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Hightider

I want to get better. How do I learn better?

Fr3nchToastCrunch

Looking at your stats, you're actually right down the middle with your W/L record.

Start doing the lessons that the website gives. They teach you pretty much everything you'll need to know, plus some advanced tactics for various scenarios. It didn't get me much higher than you are (yet), but it sure helped. Sometimes I look back at the games I played before I learned the basics and become embarrassed by the fact that I was that bad 💀 I played like Martin

andorejunior

havent checked your account but you probably play blitz/bullet.. stop doing that. play slower time controls and take your time after each game, check your best and worst moves in the analysis.

there is a graphical representation of power balance, check moves which made big changes.. AND see the suggested moves instead.

people usually make very same mistakes over and over, try to remember those suggestions next time.

pohvcthnkohv

It might just be a case of chess just isn't for you.

KungfuProAtChess
Hightider wrote:

I want to get better. How do I learn better?

Just play more matches

magipi
LightningShadow00 wrote:
You must analyze your games with engine analysis as much as possible.

It's even better to analyze without engine first, and check it with an engine later.

Of course, you need a game worth analyzing, not some bullet game full of random moves.

O-O

I agree with #6 self analysis then engine check.

Nilslomattsing
Hightider skrev:

I want to get better. How do I learn better?

https://www.chess.com/lessons/all-lessons

If you dont learn from your mistakes it is another way to learn, by clicking on the blue text on the top.

Hightider
andorejunior hat geschrieben:

havent checked your account but you probably play blitz/bullet.. stop doing that. play slower time controls and take your time after each game, check your best and worst moves in the analysis.

there is a graphical representation of power balance, check moves which made big changes.. AND see the suggested moves instead.

people usually make very same mistakes over and over, try to remember those suggestions next time.

I don't play a lot of blitz but I do look at my best and worst moves. It just seems obvious when I look at them, but somehow I can't avoid doing it again in the future. Or doing something equally stupid.

Hightider
Ploughboy_95 hat geschrieben:

It might just be a case of chess just isn't for you.

I am asking you how to improve, and you tell me "just quit". Bit toxic, innit?

Hightider
Fr3nchToastCrunch hat geschrieben:

Looking at your stats, you're actually right down the middle with your W/L record.

Start doing the lessons that the website gives. They teach you pretty much everything you'll need to know, plus some advanced tactics for various scenarios. It didn't get me much higher than you are (yet), but it sure helped. Sometimes I look back at the games I played before I learned the basics and become embarrassed by the fact that I was that bad 💀 I played like Martin

What do you mean? Martin is soo good! /s

pohvcthnkohv
Hightider wrote: Ploughboy_95 hat geschrieben:

It might just be a case of chess just isn't for you.

I am asking you how to improve, and you tell me "just quit". Bit toxic, innit?

I'm just saying that not everyone can be good at something. There's no shame in that as long as you don't delude yourself into thinking that you are or can be.

And that's the main problem with the chess community is that people lack the honesty and/or self awareness to recognize it.

Hightider
Ploughboy_95 hat geschrieben:
Hightider wrote: Ploughboy_95 hat geschrieben:

It might just be a case of chess just isn't for you.

I am asking you how to improve, and you tell me "just quit". Bit toxic, innit?

I'm just saying that not everyone can be good at something. There's no shame in that as long as you don't delude yourself into thinking that you are or can be.

And that's the main problem with the chess community is that people lack the honesty and/or self awareness to recognize it.

Don't be such an arrogant, condescending p*ick. If you don't want to help me, go away. Chess is really a toxic community, and you're a perfect example why.

Nilslomattsing
Hightider skrev:
Fr3nchToastCrunch hat geschrieben:

Looking at your stats, you're actually right down the middle with your W/L record.

Start doing the lessons that the website gives. They teach you pretty much everything you'll need to know, plus some advanced tactics for various scenarios. It didn't get me much higher than you are (yet), but it sure helped. Sometimes I look back at the games I played before I learned the basics and become embarrassed by the fact that I was that bad 💀 I played like Martin

What do you mean? Martin is soo good! /s

Martin? GOOD!? He just throws out a queen to the board for me o take it! And other noob stuff.

nklristic

First of all, don't listen to people saying that you can't improve because you are just bad at chess. Sure, not everyone can become a GM, but everyone can improve to some extent. Certainly that extent is not sub 1 000 level, but much much higher. Of course, I exclude some extreme circumstances that one is 90 years old or there is some health issue.

Some people will never improve, that is true, but that is because they either don't know how, or do not want to do the work. For some people improvement comes easier than others, and sometimes an even greater effort is required. But enough about that.

Your biggest problem is that you are playing blitz or bullet ... while you are actually playing 10 minute chess games.

I was looking at your losses, and what you are actually doing is that in those, you are offering time odds to your opponents. Sometimes they play way too fast as well. Pretty much in all your losses the games are either finished after 1 or 2 minutes, or are at least already decided in your opponent's favor by some big blunder.

You are basically trying to learn chess as a skill while thinking for a few seconds per move. Ask yourself if that is realistic, are you some kind of a supercomputer? This is a great way to never improve much. There are some that improve just by playing blitz, but that is a much more difficult way to do it, and most of us will not be able to do it like that.

I would advise much longer games in the first place where you try to diminish the effect of time and try to make the best moves, but only if you plan to use that time. Whatever you do, aim to have less than half of time left when the game is done. 15|10 would be the fastest time control I would advise for improvement. Even longer (60|0) is better, up to around 1 600 rating there will be enough people to play against, it will just take longer to pair up. That would of course mean less games per day, naturally, one game per day is enough, you don't even have to play every day.

What you have to do is to learn about chess as well, and look through every game thoroughly. Not just flipping the switch (though at the start, you will probably only be able to understand blunders).

Here are some other advices that might help you out:

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

DuncanSpencer1

Hi, I've just looked at your stats - you've won 1726 games and lost 1736 games, so in reality you've lost about 0.5% more than you've won, essentially 50:50. It doesn't matter whether your rating goes up or down - the site will match you with opponents such that this ratio is maintained (the fact that your win/loss ratio is so close to 50:50 shows that this selection is working really well). Losing games is an inevitable part of playing here. Maybe try not to govern your personal success based on a rating number because ultimately that doesn't matter so long as you're enjoying playing.

LOSTATCHESS

my only advice is remember that the rantings here are on a semi bell curve -- i would hope -- so just because you go up in rantings doesn't really mean your are getting better at chess -- same as when you lose rantings --you actually could be a better chess player than before learning chess has nothing to do with well a vast majority of nothing to do with rantings -- you get better cause you play ---- now if i could only convince myself of that hard fact -- i would be better off tooo

Thisguyisgreat4
Just don’t get titled and take time when you review your games
nklristic
Thisguyisgreat3 wrote:
Just don’t get titled and take time when you review your games

If he becomes titled, it would mean he is very strong indeed, but tilted is another matter. tongue.png

Rober200510

Play(long time controls), analyze your games, and do some tactics, it takes time don't worry