I keep losing because of poor time management. Any legit tips?

But then I cannot play many games!

If quantity is more important than quality?  Then dont expect much improvement.

Try scanning your pzcs and look for a good move. If you want to go all out go in person and take your time. Try playing some blitz games for a while.

try to work out the next move when its your opponents clock ticking

Grind puzzles.

Oh, right.

I'll play 15|10 more then. Thanks @IMBacon!

Best advice I can give is this - learn to think on the other player's clock.  Look at the moves that look most promising for him and come up with good responses to each of them.  You'll still need time when the opponent plays something different, but it will greatly reduce the amount of time you spend on the clock overall, without diminishing the quality of your moves.

Play 30/10 then you won’t be caught out so easily

Huh... that might be why I'm fine on time...

yeah thats what i do normally unless im in a very complex position

Study opening

1. Memorize the main lines and play against bots to recall your memory

2. Play against computers on side lines that you would like to play. 

3. Every 1 move deeper in opening preparations save your time.   If you can memorize 10 moves, you save 33% of your times. (Average beginners games last around 30 moves.) 

Here's another tip that might help. It's okay if you lose because of a tactic. I find it easier to learn from a mistake than calculating every time to see whether or not a tactic works.

 

i would not agree with memorisation of lines for practical reasons; when memorised line end all saved time might be consumed in next few moves just to find way how to deal with position. memorisation is great mistake. 

play openings with understanding, from very early moves and avoid forcing (time consuming) lines, game consists of middlegame and endgame too. That is how you ll be always pre-prepared for next moves or at least have an idea what you are doing.

 

 

 

 

Rapid is great but beware of stalling otherwise I would recommend 1hr games or 10+15

i lose 30 min games all the time because of time trouble

this is not a bad thing

a chess coach told me that in a 30 min game if you can get through opening with a good position then game was successful; too little time to do more than that

but spend adequate time in post game analysis to see how game would conclude and plans to proceed positively

if you are playing for rating then play a longer time control

or you can cheese- many opponents will play “dubious” stuff that “on paper” is “losing”- but the time and energy required to weather storms and convert position will flag you

it is frustrating but having right mindset will provide the correct path

A lot of good suggestions here already, but there's something too important not to point out: if you're getting THAT behind on time on move 10, you really, REALLY need to study a couple of solid openings. The first 10 moves shouldn't be costing you nearly any time at all if you know the opening you are playing.

 

This, absolutely. If you lose on time, the only thing you learn is that you need to move faster. If you lose because you made a bad move, you can at least learn to make a different move, faster

I was in the same boat as the OP.  I play rapid 10 minutes + 0 and I had issues with running out of time, even when I was winning, in too many of my games.  I would say that 9 out of 10 games, I would always have less time than my opponent at the end of the game and around 3 out of every 10 games, time would become an issue for me at the end of the game, forcing blunders, time out losses or even resigning.

It was not uncommon for me to check during a game and have 3 minutes less on my clock than my opponent.  It was very frustrating, and I was determined to correct this time issue.

I like 10 minute games, so I did not want to change the game length, but I did find the following helpful:

1.  Learn a good chess opening, and all its variants, so that you don't have to calculate as much during the opening.   

2.  Favor openings that create open games and trading equal value pieces.  I haven't seen any data on this, but it seems obvious that open games will take less moves, since there are less pieces on the board to get in the way.

3.  After making a move, think of your next move.  If your opponent's move doesn't provide a better opportunity or disrupt your move then you won't have to think as much when it is your turn.

4.  Anytime your next move is obvious, which will likely happen in the opening or end game, click your piece and hover over the square that you will be dropping it on.  I don't do premoves.  When it is your turn, do a quick check before releasing the piece, but this can save you maybe 10 to 15 seconds a game.

This is still a work-in-progress for me, as I am still working on learning my opening.  However, I have noticed improvement in my time usage during games.  

I usually still take more time than my opponents, but the difference is not nearly as great.  Plus, time is an issue for me in probably 1 out of 10 or 11 games now.

seriously try longer time intervals. As you become better , youll become faster