struggling to win

the game is bad

they made a lot of blunder

 

 

this game is a little bitbetter

It's such  a common theme I see of players who don't increase their rating who play way too much blitz that I have to suggest it. Playing blitz doesn't help you play better blitz, playing lots of slower games gives you the experience to intuitively know the correct moves in blitz. I don't mean NEVER play blitz, obviously do it for fun once in awhile, but i say keep it heavily weighed towards playing slow games. Its very easy for new players to get stuck in a trap of spamming blitz games nonstop and learning a whole lot of nothing from it.

Also the op has about 20 times the amount of blitz games than standard games, that's why i'm emphasizing this.

If you just want to have fun, play Blitz. If you want to improve, play slow games.

It's not Rocket Science.

What does everyone have against blitz? That's all I play is blitz, and I improve just fine. I guess it just depends on the person playing. 

IMHO, you have to get used to playing against that clock, so play blitz along with correspondence chess ( slow games). I admit, you can learn either way.

I can play a game of bullet, but not back to back to back, I get clobbered. Fast games, slow games, blitz games, it's all challenging. 

But if you had been playing slow games, you would be teaching Magnus Carlsen how to improve, right now.

Yes play within the 30 min games.
But 10 minutes are fun and quick to up your ranking

Memorize patterns first. Where does your pieces best go usually in the opening?

1. Rooks in the center, controlling an open or semi open file.

2. Bishops influencin a critical diagonal. For example Bg5 pinning a knight to the queen. Or fianchetto (b2-g2) looking the long diagonal.

3. Knights to the center (f3-c3 ideally) pressing the opponents pawns.

4. Queen last because they usually get attacked by other pieces, don't move it to a central square, preferred squares e2 or c2 behing the pawns.

And dont move the same piece in the opening, develop other pieces, castle.

Perfectly sound advice for complete beginners. You wont learn enough from those games. You need to have slower games that give you time to think about what you are doing more. Blitz is fine for fun, or practice of time management, but not so good for learning. The best ones are longer based games. 

Because improving your knowledge through study, improves you a lot faster, than playing blitz games. Especially for beginners You need to take more time to visualize and learn your way through planning. There isn't a lot of planning in blitz unless you have some understandings of positions, tactical play, etc, etc, etc....

Find books or study material online to learn basic chess principles. And play slower based games far more than faster ones is my advice mate. 

I found i learned best from my mistakes, when i slowed down and planned my moves more, rather than just playing anything. It takes time and learning to understand positions. 

I am suppose to be 1900 player and i still make silly mistakes. Just learn from them and dont beat yourself up over it. 

I can easily win 16s in chess if its easy.

I get what you're saying IMBacon, your input on that is appreciated. Two things. (1) I just enjoy playing blitz. I've played bullet, correspondence, crazyhouse, and many other variations of chess. I'm just in my comfort zone with blitz. Correspondence is great, you can learn the game way better, because you can obviously take much more time planning out your next move, not to mention you're not stressing under a clock. I do play correspondence once in awhile, in fact, I went head to head with one of your friends, Blakey, just recently. (2) I'm not really interested in improving, my improvement is just coming with learning the game a little better. My focus will always be off, I'm ADHD. Whatever my rating is now, I know I won't get much further in this game, as I pointed out in another post, some peoples brains just aren't built for this game. As far as learning the game, I guess I just don't have the patience for it. I just want to play, and if I win or lose, I'm cool with either outcome. ( Analysis has helped me learn a LOT!) 

i bet good gamers could get decent at blitz (like 1400+?) with a minimal understanding of basic tactical elements just by using their inherently good mouseime and twitchy skills; there is definitely a “style” with blitz that can be learned in parallel with any “deeper” chess understanding

i am terrible at blitz because i play it like a slow game; my blitz rating only improves when my classical chess understanding/rating start improving first

i play pretty much the 30min pool only and i’ve played many players who have a 1300+ blitz ratings and they dont play much longer time controls (probably players who want to get better) who literally blitz out each move; i’ll have used 20 minutes and they are still at 27- but usually have holes in their position from the lots of aggressive or more unothrodox moves they are accustomed to playing (as a very specific kind of element in speedier chess)

any really strong/experienced player will tell you if you really want to get better at chess you need to slow it down at pay attention to the details both playing and after; then, after you reacclimatize to the speed you can boost up your blitz-,with not only the inherent twitchiness good blitz players have but now some deeper understanding- so now the instincts are even more tuned up

"... for those that want to be as good as they can be, they'll have to work hard.
Play opponents who are better than you … . Learn basic endgames. Create a simple opening repertoire (understanding the moves are far more important than memorizing them). Study tactics. And pick up tons of patterns. That’s the drumbeat of success. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (December 27, 2018)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/little-things-that-help-your-game
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-start-out-in-chess
https://www.chess.com/news/view/a-new-years-resolution-improve-your-chess-with-new-lessons
"... In order to maximize the benefits of [theory and practice], these two should be approached in a balanced manner. ... Play as many slow games (60 5 or preferably slower) as possible, ... The other side of improvement is theory. ... This can be reading books, taking lessons, watching videos, doing problems on software, etc. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627084053/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf
"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
Here are some reading possibilities that I often mention:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf

Seirawan stuff:

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

Ian Sinclair, just to set the record straight, my ELO has sky rocketed from the 1200's to 1400's in 1 year alone. Get your facts straight before you start spewing your sewage onto the forums. Next, I could careless if I win or lose. Careless about my ELO. I play for fun. You are always going to be up against a better player, no matter how far you go in the game, so what's it matter? Anyways, its just a game! Are you seeing more into it? Your problem. Not mine.