I’m not improving

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goldenduckhunter
Am about to quit!
tygxc

To improve, analyse your lost games and learn from your mistakes.
Each loss is a lesson. Take it.

jg2648
Life is too short for long castles. If you aren’t enjoying it walk away for now. Chess should be fun.
medelpad
Get a coach
jg2648
bobby_max wrote:

2000 level player complaining about not improving. This has got to be trolling.

It doesn’t matter what level you are, everyone can get stuck and frustrated from lack of progress in their chess. It’s actually more difficult to improve as you get better at chess and takes a lot more effort to learn more advanced concepts and patterns and recall a lot more. Chess can be very unforgiving as an advanced player, especially when opponents don’t make as many mistakes so any made can have dire consequences. I played a game against a 2100 USCF player a few years back, got a great position out of the opening and right at a critical moment when I’d cash in with a material advantage I mixed up move orders and ended up worse, then got ground down into a lost endgame as I failed to find the right moves to try and hang on after. One mistake took me from likely beating the highest rated player I’ve ever played OTB. Chess can be harsh at all levels of play.

Hindustanis

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WilsonGrail

I've been in a massive slump for a month, dropping from 1397 (my goal was to get to 1400 by Jan. 1) to 1318 today! Since I began playing last April, I'd never experienced losing more than three games in a row (I play classical, one game per day). Very frustrating, as I had been playing great, but now I am playing like I did when I was 1200+, missing winning moves and making blunders in every game walking right into obvious forks, etc. I know that learning--especially as you advance--is not an even ride upward. You have to accept that. And when you feel frustrated, you probably tend to play worse. So I am trying to look for the joy of just playing and appreciating other players' skill. Chess is a fabulous pastime. I think i'm not going to set any more ratings goals and just play to enjoy connecting with other smart people around the world enjoying the same game. If i get into that frame of mind, i will likely do better.

Fetoxo
Play only 15/10!
Leetsak

talk about not improving while 800-900 rated blitz players are playing ridiculous accuracy, 3-4 inaccurices and 1-2 mistakes a game, i cant evne imagine what 1500+ rated players play like, they look like geniuses to me

ChessMasteryOfficial

Focusing on smaller, manageable goals can make the learning process less overwhelming.

goldenduckhunter
Yeah I’m going to stop playing for a while hahahahahha.