Exactly on point, very perceptive...
should I keep playing even though I suck...
Trash Talker speaks inconvenient truths. Just ignore him, he's actually a nice guy. An instigator, like me. He was being nice to me in a post and I told him I was going to lose my faith in him. Where's the Trash Talk? Sounds like a radio show. ![]()
I like ice cream more than i like trash. The name alone gives the originating perspective. Although i love creative criticism. I can get the dont hang your pieces and dont blunder your queen from a 400...lol...thanks tho trash your awesome.
honestly no, chess is enjoyable in basically every level imo so if you still enjoy the game then i wouldn’t
I think chess means alot, so the fact that its difficult for me when i loose and that im working at it and not progressing very much is uncomfortable for me.
It depends if you want to improve or not- everybody starts off sucking, bit by bit with practice you should suck less, and it would be a shame to let frustration stop you. Looking at your games, you seem to make moves without thinking about how your opponent will respond- lots of one-move blundered pieces and pieces blundered to forks, and you also tend to get your pieces trapped by putting them somewhere they can't escape from when they get attacked. Just being more careful and considered before making each move would go a very long way. Always ask yourself what your opponent might do in response to your move before you make it, and consider other possible moves instead of making the first one you think of automatically.
Honestly from where you are up to 800, the only thing I changed was double checking whether I have left any pieces hanging + being more careful to think 1 move ahead to the scariest thing the opponent can do on their next turn if I play the move I'm thinking of, and simply not putting myself in immediate harm's way. From 800-1000 I started paying attention to tactical issues like how blocking a check with a piece pins the piece and they might be able to then attack my pinned piece straight away, plus started thinking more often about what the intentions and lurking threats were behind the move my opponent just played and how to thwart what they want to do (e.g. they moved that pawn so that their bishop can get to a particular square to pin my queen to my rook, so I'll move either my queen or my rook before they get the chance to put their bishop there). Since 1200, checking those things is pretty automatic and takes a couple of seconds, though of course I still miss things constantly.
You don't have to learn to think a ton of moves ahead or calculate lots of different possibilities in order to play better moves once your brain has learned to spot these patterns, and the only way really to learn the patterns is by playing deliberately and thoughtfully, then analysing your games. Doing puzzles wouldn't hurt either.
It depends if you want to improve or not- everybody starts off sucking, bit by bit with practice you should suck less, and it would be a shame to let frustration stop you. Looking at your games, you seem to make moves without thinking about how your opponent will respond- lots of one-move blundered pieces and pieces blundered to forks, and you also tend to get your pieces trapped by putting them somewhere they can't escape from when they get attacked. Just being more careful and considered before making each move would go a very long way. Always ask yourself what your opponent might do in response to your move before you make it, and consider other possible moves instead of making the first one you think of automatically.
Honestly from where you are up to 800, the only thing I changed was double checking whether I have left any pieces hanging + being more careful to think 1 move ahead to the scariest thing the opponent can do on their next turn if I play the move I'm thinking of, and simply not putting myself in immediate harm's way. From 800-1000 I started paying attention to tactical issues like how blocking a check with a piece pins the piece and they might be able to then attack my pinned piece straight away, plus started thinking more often about what the intentions and lurking threats were behind the move my opponent just played and how to thwart what they want to do (e.g. they moved that pawn so that their bishop can get to a particular square to pin my queen to my rook, so I'll move either my queen or my rook before they get the chance to put their bishop there). Since 1200, checking those things is pretty automatic and takes a couple of seconds, though of course I still miss things constantly.
You don't have to learn to think a ton of moves ahead or calculate lots of different possibilities in order to play better moves once your brain has learned to spot these patterns, and the only way really to learn the patterns is by playing deliberately and thoughtfully, then analysing your games. Doing puzzles wouldn't hurt either.
Wow, I feel this is a great and thorough comment from someone who gives very specific advice on how to avoid hanging pieces and such. Totally agree that it is so important to think about your opponent's response before you move -- that is something beginners often forget and it helps a lot to avoid blunders.
Its a difficult concept to look at the board from the other players perspective. I'm just coming to that conclusion but I'm still finding it difficult to wrap my head around seeing the board from the other side.
Its a difficult concept to look at the board from the other players perspective. I'm just coming to that conclusion but I'm still finding it difficult to wrap my head around seeing the board from the other side.
Well, you don't have to turn the board upside-down mentally other than remembering which way the pawns can move, just imagine you're playing with the other colour pieces and look for anything juicy. After I got scholar's mated a bunch, that really taught me to think about what the other player is doing, it's difficult but it gets a lot easier.
I'm sorry to be off-topic but @sporkled, I'm a fellow dumpling fan!!
I'd also accept a dumpling equivalent.
I noticed that many people will give this advice to everyone rated below like, 1000. I was given the same advice when I was a beginner (or similar -- basically "don't hang pieces and don't hang basic tactics") -- I think it's because to players beyond beginner level, it looks like beginners are hanging pieces all the time (because in many cases, they are).
For me, it was not the best advice, and I suspect for many people it may not be. When I was a beginner, I didn't have a good understanding of king safety, opening principles, how to develop well, how to think about attacking and castling, or the sheer basics of positional play. After learning a bit about those those, and practicing, I then improved from beginner level (probably ~1200 on chess.com) to intermediate-pushing-advanced (arguably, lol) in about five months, whereas I had been feeling a bit stuck before then. I suspect that for many beginners, yes they hang pieces and forks etc., but they would actually benefit much from more concrete advice on how to rethink the game.
I took a brief look at some of OP's games and plan to look more thoroughly later (in the hope of being somewhat helpful), but I do notice that OP does see threats and defend them. From OP's self-description, it sounds to me like they are feeling overwhelmed and confused in middlegame and when under attack. If you feel like that and don't know how to make a good plan, then one can't blame you that much when you eventually hang a piece because of feeling under pressure. I could be wrong, but based on the above messages, my guess is that for OP, yes, it is good to remind yourself to not hang pieces, but a bit of help in how to think through middlegame and attacks would help as well. (Sorry for the text wall, lol).