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I don't know why but at every hobby I try to take in I always seemingly never improve into the best ideal one in mind. I know these things take time but most just goes nowhere.

I don't know what I'm doing and I don't think I ever gain any knowledge or experience in watching countless tutorials by GM's and trying to think more deeper into the moves I should do.

Seemingly every win in archive is based on my luck, positions, and the opponents way of thinking.

I could never counter any of their attacks and foil their plans which ends me up on a lose.

It's sad but I may never want to play chess anymore sad.png

I liked it as a kid and I thought that it would be good to play again after so many years of negligence towards my favorite hobby as a kid.

But it's foolish for me to think that just because I liked it as a kid doesn't mean I would be better at it.

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A few bits of advice.  Feel free to ignore them if you wish.

First, play Daily Games.  Those games give you the time to really look at a position to see what your strengths and weaknesses are. 

Second, read a book.  Read two books.  Read several books.  But make sure the books you read are aimed at your level, not at Grandmaster level players.

Third, Tactics, tactics, tactics.  You've only done twenty five tactics problems, spending a total of seven minutes.  You need hours of tactics practice.  I know you can only do five a day without paying.  So do those five religiously.  And when you get one wrong, think about why it was wrong.  And don't rush them.  Think about each move.  I find it hard to believe you're thinking all that hard when you do them in 16 seconds on average.

I'm sure that other people will chime in with better advice.  But this is my two cents worth.

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Chigetsu написал:

I don't know why but at every hobby I try to take in I always seemingly never improve into the best ideal one in mind.

I have the same problem. But I believe you need to not be thinking all the time how much progress in chess has been achieved. Just keep working on improving your play and don't think about how much time it takes.

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don't dream, elo is a yoyo ,gotactics with time to think, and reformat the way of thinking your chess, the" free-donate" chesstempo.com a remarkable site for chess players and good puzzles. chess com tactics are very good but elo is inflated inthis progression (see 11000elo...)and the time control is odd

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You’ve only played like 40 games most of them blitz. Play a few hundred over the next couple months if you can and I’m sure you’ll see a big improvement

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Sometimes i go up.

Sometimes i go down.

That's chess for me.

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you need to ask yourself "why?!"

 

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chess is easy when you think 1 min each move. if you have 30 mins for all game you can play 30 good moves if you think. Thats enough for win versus all 1000 rating people tongue.png

 

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Chigetsu wrote:

I don't know why but at every hobby I try to take in I always seemingly never improve into the best ideal one in mind. I know these things take time but most just goes nowhere.

I don't know what I'm doing and I don't think I ever gain any knowledge or experience in watching countless tutorials by GM's and trying to think more deeper into the moves I should do.

Seemingly every win in archive is based on my luck, positions, and the opponents way of thinking.

I could never counter any of their attacks and foil their plans which ends me up on a lose.

It's sad but I may never want to play chess anymore

I liked it as a kid and I thought that it would be good to play again after so many years of negligence towards my favorite hobby as a kid.

But it's foolish for me to think that just because I liked it as a kid doesn't mean I would be better at it.

All you play is blitz/rapid/bullet.  How are you expecting to improve when all your playing is fast time controls?

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Stop playing fast chess. If u don't want to play chess anymore, stay to League, Cancer. XD

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Yasuo pamore. Bronze bayan?

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I will review a couple of your games and post feedback. My guess is you are hanging pieces and missing opponents hanged pieces. If you have those pointed out a bit more you will learn to identify them.

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You need more time to think things through. Play daily (correspondence) chess. Spend a few minutes on each move at the very minimum. More time is even better. You need to get into good thinking habits and you can't do that by playing fast chess. Also watch these playlists, they will help to fix the way you think.

Chess Fundamentals - John Bartholomew 

 

Beginner to Chess Master - Chessnetwork

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Everyone have very good advices! I'm totally agree with:

1. Thinking before you move

2. Trid Tactics like a real game

3. Read books for your level like (The Amateurs Mind)  I love that book!

4. Try to analyse every game and see if you or your opponent missed a tactic (try to keep the tactic on mind)

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A G30:

https://www.chess.com/live/game/3151590033?username=chigetsu

You lost in 15 moves.  And the painful part?  You used 1 minute 6 seconds for 12 moves. 

