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fuberham
So I’m not going to sugar coat it I’m trash at chess but I know my faults it’s a matter of changing I know I move to fast (I’ve legit played 15/10 and somehow ended with more time then I started with) and I have issues with tunnel vision I also always resign my games after one mistake. I need tips on how to avoid tunnel vision and how to slow down. I believe if I do that my rating will climb because on good games I have ~75% accuracy.
xtreme2020
avoiding tunnel vision and slowing down are things that you can consciously do and that go together, just go into a 15|10 game and think “ok I’m going to look at the entire board and consider several moves every turn” and force yourself to spend like 20 seconds on easy moves and longer on hard ones
marklovejoy

I wouldn't resign after the first mistake. Did your opponent recognize their sudden good luck? Did they know how to use it to their best advantage? Do they have weaknesses in their play you can still exploit? There may be combinations you can play that they don't even see possible at this point.

CharlotteKing11

To avoid tunnel vision and slow down, practice reviewing the entire board regularly and use time management techniques to pace yourself. Analyzing mistakes rather than resigning will help improve your game and accuracy. Keep practicing, and your rating should climb. My sister recommended canadianwritings.com to me when I was overwhelmed with assignments, and I’m so glad she did. The service is reliable, and the writers deliver high-quality work. If you’re a student like me who needs help managing a heavy workload, this is a great option. The prices are affordable, and the quality of the papers is impressive. I’ve used their services several times, and I’ve never been disappointed.

blueemu
fuberham wrote:
So I’m not going to sugar coat it I’m trash at chess but I know my faults it’s a matter of changing I know I move to fast (I’ve legit played 15/10 and somehow ended with more time then I started with) and I have issues with tunnel vision I also always resign my games after one mistake. I need tips on how to avoid tunnel vision and how to slow down. I believe if I do that my rating will climb because on good games I have ~75% accuracy.

1. Attacking is more fun. But if you want to improve at chess you need to be able to attack AND defend. Both. Resigning after one mistake means that you will never learn how to defend properly... so you'll never really learn to play properly.

2. Impulsiveness, moving too fast, blundering : Sit on your hands. Train yourself so that when you pull your hands out from under your butt, you always stop and make one last check for blunders before actually making the move.

Bgabor91

Dear Fuberham,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals. happy.png

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games! happy.png

medelpad
I checked ur last games, u play WAY to fast
vaidasviper

keeping away from exclusive focus and dialing back are things that you can intentionally do and that go together, simply go into a 15|10 game and think "Alright I will take a gander at the whole board and think about a few maneuvers each turn" and power yourself to spend like 20 seconds on simple moves and longer on hard ones

ChessMasteryOfficial

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.