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Kestony

Try being process oriented rather than results oriented. Every loss is a gift because it allows you to identify the parts of the game that you need to work on to get better - you then know your weakness which you can overcome. That's what I call being process oriented. At least that's what I believe and tell my students. When I win a clean game I say my opponent wasn't strong enough to provoke my weaknesses and thus I didn't learn anything from it. I teach chess for a living for the last 10 years and hundreds of students became more happy with their chess after internalizing this and other psychological perceptions. 

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I am not going to give you any reasons. If you do not enjoy chess, if it has a net negative effect on your life, then you shouldn't play it. When it comes to hobbies, you should choose those that make you happy and avoid those that don't. There are many other things you can do with your life.

As for not seeing improvement, you joined chess.com a couple of months ago. What do you expect? Becoming an expert in a few weeks? Chess is hard and getting better at it takes time (and lots of effort), especially if you do it on your own. Don't expect very fast progress. It does feel like 3 steps forward, then two steps back at times. Unless you are super talented, that's just the reality.

erikedmund
PrivatePilotBartram wrote:

Chess, is war. Nothing less.


False.

laurengoodkindchess

 

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

 

If you are having fun playing chess, continue.  If you aren't having fun.  Then quit.  

Anyway, here's some winning tips for you: 

-Consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”

-Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move. 

I hope that this helps.  

SI-Experiment
SolidSeagull3 wrote:

The more I play chess, the more I realize I'm terrible at it. One day I feel like I've made good improvement only for it to disappear completely the next game. I have learned next to nothing despite trying to improve and I can't even break 650. I only got into this game because a friend of mine loves chess and I was starting to like it, but now it's a love-hate relationship. I know this is just a vent post and it's likely several people will call me out for it, but please give me a reason to continue playing before I quit for good. 

Hopefully my score of 100-something is enough to tell you that you got this, you just got 

Tribbled

Up until about 2000 rating it's mostly a competition of who has studied more, natural ability hardly comes into it.

I remember in high school getting destroyed at chess regularly and being extremely frustrated at that time, as I guess I believed all that cultural crap of it being a game of intelligence and so I probably took it personally.

Years later I got the game Chessmaster 11, and played through the academy on that. Within a few months I was rated about ~1500 but then I plateaued for a while. 
After taking a slight break and getting into videos on ChessNetwork I was able to break 1900. 

So now the next target would be 2000 but I know to get there I will need to study, playing is just where I get to put into practice what I have learned.

forbo1974
It’s a constant source of frustration at times, but a thing of beauty if you can get the moves right! It’s a real pendulum…. Swings one way it’s a joy to play and swings the other way you get pumped about 10 in a row!! Like I just have! 😆
royalknight223

I have had a similar experience. I started playing rapid this year, dropped to 400, then did some studying and began improving at a rate of 100 points/mth, then I stagnated at upeer 600s (650-670). I finally broke 700 today. Just keep going. Playing slower chess significantly improved my solidity/not blundering in game though I still blunder, so playing like 15 plus increment can improve your play. Also try studying chess.com lessons, you can unlock one a week as a free member if I am correct, those can help too.

Isaac_2013

I mean, the question is, what do you want to get out of chess? Do you want to be a professional? Do you want to have fun? Do you want to improve and gain some skills?

From the sounds of things, it looked like you were frustrated with your progress, and that's ok! If you want to improve, then you have to put the effort in, and by what you said earlier, it seems as if you've done that but you don't see the results. That happens to a lot of people - me included!

If you want to progress, then perhaps one of the things that you can do is to join a group of chess players which are willing to support and help you out! I certainly have one, feel free to message me if you wanted to be added into it happy.png It's a great way to find people who you can train with and learn from, and I find that learning from others is a great tool if books and study on your own isn't getting places. Plus, it helped me to enjoy chess, which is always great!

vixenraspberry

i'm a beginner, i signed up today, after few weeks of logged off playing, which wasnt rewarding although it made me less stressed about my rating, the loses felt like a breeze because it wasnt being recorded, which made my victories more frequent but i couldnt track my progress, losing and winning at random 'lucks' , now i finally got the courage to sign up, yes there's pressure but if ur playing like no one's watching even when no one's watching(if that makes sense) ur gonna see urself going all in cuz u have nothing to be ashamed of. even if ur not aware ur winning, when u've become this 'humbled' person, ur less likely to blunder and therefore go for the wins sharply;it'll feel great. for me i just stopped after a few wins right after a long streak of loses cuz i thought i'll lose that lil hope, dont be like me tho. i get satisfied by winning my last game.