How do you improve at chess?

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

Even if theory isn't helping, you may start to intuitively recognise patterns and cut back on mistakes. There are some principles you should remember though.

Don't wave your rook around unless you really know what you're doing. In one game you captured a pawn with your rook - good move - but then you should have retreated. Instead you hung it, your opponent didn't notice, then you traded it for a knight.

Don't move a piece twice in the opening. That goes for pawns, too. It actually worked out for you in the game I looked at when you did that, but only because your opponent blundered their knight.

I should point out I'm under 500 and I still make horrendous mistakes.

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a chess coach based and chess book author based in California. 

I have tips to help you improve your chess skills so you can win more games.  

-I recommend playing with a slow time control, such as game in 30 minutes.  You need time to think.  Beginners tend to make a lot of silly moves with very little time.  This makes sense since there’s a lot of pieces on the board.  

 - Before each move, I highly encourage you ask questions before every move such as, “If I move here, is it safe?”, “Can I safely capture a piece?”, and more.  Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. If you are past this stage, then find a forcing winning line.  

-I also offer a  free beginner’s free eBook on my website, www.ChessByLauren.com in case you are interested. The book is about asking questions before each move.  

-Learn basic tactics such as the fork, discovered attack, pin, and more.  I offer interactive puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php  

-I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces”   and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.”  Both books are available on Amazon.com.  Both books are endorsed by chess masters!  

-If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.  

I hope that this helps.  

playing a lot of games and tactics . . . . . .  

I hope it helps.

It takes time, you joined 5 days ago. Don't feel rushed. Chess.com has great lessons that you can do, maybe even do them several times.

Gold I disaqree--knowing when and why to resign is an important part of chess. |Endgames can be learned withouit having to play to an endgame/ When I was age 8 andf very new to chess--=I learned som, of the endgames.

This is irrelevant but I created a blog mainly about how to improve chess. Feel free to check it out @elliotsol

I noticed you've locked comments on blog posts. I'll comment here.

I'd suggest looking over the Herman Grooten series "Understanding before moving" and consider adding to a couple of your lists. They're available to read on Scribd (at least a few of them are). I've pretty much read over the first one and realized it's been revised (not sure about the changes). Deals with pawn structures and associated plans arising from specific openings and uses GM games (old as Morphy and new) to show middlegames and some endings that result from earlier choices. The variations don't go real deep in the overviews, but the referencing games and exercises (imo) can fill a void out there in the learning/improving departments.