I don't know why I'm losing

So games I play, usually 15 minute time control, there are some games where I get better accuracy than others, my latest game I had 49 percent, and I don't know why.

The chess analysis doesn't really help me, I have a lot of inaccuracies, mistakes, and yet it doesn't tell me how I can improve. I would just like basic opening strategies or something because I don't know.

Well how do I not? Not really helpful in the grand scheme of things but thanks anyway.

Analysis also shows the best move.

The best move rarely interests me.

I'll probably never SEE this position again. Who CARES what the best move is?

What you really need to learn are the best ways of looking at a chess position, the best habits of thought, the best approach to FINDING a good move.

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"So games I play, usually 15 minute time control" ++ Best is 15|10

"I have a lot of inaccuracies, mistakes, and yet it doesn't tell me how I can improve." ++ Identift your mistakes and learn from them so as to avoid these in the future and to exploit similar mistakes your future opponents will make.

"I would just like basic opening strategies"
++ You will not win or lose because of the opening, but because of tactical mistakes.

Lasker formulated 4 common sense opening principles:

1. Only play your d- and e-pawns
2. Play your knights before you play your bishops
3. Do not play the same piece twice
4. Do not pin opponent's king's knight with your queen's bishop before opponent has castled O-O

Accuracy is a toy. It means nothing. It doesn't matter. Thinking about these things is not helpful at all.

What you need to do is to play through the game again. What were the critical mistakes you made? Why are they mistakes? Why did you play them anyway? And try to not make the same mistake again.

@blueemu If it isn't to much trouble, would you elucidate, each of the three statements?

----------  the best ways of looking at a chess position, the best habits of thought, the best approach to FINDING a good move------------ Would be appreciated.

The very solid advice I have is revealed when you analyse one possible meaning of the abbreviation "gg". Let's take a look now, shall we? If you take the the fact that it's spelled with 2 g's we can deduce that both words start with the letter "g", and lets say one of those words is "good". Now if we put good in the abbreviation, which side should It go on? I prefer adding it to the right side, as you'll soon see. So now that we have one word "___ good", let's reveal the other. Since the first word starts with "g" too, I feel like "get" is the only one that can be used since we know the second word is good. Thank you

Play bots that are double your rating. See the board. Even a loss is good if your game rating is higher than your current rating.

Thanks for all who gave good advice

Too many players think that chess consists of sitting there looking at a chess-board and thinking "I go here... he goes there...".

That should be the SECOND-LAST stage of your thought process. Not the WHOLE of it.

Personally, I blame the modern over-reliance on chess engines, which really do look at a chess game as just a long sequence of "I go here... he goes there...".

Engines have to look at it that way. People don't.

If you want to know what players should be THINKING about at the chess-board, try reading my posts in this thread:

GM Larry Evans' method of static analysis - Chess Forums - Chess.com

Posts #4, #7-to-10, and especially #12. Then play over the three sample games, reading the notes.

@blueemu Thank you