of 960 ever

Good Morning! that's why it's called chess960, there's 960 possible starting positions, they can be in any order as long as the king is between both rooks and bishop are opposite color squares

ohohohoh welp now imma play 2 games of 960 to try this out

i love 960
because like you can't study for it, it tests thinking ability and general principles

lets go won 2 960 games

i love 960 because it punishes the noobs who cram without knowing general principles. It's like an olympiad set.

yea, but I'm not an opening nerd, I just find the layout confusing cuz it's different every time

But there are general principles which apply everywhere. Like look at where the bishops point, see which pawns are undefended, see the flank you want to push, see the side you want to castle easily