You need to realise the fact that getting better in chess, is just like any other discipline, takes time. Also, you needn't read the fancy books out there, unless you're like a 1000, maybe solve a lot of puzzles to get familiar with the attacking/mating patterns and try to stick to the fundamentals of chess! Also, losses are inevitable, we train to reduce the number of losses that we incur (ironically coming from someone who only plays bullet, and loses his mind xD) but with time, you'd definitely do well! Also, yeah to avoid trash talkers, you should enable the auto-disable chat feature!
Wishing you a great day!
I seem to bounce from 400-600 and back.
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Apr 15, 2025
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Apr 15, 2025
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Play less games. How are you devoting proper time to review your games when you're playing 30+ rapid games per day? Also, I notice you sometimes have a long string of losses, so maybe making a deal with yourself to stop for the day after 3 losses in a row. I'm not always the best at following that piece of advice myself. But it would probably help a lot to grow your rating.
Another thing maybe you can try is not focus on whether you win or lose, but pay attention to your accuracy in the games you play and try to make goals for yourself based on that. And then when you see moves that are a mistake in your game reviews, try to calculate better lines and then enter them into the chess engine and see what it thinks.
Either way, just try to be in a good head space. Your rating will eventually improve. Good luck!
Apr 15, 2025
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Bouncing up and down is normal, we all do. It’s a pitty chess.com doesn’t provide a trend line in the stats. You definitely made progression in the last year.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Apr 16, 2025
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Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.
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blunders once in a while, or misclicking, which I'll own.
Just look at your last game.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/137429592010?username=caffeine_nicotine
Try to count the times when you or your opponent blundered away a piece, or ignored a piece that was free for the taking. I guess there are about a dozen instances. In one game. Quite a bit more than "once in a while".
Additionally, you resigned after blundering away your rook. But you were up a rook, so the position that was about equal even if your opponent spots your blunder (which is far from certain).
Additionally, I don't understand "do my standard book opening of e4 and then my back rank is just gone". Example?
I'm studying my games, reading my books. I'm still making stupid blunders once in a while, or misclicking, which I'll own. But sometimes I feel like some random master came down just to whoop my ass. I'll try to do my standard book opening of e4 and then my back rank is just gone. Any advice?