im 9 with a ufcf of 1100
Should I quit?
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I've been playing chess for a long time and I've never really had a surge in skill. It's disheartening for me, especially when I'm seeing the people that started around the same time and around the same age as me improve exponentially. I've never been able to achieve and replicate positions found in chess lessons and/or execute key ideas in my game. As of today, I'm only 1600 FIDE whereas my friends and chess peers are mostly 1900+ so take my advice with a grain of salt.
I don't think reading chess books are very instructive unless you are vastly interested in chess. I, for one, could never make myself absorb information from a book for very long. Forcing yourself to do it is just a waste of time. Try YouTube videos or getting a coach. At the end of the day, do what holds your interest and what you think will help improve your chess.
Many players say chess is 80% tactics but in reality, a basic understanding of tactics and the ability to spot them in-game about 2 or 3 moves prior is enough. I think you should just take a step back and play chess for fun. My friend took this approach and he has been improving consistently (went from 800 to 1200 to 1500 blitz rating over 6 months). So don't give up and keep trying.
You miss all the shots you don't take.
At your level, just do hundreds of mate-in-one problems. It's not that the problems are hard, but it will force you to look at the entire board to the winning move.
With lower level players, the number one wall they hit is not being able to look at the entire board.
I would have to do some easy mate-in-two problems also. Eventually, transitioning to average mate-in-two problems.
-Average essentially means the problem isn't that difficult if you recognize the pattern. Pattern recognition is huge in chess. Luckily, there are patterns for every level of player. When I first did a lot of mate-in-2 problems, I got a lot of them wrong, but once I learned the pattern, that pattern was easily solvable. New patterns with few pieces on the board were always a sticking point for me.
Jan 20, 2020
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The real question is: When will OP quit chess.com? Or when will he delete post #1. Kindaspongey inherits the thread 
....its no good waiting by the window. e/b knows chess isnt played in a hay-stuffed barn. there hasta be a way to make it to the corners of urbana. cuz its no good waiting by the window. maybe u could order one a those big giant thumbs. a flatbed will come by sooner or later. u know, one a those witha backwards couch on it ? anyway, it does no good waiting by the window.
cuz if u stay ?....u'll never get any better that way.
Jan 20, 2020
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BISHOP_e3 wrote:
Maybe nobody gives an airborne coital hip movement...
they start young these days
don't know
move to the city.
Please don't quit !
Get inspiration from these queen sacrificed games: https://www.chessonly.com/sacrificed-queen-games/
YES U SHOULD QUIT U R TRASH BCUZ UR TRASH AT THE MOMENT U SHOULD QUIT......
does that sound rational to u? some ppl get better faster than others! keep going and get better soon u will be good. dont get all depressing on me bro
who r u talking to ugly puppet head
sorry this is the worst meme I've ever seen lmbo XD
Jan 21, 2020
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ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
respectmasters wrote:
who r u talking to ugly puppet head
Some idiot like you.
@respectmasters doesn't seem to respect masters...
I was talking to @Galaxy_Chess_God