I can't play chess?

Yeah I've deleted this and I'm also going to try to quit chess. I've had enough to be honest. I must be the only person in the world who knows enough about chess so that I see all the bad moves I have available, but lack so much creativity/actual ability that I cannot see any good moves, instead I just see moves that aren't 'bad' but don't seem to do anything. So I'm in this weird middle zone where I genuinely cannot play the game; I'm always in a strange sort of zugzwang (other people at my terrible level don't have a clue what moves are good/bad in chess so they never run out of ideas; they are content with playing tonnes of bad moves because they don't know that they're bad moves).

Chess can be almost akin to a drug, where you must have your "fix". I didn't really miss it at all when I stopped playing. That said, here I am again, many years later.

Keep playing bad moves, and don't worry too much. 

With more experience and analysis, you'll gradually increase your percentage of playing good ones, and win praise from your fellows - and also rating points, little by little.

Meanwhile, please do yourself a favor and don't let self-criticism eat you alive!! This has implications way beyond chess. 

Remind yourself that you're a great fellow - and if there's anyone around you who makes nothing of you or who makes you feel less than who you really are (a big person with many qualities) - you will need a long-term plan (or maybe not so long) to get rid of that person. 

Some people only feel good when they make other people feel small!!

We spend too much time with such people - we really begin to feel small - that's the danger. They distort our view of ourselves!

Again, this has implications way beyond chess. Just saying!!!

You've got 6 games on your profile and won 3 of them. Seems like a glass half full sort of thing to me. Everybody loses. I'm no master but I have seen improvement in my game over the years. Once you climb one mountain there is another on the horizon, but that's how we make progress. Don't give up and try not to let losses get to you. 

Self-criticism is a sign of someone who has the potential to improve. There's a strong tendency to feel that your ego and self-worth are on the line when playing a game of Chess. It helps to look through the games and thus to satisfy yourself that you blew the game through your own carelessness, rather than that you were simply crushed by someone better. Once you've put the last game to bed, you can move on to the next one. Of course, this barely applies to blitz, where "one more game" can fix the pain of the previous game.

It's not losses. Losing is fine. And no, I'm not just talking about the 6 games I played on this site; I've played tonnes on other sites. I'm talking about not actually being able to play. No one can relate to that. As in, making some moves (which are usually good), but soon having to resign because I completely run out of ideas due to a shockingly abnormal lack of creativity which means that any position in which it is not completely obvious what to do, I can't come up with anything.

I don't care about winning/losing. If I play chess, I want to be able to play. Not freeze up and have to resign in winning positions all the time. My brain is wired in the exact opposite way to what it should be for chess. It's not anyone's fault, but it does mean I'm a complete idiot for trying to play this game. I'm quitting because that's the healthy thing to do. No need to frustrate myself over some trivial game for which I can't accept that I simply can't play.

Thanks to everyone for trying to reassure me, but as you can tell my problem is so unique and strange that there is no sensible option other than to quit chess. If you see any more games on my profile from here on, that's because I've reverted to being an idiot and continuing to try to play and frustrate myself.

Hey, I've lost a number of games where I had winning positions. And in my early playing days(even now ocassionally) I'd lose to Chess Fundamental Lawbreakers(types of players who just violate every concept of chess logic known) and sure enough its frustrating, but people grow in different rates so take it in a positive stride and don't stop learning.

I didn't get to see the bad game you posted but if its about losing a winning position, I recently posted a game(thread is called Need help finding breakthrough(s) ) where I had a good position and lost because of guess what. BAD MOVES.

 Limacon,

Sorry to hear you're feeling like this. 

I'm not really one to offer advice (I've only played six games on this site since the start of the year, and they're generally horrible blunderfests), but have you watched Tal Baron's Youtube videos where he works with the chess Youtuber Hutch?

Hutch (if you don't know) is a lower-rated player, and he plays some online games while Tal is guiding him, suggesting moves and ideas, and talking about his thought processes. They're called "Lessons from a Grandmaster (Chess w/GM Tal Baron)"; having read what you're experiencing, these videos might help you to construct ideas and plans in your own games.

Good luck.

Lack of ideas generally stems from lack of experience and familiarity with a variety of devices. 

This experience and familiarity come from playing and from studying games by strong players - as well as from discussing things with stronger players. 

I'm rated close to FIDE 2000, and I also run out of ideas in many positions.

Typically, I would read an article by IM Silman, where there is a complex position, and he points at a plan - and I wouldn't find that plan, or just play moves. 

That's because I'm not as strong as an IM.

There are many levels in the game. The higher you rise, the more positions you have a "feel" for, or just simply know what to do. 

Don't get too excited. Just keep playing (or not). 

Quitting is the right idea. From experience I can say it never gets better.

That indeed would a blessing. A discussion, annotating - with stronger players.

I saw some videos in youtube about creating chaos in some positions to just get your rival out of context and been able to exploit the holes he lets behind. C´mon, it's a game a its seems your not having fun at all. At the end of the day it doesn't mather if you win or lose, is the fact of think new strategies to address different situations. If you don't get the fun of that, maybe chess is not for you. But it seems like you are sort of obligating yourself to be perfect at playing chess.

It depends how you define creativity. If I can stress the other player's position to the extent that leads to a win of a pawn I consider that is *very* creative. 

"because I completely run out of ideas due to a shockingly abnormal lack of creativity which means that any position in which it is not completely obvious what to do, I can't come up with anything."

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Positional Judgment Chapter 1 Play Like A Grandmaster Kotov.
Give an assessment of the weak points in the white position.

I am off to see if I can find what #11 is saying.

Mate just play the game and enjoy it. There is really no need for you to give up.