I’ve been playing chess for almost a year and just keep losing

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I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

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You just need to take a rest and go for the next day. Read #1 in this forum and look at the table of contents to see what you’re looking for.
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Legoboyn12 wrote:

I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

Why are you resigning most of your games in under 10 moves? That's what I can't understand. If you are looking for a reason why your elo is low, that's a big indicator. Of the couple games I watched where you lost a pawn and resigned, you could still easily have won those games - a pawn, even being down a piece at this rating is nothing. People blunder all the time. By resigning instead of playing on, you giving up lots of potential wins.

I can do a more thorough review of your games Saturday night on my twitch stream and give you an improvement plan, if that interests you. More info is on my profile page.

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I didn’t see that
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just learn more

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HeckinSprout wrote:
Legoboyn12 wrote:

I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

Why are you resigning most of your games in under 10 moves? That's what I can't understand. If you are looking for a reason why your elo is low, that's a big indicator. Of the couple games I watched where you lost a pawn and resigned, you could still easily have won those games - a pawn, even being down a piece at this rating is nothing. People blunder all the time. By resigning instead of playing on, you giving up lots of potential wins.

I can do a more thorough review of your games Saturday night on my twitch stream and give you an improvement plan, if that interests you. More info is on my profile page.

Ah yes most of my games are that the main problem I have is if someone plays a nonexistent opening I have trouble following, the main thing I was talking about was the games I did t do that and lost somehow? Probably a me problem but like idk

its not usually after I lose a pawn, I mostly play Englund so I know how to play a pawn down

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ChessOceanus wrote:

just learn more

;-; I know a lot of opening and how to play middle games I spend most of my time learning

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sir, it is a perfect time to switch to snakes and ladders.

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I'm stuck at 1300. How to improve?

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Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

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Legoboyn12 wrote:

I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

How about not giving your pieces away for free, being completely blind to the most obvious threats and resigning the game for no reason? There's a reason you are at 300. You play exactly like what a 300 does. Aimlessly playing without actually making a genuine effort to understand what you are doing wrong

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You can use this and check the table of contents to see what you’re looking for

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/chess-tips-and-annotated-games?page=1#comment-118650434
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You will mostly lose on here. It’s ridiculous..
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Can someone read my post it says chess and health in beginners
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I already did
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Legoboyn12 wrote:

I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

Just don't resign, playing with players who had less than about 1000 elos may sometimes have blunders that causes losing, like me. You could sometimes win even losing a queen in the opening, just play careful afterwards. Or you could try Italian Opening, you could control the center in the beginning and castle early, you could even develop your minor pieces and attack the weak f7 pawn.

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im so low... but giving good pieces away for free? wat?

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ChessGuyLarry wrote:
Legoboyn12 wrote:

I’m currently rated 300 something… but I was like 500 and could consistently beat 900 Elo’s in unrated but now I can’t seem to beat anyone or do anything impressive anyone have tips?

Just don't resign, playing with players who had less than about 1000 elos may sometimes have blunders that causes losing, like me. You could sometimes win even losing a queen in the opening, just play careful afterwards. Or you could try Italian Opening, you could control the center in the beginning and castle early, you could even develop your minor pieces and attack the weak f7 pawn.

Just so everyone here knows i know the Italian AND many more openings, my main problem is i resign too much, ive fixed that now.

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blackmambas1314 wrote:

im so low... but giving good pieces away for free? wat?

is something i dont do.