You spent 5.5 seconds per move.

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Chigetsu wrote:

I don't know why but at every hobby I try to take in I always seemingly never improve into the best ideal one in mind. I know these things take time but most just goes nowhere.

I don't know what I'm doing and I don't think I ever gain any knowledge or experience in watching countless tutorials by GM's and trying to think more deeper into the moves I should do.

First, if you're going to study chess, you need to know WHAT things will improve your game the most.

You can't "think more deeply into the moves" simply by watching GM games.  Think about it: if a great writer told you about the methods he used (plot, character development, etc.) you would not be able to become a great writer unless you also had the BASIC TOOLS: good grammar, vocabulary, etc.

The same is true with chess. If you don't understand what strategies, positions, and tactics are available, how can analyze a position?  As chessmaster and teacher Dan Heisman wrote, "You can't play what you can't see."

The FIRST thing to study is TACTICS, TACTICS, TACTICS. Do you know what a Dovetail Mate is? How about an X-ray Attack?  If not how do you know if they're there? You should be able to name, demonstrate, and see on the board all of the dozens of tactical motifs on this interactive page as well as others on the Internet including the one at chesstempo - take whatever time you need and do so:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-tactics--definitions-and-examples

You should try to work tactics problems, at least averaging a few a day, here or at places like chesstempo.com.  But by "work" I don't mean simply solve them. After you're done each problem, think about the tactics you used. Check the TAGs - that tactics used to solve the problem - that others listed for the problem.  Did you recognize all of them?  If it took a long time to solve, what tactics didn't you see and why not - try to see what pattern you missed.

Much of improvement involves pattern recognition.  Note in the following game that I was losing in material, then I recognized a potential Dovetail Mate, tempted my opponent by letting him grab my rook, and then applied the Dovetail Mate. I won because of PATTERN RECOGNITION:

 

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I have a working solution for you, it's not in any way the easy option, but it's a beautiful one, and as a result you'll become very good at whatever you put your mind to.

You need to start playing some serious chess off the board. In everything you do ask yourself these two questions: how and why? Follow the rabbit hole as far as you can go today, and come back again tomorrow. Do this for a few years, and you'll be amazed at how far you'll improve.

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I can help you at improving your openings if you want happy.png 

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OpeningTheorist wrote:

I can help you at improving your openings if you want  

As is the case 99.99% of the time.  Openings are not the issue.

A G30:

https://www.chess.com/live/game/3151590033?username=chigetsu

The OP lost in 15 moves.  And the painful part?  The OP used 1 minute 6 seconds for 12 moves. 

The OP spent 5.5 seconds per move.  Among his other games, it was the usual:

Not following opening principles.

Missing simple tactics.

Hanging material.

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IMBacon wrote:
OpeningTheorist wrote:

I can help you at improving your openings if you want  

As is the case 99.99% of the time.  Openings are not the issue.

A G30:

https://www.chess.com/live/game/3151590033?username=chigetsu

The OP lost in 15 moves.  And the painful part?  The OP used 1 minute 6 seconds for 12 moves. 

The OP spent 5.5 seconds per move.  Among his other games, it was the usual:

Not following opening principles.

Missing simple tactics.

Hanging material.

Yes you are right but he clearly needs some opening knowledge too (and as you don't have to be a GM to teach openings I though I could help).

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OpeningTheorist wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
OpeningTheorist wrote:

I can help you at improving your openings if you want  

As is the case 99.99% of the time.  Openings are not the issue.

A G30:

https://www.chess.com/live/game/3151590033?username=chigetsu

The OP lost in 15 moves.  And the painful part?  The OP used 1 minute 6 seconds for 12 moves. 

The OP spent 5.5 seconds per move.  Among his other games, it was the usual:

Not following opening principles.

Missing simple tactics.

Hanging material.

Yes you are right but he clearly needs some opening knowledge too (and as you don't have to be a GM to teach openings I though I could help).

He needs to learn opening PRINCIPLES, not specific openings. His opponents likely won't play book moves so learning opening theory will be of little use to him.

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