Skill issue maybe?
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Hi there,
for a long time, I have been unable to overcome immense frustration in chess. I have been playing chess for more than a year. Despite that, I still struggle in the low 800s. Throughout my hyper-frustrating chess journey, I have had about 10 accounts and opened and closed them one after another. Whatever I do, in the end, I always lose. I could hit 2000 in puzzles (like I did a few days ago), but that still doesn't show the slightest improvement in real-life games. All my chess sessions end in unbelievably childish tantrums. I want to get better, but whatever I do (puzzles, rapid, another chess platform, game analysis, studying the most basic openings against my brain-dead opponents... just nothing) - absolute emptiness and frustration. What should I do? I feel like, even after a 2-week long break from chess I still feel the personal hatred against it. In some sort I feel obligated to have a solid rating, I've always excelled in almost everything (scoring genius-like IQ in my early childhood, participating in prestigious math camps etc., but I just can't succeed in chess and that drives me nuts. Thanks