Someone please help me.

^Exactly. The second reason resigning is bad is because after the opening, there are many many instructive things happening. If you resign, you won't get to experience those things.

Well, that's the philosophy I live by. Whenever I enter any competition, I automatically assume I'll lose. I assume that my opponent is, in all likelihood, far better than me. In fact, that has proven correct. I almost exclusively lose, no matter the type of game or competition. Suppose it eases the pain of loss, as does resignation (more dignity than when being mated). But that's off topic.

I'll keep playing, I suppose. If I lose those next ten games, which is more than likely, I really don't see any point to go on. But I have faith!

Your brain is a powerful tool. If you fervently believe you're worse, your brain will not care if it's true or not, but will do its best to make that a reality

Very well. I'll believe you, if only to save my ego from some flak.

@AlkinKing I'll be away for about an hour. I'll make my move when I get back.

When you make "stupid mistakes" that generally means you are weak at tactics.  Also, you're likely to be playing what Dan Heisman calls "Hope Chess" where you see a good move and then don't take the time to look at what you're opponent might do and "hope" he doesn't have a better move.

Here''s some extensive advice for improving. I focus on books on books/web sites, but note there are complete courses on tactics, etc. free on YouTube.  Some people learn better by reading texts, some by hearing and seeing, and all people benefit from getting information by two or more methods.

1. Tactics, Tactics, Tactics: This should be the majority of your study. I suggest you look at some intro to tactics books.  Heisman's Back to Basics: Tactics is excellent as is Weteschnik's Chess Tactics from Scratch and Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics..  Any one, alone, would be worthwhile but if you only have time for one, I recommend Heisman.

Additionally, I really like the tactics problem format at chesstempo.com and I do one hour's worth of standard tactics/day.  After each problem I look at the tags at the lower left and make sure I understand the NAME(S) of the tactic or pattern involved: that provides one more mental structure for retaining what I learned by solving the problem. If I missed the problem, the comments usually inxlude explanations of why my move was wrong.  The tags there are explained on the Tactical Motifs page: you should study and know what each one is: I recognized something similar to the "Swallow's Tail Mate" who name I learned on that page in the last game I played here and ended it that way.  The Tactical Motif's page is here: http://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html

Note that while concentrating on tactics should occupy most of your time, spending a little time on endgames, strategy, and openings is also worthwhile.  I say this as a so-so player who nevertheless was able to guide 1000-1500 regular USCF OTB rated players to improve, win our county's high school chess championship three years in a row and finish 3rd, 4th, 5th in state.

2. Endgames: this is the next priority after tactics. Silman's Complete Endgame Course, broken down into endgame types most appropriate for players at different rating levels, is perfect for someone studying a little endgame stuff at a time.

3. Strategy: I love Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess  (and the Workbook for it)  because of the structure it provides - again helping to mentally retain the information.  I bought the 1st edition when it came out for the members of the high school chess team I coached and recently bought the 4th edition for myself.  It's based on a fairly sound method of evaluating each position based on 10 "Imbalances."  It also discusses guiding principles including good vs bad Bishops, Knight outposts and strong Knight's on the 5th of higher rank.  Additionally, and especially for players of lower rating where a mistake is more likely to lose the game than a spectacular combination is to win it, Nimzowitsches My System (the Bible of Chess!), is worth, at least, skimming through - but study in detail Chapter 14: Overprotection.  Making sure your pieces won't end up underprotected due to a fork or discovered attack because you tend to overprotect them will frustrate many of your opponents and they'll tend to try to force an attack that backfires.

4. Openings: least important area in terms of specific openings, but understanding the principles of the openings in terms of space, material, and tempo is important.  The old book by Larry Evans and 6 other Grandmasters, How to Open a Chess Game is wonderful! Aramil's The Complete Idiots Guide to Chess Openings spends about 40 pages describing general opening principles before it jumps into describing specific opens.  That makes it more fundamentally comprehensive than the celebrated Paul van der Sterren's Fundamental Chess Openings or the old Reuben Fine classic, Ideas Behind the Chess Openings - those those are excellent surveys, especially the 500 page FCO.

DO NOT FALL for the "How to open the game like (world champ, grandmaster, etc.) or "How to win with (1 e4, a specific opening, etc.).  Note that by the time you're at the 6th move, you're often in a position not covered by these 200-300 page books on that opening!

The purpose of the opening is to get you to a playable middle game where tactics tell the tale!  BUT...note that many closed openings that involve very carefully thought out positioning of pieces does not tend to work well among lower ratings.

I suggest you look a openings as White that allow you to keep the initiative against most lower-rated players like the Bishop's Opening, the Vienna Opening, or even the King's Gambit, where an early pawn-to-f4 often blows a hole in your opponent's protection around the King.  BUT, these openings - and the related Italian Game (aka Giuoco Piano) - can also be played in overprotection-mode where you can develop your pieces with threats and wait for an opportunity.  Note that these are solid openings that players who study openings tend to be least familiar with!  One of my high school teams rode the Bishop's Opening to 3rd place in the state - where 1st and 2nd both had multiple Eastern European immigrants on their teams: it had been virtually ignored for 60 years and Garry Kasparov hadn't played it yet - which brought it some attention.

i suggest the c3 Sicilian and the Advance Variation against the French because they give you room to develop with fewer complications than alternatives.

As Black, I like the 1...c6 openings, the Caro-Kann vs 1 e4 and the Slav vs 1 d4, because they usually solve the problem of the bad QB, getting it outside the pawn chain before playing ...e6 would block it in and then cramp up movements by other pieces.

BUT...I don't study any of these openings besides a few variations that kick-in within the first five moves and I just go by what worked before for me and the advice in books/videos for WHY those variations are played!

I hope this helps!

^Lol have you seen this guy's games??

Your info is pretty decent, but honestly I think he'd improve the most in the shortest amount of time if resigning were not allowed for him.

What's the point of studying studying studying if you resign the game at the first signs of trouble, as this guy seems to do?

me? I'm open to challenges if you're talking to me. 

That's a whole lot of very useful info lads. You honestly have my sincere gratitude. I'll check out all your resources and head over to chesstempo for a few rounds.

@meow4214 I'll play you once I finish the game I'm in. Expect to win mate, honestly. But I promise to give it my damn best.

Maybe I should write a book, specifically about my struggle... If you get what I'm saying...

 Ahoj, toto je účet môjho syna, ja hrávam na druhom. Vždy prejdi najskôr taktiky, potom puzzle a nezabudni lekcie, ideálne od žačiatku, lebo na seba naväzujú a topom hraj. Po každej hre (aj vyhratej) si daj spraviť analýzu, aby si vydel, ako sa to dá hrať efektívnejšie a hlavne sleduj graf vývoja herného náskoku. v prípade prehier si daj spraviť analýzu a stopni si hru, tam kde si spravil chybu a daj to dohrať proti počítaču. Ak ti to nepomôže, tak otoč šachovnicu a tak daj hrať proti počítaču (ale nezabudni v nastaveniach nastaviť najťažšiu obťažnosť), aby si videl, ako by to za teba najefektívnejšie zahral počítač.

Děkuji za doporučení. To s tou analýzou mě vlastně ani nenapadlo. 

Rozhodně to teď zkusím, a zároveň zkusím i ty lekce. Nevím, jak to všechno funguje, ale snad mi to pomůže! Ještě jednou vřele děkuji!

Hodně štěstí!

prihlásim sa na svoj účet pridám si ťa k priateľom a môžme si zahrať. Budem online o 21.00. Dám malému jesť a uložím ho spať

Dobře. Těším se.

Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7192.pdf
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

Are you doing too much fast chess?