Why do I suck so much

ayyy someone with similar elo to me

I personally got to this elo by chess.com premium lessons and just watching lots of chess content on youtube so yeah

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out : 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

Here’s some ideas to help you get better.  

-I’ll be happy to analyze one of your chess games for free for my YouTube channel, since I love to help beginners out.  Share one of your games with me!  This is a great way to 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 also offer 500 two-choice puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php

I hope this helps!  

I came back to Chess.com just a bit ago.  (Took a whole year off....) In four days I won most of my games and got to 695.

Then I got a win only about every four games.... Rating CRASHED to 541 (to the point I began wondering what the LOWEST possible rating is!) I became super susceptible to forks and my own blunders.

This is one crazy game, huh?

Advice from Ben: don't worry about the result, worry about what you learn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5bCfwCyo18 

@Marcyful and @CityWokShiddyChicken already gave the usual advice, which  is always

1. Play longer time controls
2. Use the time you have available to check your moves for blunders, etc.

After looking at some of the games of the players in this thread, I believe for some of you the problem is not that you’re not spending enough time to analyze your moves, it’s worse.  You aren’t even analyzing your moves, at least not all the time. And all of a sudden, you hang your Queen. It looks like you blundered, but I think that in most cases, it’s more accurate to say that you just played the first move that occurred to you and that move happened to be a blunder. 

Let me rephrase the advice on time management. The goal is not to take more time for analysis. It’s the other way around. You should try to find the best move. To determine the best move, you have to analyze the position and to do so means you need to spend time on each move.

One of the games I looked at (from someone in this thread) provided the perfect example. Opponent moves his Queen to a non-ideal square, the only obvious motivation for the move was that it attacked the Knight. This is not advanced tactics, this is just noticing his piece attacking your piece. So you defend the Knight with your Bishop. Then your opponent brings in a second piece, his Bishop that also attacks the Knight. And then? After just 8 seconds, you decide to castle and hang your Knight. Though I don’t believe ‘decide’ is the correct term, as there was not much of a decision making process. In 8 seconds, you can’t even identify all the moves you should consider.  The actual considering of them, takes significantly more time.

Don’t worry about getting better at playing chess. Your first priority should be to start playing chess, which means actively looking at the board, noticing what happens and consider your options. and your opponents, of course. Spending more time on move will follow naturally.

What's all this "analyzing" you people are posting about.

I just CHARGE!!!

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(j/k)

...into a black hole to nowhere, if we are not careful.

All I did to get better was play, play, and play...

As a beginner, you should not play blitz and rapid. Play first with classical time controls and daily chess so you have time to think about your moves. Stick to a couple of openings only. The ones that are easy to learn and that shows opening fundamentals like occupying the center, minor piece development, king safety etc.

We live in the Microwave society. Daily games are ... boring. I have a life outside of chess, and I don't enjoy the time wasted to reacquaint myself with, "Let's see ... move 16. What was my plan of attack with this guy?" every other day.

IMO, Blitz is insane. I'm honestly astounded at how many players here do Blitz. (But that's what some people seem to want....)

I play 30 minute games ... which tend to last between 45 and 50 minutes. (Each player has 30 minutes, so it's really a one hour game.)

I play 15|10 (You gain back 10 seconds each move.) ... and have lost by timing-out a few times.  (Oh well.)

If there were a 20|10 category, I would be all over that kind of game.

Im in the same boat. I think controlling knee jerk reactions to moves is what i need to work on. Take time and look. Good luck!

I played eight games yesterday. (Hey! It was -6º outside!!!) I won TWO of them.

Awoke this morning STILL thinking about the last game I played (Lost). Reviewed it again, and WOW. I made three crazy blunders. At least I can learn from my mistakes.

Fork it all anyway!

I simply suck and can't waste my time playing something I can't seem to see.  Guess I'll have to get back to flying jets and getting my jollies that way!  Good luck all!

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out : 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

Here’s some ideas to help you get better.  

Avoid making silly mistakes in your games.  You want to take advantage of your opponent's mistakes to win.  

-I’ll be happy to analyze one of your chess games for free for my YouTube channel, since I love to help beginners out.  Share one of your games with me!  This is a great way to 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 also offer 500 two-choice puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php

I hope this helps!  

I also suck

LETS PLAY. I'M NOT GOOD TOO 

FORK! FORK! FORK!

I'm sick of getting forked all the time!!!