is chess hard?

i keep losing

'Chess is not for the faint-hearted' - Steinitz

Chess is not "hard," but you have to study hard for a long time to improve. Many people on this website don't like to hear that.

Chess is as hard or as easy

as you want to make it

You can bully 100s or just loss over and over again so short answer no it isn't hard long answer yes

Yes chess is a very hard game.

Scientists estimate that there are about 50,000 position patterns that a master knows and basically instantly recognizes, using the pattern recognition of our brain. The scientists dont know all these positions of course; its merely an estimate. And of course even masters may fail to recognize a pattern, especially in short time controls. They are only humans, too. By the way that is decade old knowledge that I learned as a teenager, scientists may have found out more about chess since.

Anyway on top of that they have a lot of knowledge about openings, endgames, and positional chess (improve the position of your pieces, trade your bad pieces for good pieces of the opponent, as well as create weaknesses for the opponent), they know how to approach chess efficiently, they have awareness and control over time controls, and they have something called "instincts" which you really only develop if you play chess for a very long time.

Thats why theres a huge difference between a master and what one could call an experienced player (somebody who has played a lot but didnt made a career out of chess), and between an experienced player and a beginner (though neither term is clearly defined).

By the way mastership starts with Fide ELO 2200, which is sufficient to be a Candidate Master. Fide Master is ELO 2300, IM is ELO 2400 (and you have to make enough points in three tournaments that count for this), and GM is ELO 2500 (and again you have to make enough points in three tournaments that count for this).

Each 100 ELO points of difference means on average that the stronger player wins half of the games and draws the other half, or wins even more games to compensate if he loses. And "Super-GMs" (not an official title, but a popular term) have 2700 ELO points, so they can beat even experienced players pretty much reliably, since those are below ELO 2200, over 500 points of difference.

P.s.: Oh and chess.com rating by the way isnt Fide ELO. To be recognized by Fide as a level of master you need OTB (over the board, i.e. physically present in the same room with the opponent with a chess board between you two) chess experienced.

Chess.com ratings fluctuate much more than ELO, and the values are substantly different.

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"Scientists estimate that there are about 50,000 position patterns that a master knows"
++ That is an underestimation.
Kramnik studied 10,000 games i.e. about 80,000 positions per month.

I'm talking about position patterns, not positions.

One and the same pattern can apply to any number of positions.

Progress in chess takes time, and it's normal to experience setbacks along the way. Stay patient, stay positive and keep working hard to achieve your goals.