I Actually Think I am Not Improving At All!

Thanks for all the links and advice.  Will take it all on board and try to push boldly forward.  In some of my games my board vision annoys me and i didnt see a simple thing like my queen being attacked then i blunder and its gone.  Puzzles do seem to be helping.

I will play more daily games then comeback for some feedback. Please do let me know any other useful tips etc

Thanks for this will take a look

I had a look at one of your games, and I've read all of the posts above. All good advice but post #14 is the crux of the matter. The most important thing is to know the value of the pieces so that you're not losing out when pieces are exchanged (OK sometimes you do want to sacrifice material - but you should at least be aware that you're making a sacrifice!)

That is one thing on my mind, i dont fully understand the value of the rooks, knights and bishops

The old way was that a Knight = Bishop = 3 pawns, Rook = 5 pawns and Queen about 9 pawns

There are other caveats, but just knowing the above values should help a lot. If you're interested in a more nuanced set of values see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value

Yeah. 1-3-3-5-9 will get you to 1400 at least. For intermediate players and beyond it becomes more nuanced.

780 rated player here. I can relate to feeling like there's no improvement happening. so I've been playing a TON of puzzles. As a result, my puzzle rating has gone from the 600s to up around a thousand. I don't see everything, but I see a lot more than I used to. That tells me I'm improving, even if it isn't necessarily translating to my games yet. But I think that's just a matter of getting more games under my belt. I also play a fair amount of games against the computer. A couple weeks ago, the 1100 rated bots were wiping the floor with me. Now, I'm finding myself holding my own. That's another sign of improvement. So I know it's happening, even if it hasn't shown up in my win/loss record just yet..

In a nutshell:

Queen = 9

Rook = 5

Bishop = 3

Knight = 3

Pawn = 1

This is the basics of what each piece is worth.  This will change depending on the position, and skill level.  But for now this is what you should go by.

Even little things like this will help you improve.  When is an even trade not an even trade?

This is way to complicated for someone rated below 1000.  Just study tactics, that is it.

60 minutes u cant improve because it can take 2 hours per game, get used to 30 then 10, 10 is an improvement zone due to the ammount, maybe 15 at most if u wanna seriiously improve, blitz is ur zone 

guys hes only 600 he needs to just play 10 minutes and do tactics nothing else no stuff, at 600 they stil blunder pieces just look at the whole board 

That was my point.  To point out how the game really begins when the middlegame begins.

Playing speed chess is not how you improve.

10 minutes is not speed chess

dude if he plays 30 minutes he uses an hour to play a game 

its just he hasnt gotten used to the tempo 

u can still think deeply in 15 mins dude its just u dont spend an hour playing ONE GAME with fcking school so if he didnt eat or sleep he would only have 24 games a day dude

what u cal speed chess is 1 minute bullet flaggers