How can I improve in chess

Carry a fork with you. If someone tries to rob you, pull it out of your pocket and say, ‘thank you Lord for this meal I’m about to have’ and charge at them with the fork.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon.

In a month? For how long have you been playing?

I believe 600 elo is a bracket that can be passed by following the principles of checks captures and attacks, basic opening theory, and understanding the benefits and ideas of the opening. Remember, if there's no checks captures attacks, find a way to improve your position with least negative result as possible. - always ask yourself what the opponent wants to play next turn and don't allow their improving moves.

Additionally, enhance your vision for tactics like pins, forks, skewers, and so on.

Down the road you will need to study theory, ideas and enhance your pattern recognition. - this is the fundamentals of why professional chess players are professional.

I am no grand master by any means but I hope this helps

To most of my students, I give this advice (and it's almost all they need):

The biggest reason people struggle in lower-level chess is because of blunders. They make them in almost every game.

A mistake can instantly put you in a bad position, no matter how well you played earlier: if you had great opening knowledge, great positional skills, great endgame skills, whatever; a single mistake can change everything (you lose a piece or get checkmated).

So, how do you avoid blunders? Follow these two simple steps:

1. After your opponent moves, think if it's dangerous. Ask yourself, “What’s his idea?”
2. Before you make your move, think if it's safe. Ask yourself, “What attacking replies can he play?”

If you feel like getting to levels like 1600, 1800, or 2000 in chess is super hard, let's look at it in a different way. Those players you're facing make blunders in nearly every game they play. Beating them isn't so tough if you stop making big mistakes and start using their slip-ups to your advantage.

Again, it does not require you to become a chess nerd or spend all your time on chess. Just doing this one thing can boost your rating by a few hundred points right away.

Lastly, while avoiding blunders is crucial, I also share a few basic principles with my students. These principles help them figure out what to do in each part of the game - the opening, the middlegame, and the endgame. Understanding these simple principles is like having a map for your moves. When you use this knowledge along with being careful about blunders, you're not just getting better at defending. You're also learning a well-rounded approach to chess. Keep in mind, chess is not just about not making mistakes; it's about making smart and planned moves to outsmart your opponent.

I am amazed on how i just get beaten but people 100 or more elo below me.

Play Rapid or Daily for improvement, Blitz or Bullet for fun and to test your knowledge.

Look over your lost games and try to figure out just why you lost each one. Objective self-criticism is the quickest path to improvement. Your lost games can be a treasure-trove of information on which parts of your chess game need work.

Don't waste your time studying opening lines until you are at least 1600+ rating. Instead, pick a few openings that interest you and collect several Master games that were played in exactly those openings.

By studying these Master games, from move 1 to Resigns, you will learn not only how a Master would play that particular opening, but also what sort of middle-game position he would reach, how he would handle it, and what strategy and tactics he would use. You might even see how a Master would handle the typical endgame arising from your chosen opening.

I've lost to a 1400 player before, and drawn a game with a 2750 (official FIDE, not chess.com).

A player rated 200 points below you should have a 25% chance. That's how the rating system is (supposed to be) balanced.

Thank you, I was wondering on how I was blundering but the other people weren’t very much.

This is how the numbers are SUPPOSED to work... so a 200-point difference in ratings equals 75% vs 25%, or 3-to-1 odds.

Complicated but understandable

Thank you, sorry I couldn’t respond fast.