ill keep it short and simple because I have to go to sleep and I'm tired as heck, also I just spent 2 hours typing an entire essay to answer your questions, and when I clicked post it said:"Your post seems to not fit our Community Guidelines. Repeated violations may result in your account being restricted. Thank you for helping Chess.com stay a fun and friendly place for all!". Just because i had the word "Idioy"(not gonna make the same mistake twice) in it, and it deleted the entire thing i wrote.
watch as many videos of chesscoachandras as you can. know thy classics, have good opening principles, do tactics, study annotated master games in the openings you play, and don't worry too much because your hard work will pay off.
Can someone offer me some chess training advice? I'm feeling very happy with my progress and personal improvement to some extent. I can oftentimes spot tactical opportunities when they arise and similarly, spot opponents' blunders that are 2 to 4 moves deep. I certainly do overlook tactical shots at times, but I even feel like I am beginning to get the ability to set-up these tactical shots and make plans. I'm starting to get a better, more-natural feel for how the pieces coordinate with one another. All of this is certainly not to brag. I still blunder in just about every game that I play, but I say it to emphasize that I've read the forums. I have/know/(sometimes)use many different resources: puzzles, game reviews with engine, playing longer time-controls, youtube videos, and chess books. So, to be clear, I'm not asking for advice and resources to "improve me game". I know that I should review the games I lose and the ones I win to figure out my errors, to do puzzles (don't cheat), to play as many games as possible. Still, though, I blunder at least once a game most times and am relatively not-great at chess.
How do you stop blundering? LOL. Yep, that's the question, but not from the usual lens. I'm not asking how to stop hanging pieces, look for forks and pins, etc etc etc. I'm asking about the in-between moves when there is no obvious tactical shot to set up (lining up the queen with the bishop, putting the rook behind a bishop that is on a diagonal in which it might check the king (discovered attacks)). I feel like I am CONSTANTLY losing games because the advantage just slips out of my grasp. I push a pawn forward one move too early; I move the knight slightly to the wrong square, I take with a knight when it should've been a bishop. OR even worse, I just let them move into an alright position during the middle game after playing a solid opening.
How in the world do you legitimately study and play in a way that facilitates actual, legitimate understanding of chess positions? Is it just a result of playing thousands and thousands of games? So here, I do ask for resources. Please direct me to any video series or books that you have found beneficial that pertain to understanding the dynamic components of a position and important squares and ideas.
I am frustrated because (according to Game Reviews) I oftentimes have games in which I play 1300-1800 ELO level, but I lose games off one-move or one-idea errors (I'm not talking about hanging pieces or stupid blunders, I fully understand when I mess up to that extent; I'm talking about the moves with even material or no material exchanged. Positional blunders. I do this to such an extent that I usually sit around 1000-1130. I appreciate any advice (:
The game shown above is an example; however, my entire profile is littered with games such as these or stupid losses. I play as black. After move 14 the evaluation goes from -1.9 to +4 (also sorry for the shitload of checks at the end. Was low on time and didn't know if it was possible)
[UPDATE] Hi, everyone. Here is another example, and perhaps a better one, in which I genuinely play well, but overall fail to understand the position completely. I played 13... f5 , I assume, to try and target white's c and e pawns simultaneously due to the queen having to move from the center of the board. I don't necessarily think that would be a bad move in all circumstances, but after 14. Qh4 Qxe2 we see 15. Bf3 Qe5 !?.
I do believe that some of the carelessness in these moves is due to having a sizeable material advantage, but I also genuinely believe that I would have played the best moves had I had the capacity to understand the necessities of the position (I think I end up down a rook had my opponent played correctly)