I have an issue, please help

Recently, I've been resigning from a lot of games because I've been getting bored. Can I get some tips on how to stay engaged so I don't lose ELO? I really like chess & this is a big roadblock for me.

https://www.chess.com/blog/TheMonkPlayingChess/the-first-step this can help you

apart from that if you feel bored you can play variants

hope this past short writing on my blog can help you a bit

https://www.chess.com/blog/fhunfi/chess-as-lifelong-passion-and-be-a-winner-in-life

Shift from “am I winning?” to “can I play creatively or resiliently?”

I just realised that there are two ducks: @thebroski555 and @Destructimetal

You can play Duck Chess variant if you haven't tried that out. It's interesting to have a member of your own community in every chess game. You'll never be bored.

There's also @Koski_1 & @7thduckz

@Koski_1 is ok, @7thduckz is a goose

Geese look like

Dear Thebroski555,

My name is Gabor Balazs. I’m a Hungarian FIDE Master and a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one given way to learn and improve.

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. 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.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main areas (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames) and 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 enjoy the lessons because they cover multiple aspects of chess in an engaging and dynamic way, keeping the learning process both stimulating and efficient. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.

If you would like to learn more about chess, you can take private lessons from me (you find the details on my profile) or you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics (openings, strategies, tactics, endgames, game analysis). There are more than 30 hours of educational videos uploaded already and I'm planning to upload at least 4 new videos per week, so you can get 4-6 hours of educational contents every month. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day which are available with a FREE subscription.

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

I would test out new variants and openings to keep things new and sharp. I can also offer you lessons, but at a much lower rate compared to others.

I don't really have much free time for lessons