Keep losing on Easy (800)

Brand new to Chess.

Every single game I play on Easy, I lose.

Beginner is a joke. Even so, most games I play end up being stalemates.

I hate losing at Chess. I know that if I keep playing, something will break through, but I already lost 7 live matches and won only 1.

I hate losing. Period.

How in the world do you play this game? If the computer kicks my butt on EASY, I don't even have a fighting chance.

Can SOMEONE help?

If you do not like losing then you picked the wrong game, chess is all about losing to get better. Also I wouldnt worry about playing the computer, play real people more. And finally, reaqlize that improvement is a slow, long, steady process.

Learn basic K+Q, K+R+R, and K+Q+R checkmates, notice pieces that are hanging, try not to hang yours, and learn basic opening principles (develop pieces, control the center, etc.)  Most of all, don't worry if you lose. No one judges you, you get better, and maybe you'll win next time.

I agree with the others that if you play chess, you'll have to accept the fact that you're going to lose part of the time. That's just part of chess - There are going to be winners and losers.

However, I also think that if you almost never win, it's easy to get discouraged. Probably the best approach is to play opponents who are slightly better than you, but not too much better. You'll want to win maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of your games. This ratio is enough to keep you from wanting to quit chess, and it also provides enough incentive for working to improve.

It probably wouldn't take much work to learn a few principles, and you'd soon be waxing the Easy level here. In the meantime, the other short-term option would be to download an offline chess program that can play at an easier level than here. I know of a couple easier programs. It would help if you're at least a little computer savvy, as you'd have to download and install the program, and possibly even have to install an engine and tweak the engine settings.

If nothing changes nothing changes..

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IMO one of the big lessons of chess is humility.  You don't have a fighting chance if you lose to the easy computer?  That's silly.  All beginners would lose to the easy computer.

The computer is a bad opponent anyway.  In between its strong moves it's just going to blunder away pieces.  In a sense this is easy... but while playing its strong moves if you lose too much then the game is probably over already.  It's much better to play beginner humans who will consistently play beginner moves (like you do) isntead of randomly switching from master to beginner like the computer will do.

I just posted in this topic where I think beginners should start (and gave a few links).  Other than you'll also have to develop some habits.  They may seem tedious at first, but they're necessary, and once you've got it it's not so tedious anymore.

First is after the opponent moves look at all the square that move changes.  New squares include both squares newly attacked and squares no longer attacked.  They include these squares for the piece that just moved, and any piece the moved piece may have uncovered or covered.  For example:

Black's move Ne5.

The knight newly attacks:
c4, d3, f3, and g4 (also d7 c6 f7 and g6)

The knight no longer attacks:
a7, b4, d4, and e5 (also b8, d8, and e7)

It uncovers the bishop which newly attacks:
All the squares along the d5-h1 diagonal.

It blocks the rook so:
No longer attacked are the squares e4 down through e1.

Or in other words, an experienced player would notice right away that as a result of this move black's a7 pawn is "hanging" (can be capture for free).  Also the c4 pawn is attacked and our a1 rook is attacked.  Because winning the pawn is not worth losing the rook, the player would try to find a way to save the rook.

Second habit is imagining your intended move as if it's been made.  Now look around at all the checks and captures your opponent can play.  Do any of them win any of your pieces for free right away?  So again, not only the piece we just moved, but maybe that movement undefends something.

For example:

White imagined queen takes pawn, and saw the pawn was undefended so the queen is safe.  But white failed to notice the queen was the only defender for the bishop, so lost a bishop for a pawn.

It may seem relatively simple, but it takes a lot of practice until a player can do these every move every game every time.  Of course as you get better the threats you check for get more complicated.

Anyway I suggest playing against humans, learning the basics (openings, tactics, endgames) and working on building these good habits.  Also don't be too hard on yourself, everyone was a beginner at one time.

Yeah, listen to the waffle man. This is the best advice, absolutely!

the most important part is to analyse your games. all the games you didnt analyze was a waste of time:) you dont want to make the same mistake twice

Um, why would you call it a joke if you keep getting stalemates?  If beginner level is truly a joke (and I think it is) you should be beating it all the time and not stalemating.  Perhaps you should work on your end game.

Don't waste you time playing computers, unless you like to lose from a thousand cuts.

8 million members here.  Get with the program.  Very simple.