Should I quit chess?

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mirroredragon
itoenailclipper wrote:

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how do you expect him to get better if he quits?

also op is higher rated than you thats pretty ironic

Queen_Jaya
Elite-Strategist wrote:
RimpeiTakishima написал:

Please help me

I would normally say «yes» for just that question alone since Chess is not exactly a «productive» activity, but, you will probably want to stick with it for the sake of further-developing bond-forging with your friends; that said, you can also ask your friends for help, lessons, but, like others have mentioned, you do not actually get better nor improve at chess without actually studying what works... from my experiences, besides just mastering ONE opening at a time (believe it or not, I had 1800+ Elo in rapid at some point before going on losing-streaks, but, I literally only knew how to play like maybe only one or two openings or perhaps three at the most, something like a one-trick pony), probably the most-effective way for you to improve is to just keep re-doing tactics-trainers on repeat until you can just automatically recognise the positions/patterns and clear the tactics-trainers with 100% accuracy even over 100 repetitions in a row (should be available on LiChess for free by the way).

Perhaps the most-important thing about NOT getting «frustrated» with chess is to NOT play when you are feeling tired/sleepy/fatigued or still have homework/errands that you haven't finished yet; the more «distractions» you have in your life and anything else that lowers your ability to concentrate/focus the worse you WILL perform, even with chess-lessons. Work on your external-life-factors first if needed until you have it together before returning to chess since it does help you out in the long-run, and, not just with chess, but, with all life-experiences.

Yes, do what she/he (idk) said

gocelticsox

make up ur mind whether or not u do

graysonballard

do what you want

Caffeineed
Just quit this stupid game. It’s a waste of time and causes nothing but anger and misery
Moog85

yes your bad

S3venth_Hokage

Hi

Mrgoodcat
I have played over 3700 games the last 2 years and after the first year I can’t seem to get better no matter how much I try. It’s becoming stressful, I’ll lose game after game sometimes. I think about quitting but I can’t cause the wins feel good enough to outweigh the losses… I wouldn’t quit
itoenailclipper

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Dimiter4578

Im losing always but i not give up and no to quit

pleewo

If yo like chess, don’t quit. If it’s giving you mental stress, quit immediately

if you like chess but it’s also giving you mental stress, yesnt quit.

Shlumpino
mrOpenRuy wrote:

some people simply arent built for it, why do you think after chess boomed the average rating is 650. because it became a trend and even dumb people wanted to give it a shot.

you can allways try to get better but what will likely happen is you will go through multiple fazes before realizing that you arent playing chess, youre playing ¨how to win in 5 moves¨ or ¨the london system¨ or ¨the best traps ever¨ which is not real chess. if you do not become 1000 rating in less than 6 months you have no hope, concider that the deadline"

Yeah I disagree entirely. I don't think anyone should quit because they aren't seeing improvement. You just have to keep studying and practicing for hours and you will get better. There are so many great resources available for free on YouTube. I personally would only recommend these two chess.com courses: Candidate Moves by Kostya Kavutskiy, and Checkmate Patterns You Should Know by Simon Williams. These are both great tools for improving the quality of your moves in general as well as your tactical vision. This is much more likely to win you games than silly opening traps or learning a new opening every day.

Tooferman

Yeah I feel you man. I’m the same way currently. I’ve been studying and focusing yet I’m tilting so bad. This happened 5-6 months ago and I just get so frustrated that chess just isn’t fun anymore. I’ve been studying my games and I’m trying to find the right moves but I genuinely just can’t improve much. Sucks because I do enjoy playing but ultimately it comes down to talent.

BANANAMAN51
I believe
Tr1ckyvo16

Either play or don’t plant really depends on temper

Anonymous27165
No
darshinib
If u practice and try u will get better. But if u don’t have interest in the game, take a break and then come back to it.
ALAN13467

guys im losing most of my games i went from 1300 to 1200 what should i do help e pls

MaxJayWang

i should've quit last year

Guonathonking

NOPE