Any advice before I give up

Thanks!

That's great, just be patient , the last two games you have currently shows you play well but..you don't see some threatens at the end game ..keep doing puzzles and consider the match a puzzle for both sides..Good luck

Hello OneTinyPanda,

First of all, it's really unfortunate that you want to give up, but I hope I can encourage you to keep going. Puzzles are great for learning but not essential. What's crucial is that you start at 300 ELO. It seems to me that you're learning a lot at the level above you, which is great, but it won't help you much at the chaos level.

Here’s a starting approach you might try:

1. Lessons

With the Lessons feature, you can easily learn the dynamics from opening to endgame, such as pawn endgames, how to mate with 2 bishops, etc. You can also grasp the dynamics of the middlegame where it's important not to blunder while bringing out the pieces that aren't yet developed in the opening.

2. 30|0 Rapid

Play a few very long games and take time for each move to analyze the following points:

- Is my king safe?

- Can my opponent pin me?

- Can my opponent fork me?

- Can my opponent push their pawns?

- Can I checkmate my opponent?

- Can I pin my opponent?

- Can I fork my opponent?

- Are all my pieces protected after my move?

3. 1|0 Bullet

Rapid is good for deep thinking, but bullet is great for learning to think quickly without immediately blundering. At first, it’s quite challenging, but you’ll develop a much better feel for your opponents, learn premoves, and save unnecessary thinking time in blitz or 10|0 rapid games.

4. 4 Player and Variants

Variants like 960 Chess, King of the Hill, and Bughouse can help you handle the 64 squares better in any structure, not just the standard setup. This can help you find creative gaps when you return to standard chess.

5. Bots

The chess.com bots are useful for simulating games against easier or moderately skilled opponents and learning how to move to avoid losing. You can set the bot to "friendly game," indicated by a star, and start with a 1000 ELO bot. This will teach you a lot through playing, allow you to retry moves, and support your learning.

I hope this helps, and I wish you lots of fun on chess.com!🧸🤍

P.S. If you want help from a real player, send me a friend request and I’ll invite you to a 30|0 game from time to time and help you out.

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"I practiced playing openings" ++ Not useful

"did puzzles" ++ Overrated

"got a coach" ++ Good... for the coach

"I analyze every game I play" ++ Analyse lost games only

"look at the mistakes" ++ To look is not enough, you have to remember.

"I'm 300 rated in rapid" ++ That is a matter of blunder checking before you move.
Do not play your intended move, but imagine it played on the board.
Check it does not hang any piece or pawn, or run into checkmate.
Only then play it.
Sit on your hands.
This little mental discipline alone is enough to reach 1500.

Analyze how?

Keep on going, just play and play and play. I see you have only played 25 rapid games but sometimes it takes hundreds of games to break a plateau

Looking at your latest game I would say some improvements could be studying different types of mates and remembering that your opponent also has an aim, so after they move see if you can guess what they are trying to do, and then prevent it. The biggest thing I can say is that the fact you are on here means you are a good chess player because you are trying to improve. Believe me, I have been crushed by 8 year olds so many times and wondered why I even play this game, but it is so worth it, don’t give up.

Hi. 
I looked at several of your losses. In every game, you outplayed your opponent in the opening and had a better if not a winning position. However, you then missed simple 1-move threats.

the first suggestion I have is to stop playing rapid chess. This time control does not give you enough time to check your opponent’s threats or to find effective ways to defend against them.

try a longer time control, such as 30 minutes. If you have trouble finding opponents to play at that time control, play against a robot.

A few times in the games I looked at, you did not find the best way to defend against a threat. Take more time at this point of a game.

You might also check some books or videos on how masters think. This will help in finding moves that do more than one thing and in forming plans.

good luck.

Would you say you are an attacking player? Chess is not just about feeding one side unfortunately. If you study the attack only you will miss much of the game. Consider some of the greatest attacking players that have ever lived. While the attack is what they are know for they are no slouch to defense. Consider studying the defenses of the position you find you are playing before looking at the attack. It’s easy and fun to train our strengths. But it takes real effort to focus on our weaknesses. Look at defense first then you can focus on attack. A few hundred games like that (even if you lose) I bet you will see improvements. Good luck.

