Im a 500 rated player and I keep losing. someone please tell me what Iam doing wrong

Hello,

You have received great advice from very good players all. They're fa better than my 600 elo. I think the best you can do is not worry about your rating that will drive you nuts. The surest way to move up is enjoy the game, enjoy your competition, and have fun. This a online chess site it not meant to be taken seriously only to play the game. This from an old man who will never advance far but far enough for me. Always congratulate the competition win or lose they will remember that.

Hope all here have a nice evening and be safe and well.

Is there any reason that you're replying more than 1 year later?

There is an avalanche of ideas that need to be learned for anyone just picking up chess. You're lucky you started out at 500, some start out at 200... At your level mostly what you got to do is play a lot of games and analyze them with a stronger friend who is willing to afterwards. As you grow you will be able to analyze your own games, and later, you will be able to analyze your games with the computer. I would stay away from computer analysis until you are at least expert strength.

Yeah, you got to just get better at playing. Play lots of games, analyze with a stronger friend, and do tactics daily. I would start off with a tactics book. Rather than using a trainer. Why? You need to learn your multiplication tables. 2 x 2 = 4 etc. For chess, its basic tactics first, then the other stuff. The tactics in a tactics trainer are first badly chosen for people at the beginner level, and besides, no tactics trainer will train all the basic tactics and mates it's just beyond the scope of a tactic's trainer. You need to start from books and work your way to the trainer. As a rule, I do not recommend books anymore, as I don't know enough about chess literature to recommend anything.

I would type in beginner tactics book recommendations. Here is a website that recommends two tactics books for beginners Resources for Chess Improvers - John Bartholomew - International Master of Chess

The biggest accomplishment you can achieve at the beginner level is to suddenly stop making as many blunders as possible. Once you can scan the board and identify loose pieces that you have or some your opponent has or are able to see combinations that create loose pieces later to capitalize later on after a starter tactic. Sometimes tactics include more than one idea, which is why learning tactics is so important. JB has a fundamentals course you should check out. It's all free. But anyway, once you start making less blunders, that will be the time to get a good opening down or two. Before that just play and look-up you mistake, and drill the solutions you come with occasionally, so you don't repeat mistakes.

Most places tell beginners to learn general principles, but most people do not tell them how to do this. Here is a good article covering the basics of general chess principles:

The Principles of the Opening | Chess for Beginners - Chess.com

There is a course you can also go through to get more ideas on how to punish people who do not obey these said opening principles. It's on chess.com. I forgot what it's called.

It's not going to be easy, and the longer you study chess, the more you know that you don't know anything. Just study the board enough to where you get it in your subconscious, and you will be fine.

Don't worry about it, just feel free to answer old questions that were already answered years ago. Very useful and constructive thing to do.

Don't do the first move that comes into your head. When your opponent moves, always try to figure out why they made that move.

Bottom line. Take your time and you will minimise mistakes. Don't bother playing blitz games.