Consider changing your openings.
Stick to basic opening principles.
If you have a fianchettoed bishop, you really should hold on to it. In 2 of 3 games you trade off your strong bishop for a knight without good reason.
I like that when your opponent threatens a piece, you consider a counter strike instead of retreating, but be careful. You get yourself in trouble losing material when a more boring move would have been best.
Perfectly fine. Just don't blunder if possible.
2nd Game move 10: Bxc6 is a very bad trade for you. Your light bishop is easily the strongest minor piece on the board, unopposed (he doesnt have one himself), plus you have the bishop pair in a completely open board (there's also pawns on both sides of the board) and the pressure on the C6 knight is going to be forever annoying for black. In this position you should be looking to further finish your development asap like moving your D pawn to get your dark bishop out, playing knight to D4 (centralizing your knight and hitting the queen). Looking at the board his kingside is completely undeveloped so after you move your D pawn get your rooks connected in the center and your bishop and queen out as quickly as possible, your position would basically be crushing effortlessly
All elo below 1000 imo should study everything in general sure but mostly focus on harmoniously developing your pieces, once you can somewhat do that well you should get to 1000 pretty quickly.
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Thanks for the advice everyone.
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This is a great way to improve!
Here’s more ideas to help you get better.
-I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces” and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.” Both books are available on Amazon.com. Both books are endorsed by chess masters!
-If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.
-Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”. Do this for every single move!
-Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move.
I won this one but I feel like I botched coming off of the opening