I don't know what you're doing currently to try to improve, or how hard you've worked at it, what your problems are exactly, etc.. If you don't feel you have the self-motivation to play chess then I don't think there's alot that can be done, tbh.

As far as advice - your most critical problem is going to be tactical. Tactics trainers can help, but playing alot and most importantly playing longer time controls is also important there. Make sure you are taking the time to look carefully at everything your opponent could do before you make a move. Speed comes in time. Play a 30 minute time control if you need that amount of time to check everything and be thorough. If you're moving impulsively and too quickly then that's the thing you should work on. If you've genuinely looked at all the moves / countermoves and just didn't see something... this will probably improve in time as your pattern recognition develops.

I think subscribing to some chess channel and listening to a skilled player talk about the game helps develop your understanding. Obviously there's the tactical ability you need to develop, and that comes through practice. But in an actual game tactics and positional understanding are interrelated. For example, if you're exposing your king by pushing pawns in front of your king this will lead to tactical blunders... if you notice your opponents king is exposed this will give you the hint to look for tactics involving his king.

While the opening isn't your problem, just on a related note - I don't think beginners should completely ignore openings. They should not become obsessed with them, but they should not just wing it every game. It doesn't take alot to figure out just the first 5 or so moves you want to play. But at least this gives you some starting point for understanding the position you're playing.

Another thing I'll say is you'll get all sorts of contradictory advice from other players, sometimes very bad advice (I see some of that in this thread), but listen to your coach and listen to yourself... you can take peoples advice into account but you will know best whether it makes sense for you.

I'd also point out that players have improved alot over the last few decades and nowdays a lower rated player isn't the same skill as one from 20 years ago.

Not to be mean sorry but how can you be 300 like I was 9 when I started and I was immediately 600-700 and soon reached the 1000 mark

Your early-middle game is really really good I would say around 1400 but you make some really bad mistakes I think you don't look enough at your opponents pieces because you often blunder your pieces in 1 move

Improvement in chess doesn’t come quickly for most players and it’s normal to hit plateaus. Keep practicing consistently but don’t expect breakthroughs overnight.

My advice for you is to find some friends on chess.com. the best way for finding Friends is to join Communitys that are active and want to help you. I am in a Chess Club named Nenurona SV. They are very friendly and talkative some If you want come and If you stay active you will be part of a holesome community

This sounds like very sound and practical advice. I'll take it myself. 

For all who are struggling how to play this are the tips. When you move any of your pieces make sure you understand this one thing means move with stratategy which mean always follow up with snother piece to protect your previous piece. Once you did that next time is your turn you just play defensive always counter dont push. Countering is so east vause your alwats on defense and you just have to wait for your opponant slip up. 2. Most important tip is make sure go to your menu and go where it says themes or backrounds. Make sure to change the squares on the board to any other colors that will help you to focus better. Also always play 30 min game or 5

1: Don't quit

2: I was really struggling when a 1500 rated acquaintance of mine suggested playing longer games to give myself more room to think and strategize while playing. Following his advise I doubled in rating in less than two weeks and have been on a slow incline ever since

3: You can't play this game if you're not ready to lose sometimes. Take everything in stride

4: Good luck!

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My high was 1100 and something i have to tell you is that take a break from chess if you are getting frustrated at the game or try and watch people like Gotham chess hikaru and others that have REAL chess experience and try to earn from them. Also try to watch stuff online and get a few key openings that you play, get the knights out first, 2 pawns in the center that kind of stuff. Then work with bots, bot have a key play when it comes to chess and try out different middle and end game patterns. also look and find threats, tca/ threats captures and attacks. Also try playing something as long as 30 minute games with people. Then do puzzles do the three a day if you don't have an account/ membership but don't go to puzzles every time as it is good to maintain a rating to puzzle rating ratio.