Well.....I suck. Its official

Lost six games today and won one. One of my loses was to an 800 rank player. Feeling pretty frustrated about chess right now. I have a fairly good understanding of the game. Iv just been stuck for awhile. What should I do next that will take me to the next level? I want to get to the point in chess that I'm confident in my ability at all times. I'm not there yet

Learn from mistakes. Analyze your games!

Tactics and learn from mistakes + analyze my games. Got it friends thank you

Stop bullshitting. 

You want to improve? Work! 

 

If you really want to improve then there is no point in playing 7 games in one day (Specially when you see it is a bad day and you keep losing and losing). 

Eat well, drink water, take a rest. And when you feel that your mind is ready to work then start studying. Do tactics, analyze a game, do something. 

But do not just play for play. You will never ever improve like that. 

Yea your right. I was kind of doing that today. I kept playing even tho I knew it was a bad day. I feel like starting another game right now tho lol

Gunna do unranked games for awhile

I have experienced worst in regards to losing streaks. the advise you get is the same I got when  I went through the agony of miserable defeats. I improved my level of play if I'm focused. When I'm focused, I win more. If I lose, it just means I was outplayed and not feel that I suck at this game.

I don't see how you lost to a 800 rated player today seeing as how you didn't play against one.

Looking at one of your games, I see that you move a piece twice in the opening. That's one of the most basic violations of opening theory. You need to learn the basics if you want to get better.

At the time of our game the player was 800

Yea the pawn. I'm guilty lol

By the way thanks for the input everyone

agreed with lm player

i would start by getting a notebook with you before your next game and play a 30min rapid
as you play take notes about ideas/plans/fears/worries/etc.
when you are finished- take your notes and do a 'self-analysis' review of game and just annotate your game as best you can
dont 'cheat' and look at engine +/- yet and make some more notes about any obvious mistakes you made

this process will take awhile (at least it does for me) and when you are done then compare it with the engines suggestions

everyone says "analyze your games if you want to improve," and it is right; though i was skeptical at first n
one way you will improve is by being very thorough and diligent with yourself and with patterns of mistakes you are making
the second way, you will not go on tilt and lose +5 games in one session

i started adding this note taking/post game analysis a few weeks ago ago and it really helped
i already have "logical chess-chernov" so i tried to annotate like he does in his game analysis

combined with some analysis exercises from my coach, logical chess otb work, and tactics thr post game analysis really opened my eyes

good luck

Every lost game contains lessons in it for you to learn from and improve.

But if you don't review and analyze, you won't learn those lessons.

Resist the urge to play consecutively. Stop after each game, and take the time to review.

I kept blundering in bullet earlier today and lost like 70 points of my rating, but then I stepped up and gained a bit back. It happens, we've all been through losing streaks, when things just aren't going our way and we keep making horrible decisions.

Hey thanks everyone. Very helpful. Thank you for sharing. Will keep all of this in mind

I wrote a very detailed post in a thread named 'basic way to get to 2000'(or something similar), you can refer that. But I'll add a few a things that I forgot to mention in that post - a) solve tactics. 10-15 per day. Solve them in a reasonable time(2-3 min per puzzle). Solve it in your head before moving the piece. Don't guess. b) play games.... as many as you can. Play lots of blitz and bullet. Play very few rapid games(1-2 week). But one thing is that people can fall in losing streaks and lose lots of points in a single day. So, to avoid that when you lose about 25 points(I.e. 3 games in a row), then take break. Its very difficult to take break when you are losing( or winning) in a streak. So, I suggest shift the formart(like from blitz to bullet). c) Don't review your games too much. Just find the turning the point of the game by going over the game once and then move on. There is no point in second guessing every move. d) Don't study too much. Only study what is needed( you will find out what to study when you play lot of games). Study for 1-2 hr on weekends. And then try to implement what you studied in your games. Dont study the games of any GMs...etc. Those games are irrelevant to <2000 games. If you want to study the games of masters, then study the games of Morphy(and perhaps Lasker).

e) don't resign after blunder(like dropping piece). Play on for as long as you can(try to get a draw or a stalemate if not a lucky win). By the same token, don't assume the game is won as soon as your opponent blundered a piece. You still have to checkmate him in time(unless opponent resigns).

Sounds like a good message for you. Congratulations.

Btw. there will always be player who wipe your pieces away like dust and your mention of the 800er player. Let me guess, he played something weird and you were puzzled about such uncommon moves?

I know some people who have developed an experimental drug that will make you play like a grandmaster for about three hours.  Unfortunately, it also carries a 1% risk of death.  Would anyone here like to sign up for the next study?

Lol