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Jesttt
Improvement is impossible for some people I guess, no matter how many games I watch and analysis and theory I go through I always blunder and play like trash because my brain isn’t fast or precise enough.

I don’t see a point in continuing something which I’ll never get better at, I enjoy the positions and learning but I’m just incapable and I seem to play worse and worse day by day
notmtwain
Jesttt wrote:
Improvement is impossible for some people I guess, no matter how many games I watch and analysis and theory I go through I always blunder and play like trash because my brain isn’t fast or precise enough.

I don’t see a point in continuing something which I’ll never get better at, I enjoy the positions and learning but I’m just incapable and I seem to play worse and worse day by day

Well, you've only been here for a month.  That's really not very long. If you had taken 1000 lessons and done 10,000 puzzles, and played 5,000 games, you might have a basis to make that claim.

Why would you resign in this position? Yes, you blundered a move earlier but your opponent returned the favor.

deathspiral1
I feel your pain
Jesttt
Missing mate and just general awful play, I resign because blunder means I lost, There’s no point playing after a blunder because even if the opponent misses it nothing can be learned from the game because it won’t ever be reached again, also I don’t deserve to win after I blunder anyway.

I lose over and over, because I’m dumb af
NilsIngemar

Do puzzles for about 3 or 4 months and see if you do not get better. 

 

Work out the solution in your head before making your first move.  If you are wrong figure out why your solution is wrong and the puzzle solution is correct.  Always look at the solution if you get it wrong.

 

Spend about an hour a day doing them.

JackRoach

So? I blunder. And I blunder. And I tilt down, and I slightly improve and I tilt again and I take advantage of others blunders and I miss taking advantage of others blunders and they miss taking advantage of my blunders, and before you know it you are higher then you were before! This is my chess life.

Moonwarrior_1

Practice makes perfect. Play through the blunders

jonnin
Jesttt wrote:
Missing mate and just general awful play, I resign because blunder means I lost, There’s no point playing after a blunder because even if the opponent misses it nothing can be learned from the game because it won’t ever be reached again, also I don’t deserve to win after I blunder anyway.

I lose over and over, because I’m dumb af

There is a time when you blunder and you resign -- when you can't win, can't even draw, there really is no hope.  That is fine.  

But to say you do not deserve to win if you fight back after a mistake is not correct.  If you can win after a big mistake, you do deserve it.  One of the best games I ever played, I hung a knight a few moves into the opening.  I became very, very angry at myself and played at a level I do not think I have ever reached before or since in a game, and beat a 1900 effectively at knight odds that day.   I should have tipped the king, but we had an hour to do nothing at all anyway, so I played on to see what would happen.  To say it was undeserved would be nonsense.  

Strangemover

Even your status says 'bad player' 😆 don't be so hard on yourself, you are very nearly at 25% in the percentile, 1/4 of the entire membership of the site is rated lower than you! Sadly though you are yet another beginner player who is expecting miracles...you have been on the site for about 5 weeks - I'm assuming the period since then is the first time you have been playing regularly? It's absolutely no time at all. Do you have any idea how deep and difficult the game of chess is? Do you really expect to play well in the 10 minutes you are giving yourself to play your games? Do you expect that you won't be blundering left, right and centre when you make your moves after only a few seconds of thought? Slow down, play long games, really think about what you are doing. Do you have the patience for this? You are like a learner driver doing 80mph on the motorway having continuous accidents because you can't control the vehicle. You need to do 15mph round the housing estate where you don't need to react so quickly first. 

Jesttt
My blunders are inexcusable, they are obvious and stupid, and they make the game embarrassing
EdwinP2017
Jesttt wrote:
My blunders are inexcusable, they are obvious and stupid, and they make the game embarrassing

No blunders are inexcusable, as everyone blunders. The worst thing is if you think you have blundered and you did not blunder at all. Yesterday I had a weird position in the opening after i took a pawn of my opponent and run into a kind of scholars mate (which I thought was unevitable). I resigned and checked the analysis. The blunder was that I resigned. According to the analysis it was just a slightly better position for my opponent. I just did not see the two obvious next moves. Just check my recently 5 or 6 moves game from yesterday which I lost. Blunders can happen on all levels.

nTzT

You have to be a lot more patient, a lot more. It takes a ton of effort over months to see improvement. Just try to make sure you understand something that happened better the next time it appears.

AtaChess68
You float around 700. At that level players hang their pieces approximately 3 times each.

Winning is a matter of:
1. Bring your own blunders back from 3 to 2;
2. Maybe more important, see your opponents blunders and take the piece.

For both you need time to think about the moves.
nklristic

Why don't you play slower games? 10|0 is far from ideal for improving players. I see that you are playing many games a day. It is better to play 1 longer than 3 short games. And make it your goal not to blitz out moves in those games. It will take some time to get used to different time format. You will certainly blunder less on average. Blunders and bad losses will still happen, but it will probably be less drastic.

neon766

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katerinah337

If you are slow thinker play longer games then. Blitz or faster games are fun, but It is not good for serious improvement. I improved to almost 1400 and guess what? It is still about seeing an opponent blunders first. So what you need to do now is that you need to solve puzzles. I think you are on good way if you look at lessons or similar materials, you just need to be more patient. I am solving puzzles about month or maybe two and I think I can calculate more accurately, still I  have a lot to learn. Chess is complex to master, so if you enjoy the game just enjoy the long journey to improve. Maybe what you can also do is that to play with a little stronger opponent (100-200 points higher) you need to lose many games to be proud of the one winning

Ardor80

The other day I mated an opponent fairly early in the game. It was an awesome move. But... It would have been a lot more amazing had I known my move was going to be mate. I really want to get better... But some people have the gift. I don't have it. I just really only need to beat my father in law!