Tips on How to Improve

I have heard a lot of differing advice on how to improve at chess. Right now all I am doing is playing lots of 3/2 blitz games. Is there a better way to improve? Thank you to everyone who responds.

"... Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thinking it takes to plan, evaluate, play long endgames, and find deep combinations is just not possible in quick chess. … for serious improvement ... consistently play many slow games to practice good thinking habits. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

"... 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/article/view/how-to-play-chess

https://www.chess.com/blog/michechess89/8-tips-to-increase-your-online-rating

https://www.chess.com/news/view/rapid-chess-improvement
https://www.chess.com/news/view/a-new-years-resolution-improve-your-chess-with-new-lessons

https://www.chess.com/article/view/mastery-chess-lessons-are-here
"... 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/https://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/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://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/https://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/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/https://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/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
https://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/

https://www.chess.com/blog/ForwardChess/book-of-the-week-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/
https://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
https://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090229/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review492.pdf
https://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-openings

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan recommended by RusselBell in another post is a good book for beginners.  I read the first chapter and skimmed through part of the second chapter.  Definitely something to look at for the beginning player.  It teaches basic chess concepts and also has annotated master games included in the book.  

You seem to have a high puzzle rush score for your rating.  Maybe you have experience in solving tactics but as of yet haven't been able to convert that to actual wins on the chessboard.

A Guide to Chess Improvement, by Dan Heisman, is a good book as well, however, the first chapter is about miss conceptions and the solutions as well as a good amount of information for the reader to figure out where they stand and what other books to possibly think of buying at various levels, though, I believe, there are gaps to Dan Heismans book list, and Amateurs mind should be put off till later I think, in my humble opinion based on the fact that I knew a guy that was rated 1900 and he barely started to study the Amateurs Mind.  This book also teaches a great way to think about chess moves, as well as having a chapter on Time Management.  Dan Heisman's whole philosophy when it comes to chess is the teaching of the development of chess skill, that is, thinking deeply of a position over a long period of time by carefully considering a list of candidate moves (more than one, he preaches not to make the first move that comes to your mind) and then figure out your opponent's possible replies.

Here is an example of where I didn't have time to think deeply enough in this position and just made a move quickly because it was blitz.

I still won the game, I'm just sharing that it would have taken me several minutes to visualize all those moves in my head.  I could have just risked the biscuit, and just played the queen sac in hopes of a victory, but I don't play that way, usually....

I don't like the Openings for Amateurs book by Pete Tamburro.  That is my low rated opinion.  There are way better books than that book of trash openings.  (remember my low rated opinion!)  I guess I can make a review of the book and show why I think this way, but I'm a 1500 rated player, who would take me seriously?

I'm not sure which book would be better for you.  A Guide to Chess Improvement, or Play Winning Chess.  I'll leave it up to you to decide.

Discovering Chess Openings is a waste of money.  You can get all that is in that book and many times more content by just signing up for a diamond membership here on chess.com

Winning Chess by Fred Reinfeld...  It's a basic tactics book.  Reinfeld is a legend but to each their own.  Some people like him, some don't.  It's a good book to drill tactics for a beginner that doesn't have a high tactics rating yet.

Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev is a good book to learn general plans and concepts and at least the first 11 games show exactly how to attack the king basing the ideas on stuff like "weaknesses in the pawn formation in front of the King," among other things.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyMXRGi3WkA&list=PL-qLOQ-OEls4I3rqV_pQje1olPqu1VglD

This can help too, also look at his other videos.  Daxypoo wrote about him in another thread, I thought I'd share it here.  He touches basis on a lot of stuff about the ideas one needs to have when trying to read the tactics of the position.  Tactics come from ideas, ideas come from stuff we learned, and you can learn a lot of ideas if you watch this guys videos.

Back to Basics:  Tactics By Dan Heisman...

This book teaches outliers.  Which are Tactics problems that the usual tactics book doesn't cover, and are mainly based on mistakes beginners often make?  I never went through this book entirely, though, this book alone should teach you to stop doing nearly as many blunders in a chess game and bring you to a higher rating.  Remember it takes time to digest new information.  Other people have said you will probably first suffer a loss in rating when learning new concepts, but it should pick up later on.

I saw a game in Yasser Seirawan's book that I mentioned (the first game he goes over in his book Play Winning Chess) earlier, and what I can say about the game is that the person playing black was just making random moves and just developing and was totally oblivious to the plot that was brewing by his opponent.  Play with a plan.  Without a plan, you plan to fail.

3|2 takes speed.  Speed, that you simply do not have.  In my opinion anything below 5 minutes is a flaggers game, but some people can play very well in 3|2 time controls, because they have the experience.  You can learn how to be faster by studying chess and playing lots of games (mostly games with longer time controls).  You can also ignore all of our advice and continue to play 3|2 time controls exclusively, however, you will never develop the skill that Dan Heisman teaches, that deep thinking.  

Thank you for all the responses. They were very helpful and I can tell you put a lot of time into them.

I think my main problem is dealing with blunders. I blunder a piece almost every game and I don't know how to stop. Here is an example game with me vs an IM https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/4650582940

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I want to watch this for improvement myself.

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In what way?

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Getting this thread back on track...

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

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

I need help to improve myself

But I don’t have a gmail

play even more blitz

hyperbullet also helps.