You can try to get coaching, but don't expect it to be some magical solution. Years earlier I took a few lessons with some russian IM, I stopped soon since it just felt like a waste of money
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Feb 23, 2025
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Even to just know "what to do" after the opening. 5 moves in and unless someone makes a mistake, I just don't know what to do. I have no idea what tactics I'm supposed to use or how to set up the board to give myself a chance. Yet I play against people all the time who just seem to know how to gain advantage with every move and it leads to me losing. And/Or I then make mistakes, and they always get punished.
Without doing one of these, chess is impossible. 14,000 and I'm worse now than when I started. Is everyone getting coached or cheating? Or am I getting worse. Not the first time I've posted around the topic ( out of exasperation ) but im sick and tired of not improving. It seems impossible without a coach.
Please help. Anyone who could coach virtually or in person because I'm fed up being rubbish at this. And constantly playing against people who play 2x, 3x what they're rated as.