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Every time I play no matter what I do, I end up losing the game. So far I only won 2 games out of the 10+ I played since creating my account and now my rank is under 1000. No matter what I do I keep losing. I even lost to the lowest ranked bot! How come I keep getting put against players who win against me 90% of the time? Normally when I play with friends and family in real life, I end up winning about half the time.

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Because your rating is too high compared to your skill. You will continue to lose and your rating will continue to drop until you are paired with opponents of similar skill. Perhaps spend some time trying to improve your skill and you won't lose so much.

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mjeman wrote:

Because your ranking is too high compared to your skill. You will continue to lose and your ranking will continue to drop until you are paired with opponents of similar skill. Perhaps spend some time trying to improve your skill and you won't lose so much.

I literally just created my account today and this is the rank they put me in after losing my 5 placement matches and I still keep losing. How is the default rank "too high"?

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In your first game against “oldmanpi”, for your 3rd move you appear to be focused on winning by playing the Scholar’s Mate (4-move checkmate) because you placed your Queen in harm’s way – it could have easily been captured immediately by oldmanpi’s Pawn which had previously captured your Pawn in the center of the board. You were lucky not to lose your Queen at that point because oldmanpi was focused on blocking your Scholar’s Mate attack and should have taken your Queen instead.

I would suggest that you take more time to think about your moves and only embark on Rapid games after you’ve improved your game play.

As such, try the 3-Day games instead – they’ll give you plenty of time to ponder your moves as well as all the potential moves that your opponent could make in response to yours. 😉
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Honestly you just have to keep learning from every game you play. To be simple and precise:

  1. If you want to improve at playing play more Rapid. (15|10 is the best.)
  2. Don't play way too many games; You want to get better not tilt in the name of fun. 
  3. Watch videos on openings, middlegames and endgames. (20% openings, 40% for middlegames and 40% for endgames)
  4. Implement what you've learnt.
  5. After every game, press the analysis button and note your mistakes.

Every time you face a new line, learn master how to counter. And don't ever think about losses, (Its just your first day here) just try to grasp in as much as you can.

When I was at lower elo, it was just full of people playing random stuff. If there is one thing that could work every time it would be asking yourself: "How can I refute the opponents move?" or as GM Igor Smirnov puts it, "What is wrong with my opponent?" meaning, "What weaknesses does he have?" or "How can I take advantage of this position as progress with my pieces while putting maximum pressure on my opponent?"

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Werner-A-Dill wrote:
In your first game against “oldmanpi”, for your 3rd move you appear to be focused on winning by playing the Scholar’s Mate (4-move checkmate) because you placed your Queen in harm’s way – it could have easily been captured immediately by oldmanpi’s Pawn which had previously captured your Pawn in the center of the board. You were lucky not to lose your Queen at that point because oldmanpi was focused on blocking your Scholar’s Mate attack and should have taken your Queen instead.
I would suggest that you take more time to think about your moves and only embark on Rapid games after you’ve improved your game play.
As such, try the 3-Day games instead – they’ll give you plenty of time to ponder your moves as well as all the potential moves that your opponent could make in response to yours. 😉

3 day games are good, but calculation can become a serious problem if you don't know what threats you have however, also because games always tend to take sharper turns down the rating scale.

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EIdegoss wrote:

Every time I play no matter what I do, I end up losing the game. So far I only won 2 games out of the 10+ I played since creating my account and now my rank is under 1000. No matter what I do I keep losing. I even lost to the lowest ranked bot! How come I keep getting put against players who win against me 90% of the time? Normally when I play with friends and family in real life, I end up winning about half the time.

It seems you selected "advanced" when you signed up, which gives you a starting rating of 1600 before your first game. Looking at a few of your games, "new to chess" (which gives you a starting rating of 400) or "beginner" (starting rating 800) would have been more appropriate. I think you will continue to lose most of your games for a while until you have reached a level that corresponds to your current skill.

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EIdegoss wrote:

I literally just created my account today and this is the rank they put me in after losing my 5 placement matches and I still keep losing. How is the default rank "too high"?

From https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8566476-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com, emphasis added:

"Chess.com uses the Glicko rating system, which includes a measure called ‘rating deviation’ (RD) to indicate our confidence in your rating. If you’re new and haven't played any games, the system is unsure of your 'real' rating, so your rating will fluctuate significantly during your first few games."

Try not to worry about losing and try to learn from each loss. You'll get more appropriate opponents soon.