Am I too stupid for chess?

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Balosh192

Can you guys take a look at my last games? What I know apparently I'm too stupid and too hectic for chess. Is there anything else? Maybe someone tips or is all hope lost with me?

I'm about to quit chess. I don't think I'm suited to chess although I enjoy it but losing constantly because of stupid mistakes of mine just frustrates me more and more. Sorry for my bad english.

Balosh192
TheNameofNames hat geschrieben:

how can you quite if you never even started

58 Games in the last 2 weeks. The winnings were always just luck. The lost games have always resulted in me making the same mistakes over and over again, in my opinion. Maybe I'm just too impatient, I don't know.

Laskersnephew

Chess is not an intelligence test! The reason your chess is terrible has nothing to do with your intelligence and everything to do with the fact that you are not paying any attention to your opponent's moves. After 3.c3, you didn't seem to consider that White was now threatening to take your bishop. And you continuing to ignore the threat until your opponent finally woke up and took it. And after your opponent blundered with 8.Bb5, you didn't notice that you had the powerful Qxf2+. You are not paying attention! You are just moving without looking or thinking

Leetsak

it does get very tiresome, especially playing online, as online it is really absurd, pretty much for a win your opponent must make a game ending blunder or for a win you pretty much have to play top 3 engine moves throughout the whole game, thats how it feels playing on this site especially, guess you have to have some talent in order to get to higher leves, but to improve in chess by just playing chess is pretty much impossible, you have to watch videos and memorize stuff, as at lower levels most games are won in the opening, time issue is also a factor, as players seem to blitz out top moves in seconds, this of course goes for playing random folks, for some odd reason in tournaments players rated same as in random matches dont play as accurate, no idea why this is, but just my experience

bigD521

Learning for the most part is a slow process. It simply does not work like, I made a mistake/didn't notice something, but now that I know it, it won't happen again. It will happen over and over and over. Doing tons of puzzles correctly will be of some help. Correctly means solving them completely before making a move. Playing structured chess rather than quick attacks will also be of help. Learning over time how to play against poor gambits/early attacks, should lead to either better position or development. Part of learning stems from repetition. Playing only one opening for white, and as black, one against e4, and another against d4. Doing that will increase the frequency of moves being repeated. After a game do analysis rather than/ or in addition to game review. I see that your last game was a 15 minute time format which is a nice step up from earlier10 minute games. But you need to use that time to check before you move a piece to make sure it is a good/safe move. At your level  you almost need to check every piece on the board before you make a move. 

checkmated0001

You can't expect to master chess in 19 days. It usually takes months for people to learn the basics, and years of dedication after that to fully master the game. The only real problem I can see is your mindset. If you don't have the willpower to do something for longer than 3 weeks, then chess is not for you.

TravellingScot

I think it is normal to plateau at various times. Maybe instead of playing game after game and changing nothing, try to play 1-2 games a day and taking a little more time with each move, trying to avoid silly mistakes. I think I am about 500 stronger when I play like this than when I rush Also try the daily puzzle.

Reaskali
Balosh192 wrote:

Can you guys take a look at my last games? What I know apparently I'm too stupid and too hectic for chess. Is there anything else? Maybe someone tips or is all hope lost with me?

I'm about to quit chess. I don't think I'm suited to chess although I enjoy it but losing constantly because of stupid mistakes of mine just frustrates me more and more. Sorry for my bad english.

You aren't stupid. Just more practice is needed.

Reaskali

If everybody is a genius, how will chess be fun?

Balosh192

I think there are just too many things in chess that I struggle with, like patience and analyzing the board. Let's see if that improves in the next few weeks when I'm more concerned with things like videos or books than with games.

To be honest, I'm not one who just gives up. Maybe it would be good to ask around in a chess club.

nobodythare
4 thoughts That you should have before you make a move: can I take? can they take? Can I check? Can they check? If your opponent can take/check defend. Before you take/check make sure that it’s a good move. If you want to improve play rapid games and take your time
checkmated0001
V1oletPlayz wrote:

Can anyone look at some of my games? (Not daily coz I abort when I don't accept them and i'm in them) and can you tell me if I should stop playing?

I think you just don't use enough time during your games. The one I looked at had you playing a 30 minute rapid game, when the game ended at move 39 you had around 24 minutes. Also, you might want to rethink your openings and try to avoid hanging your pieces.

TravellingScot
V1oletPlayz wrote:

Because I'm playing like for a year and i'm still so bad at chess :(

I would say take it one step at a time. Identify one thing you are bad at, such as a particular opening or whatever, and then look for material to help you understand that situation better. Repeat.

arosbishop

Taket a playing break. Get a move by move book and go through it calmly with a physial board. No distractions around. This is a good way to enjoy chess. And you will be better. Continue with with the same book or another. You will be even better. Then you can start playing 30 min+30 games and use all your time.

BlueHen86

No

SpigotCoding
- Don’t give up, finish every game
- Do the tutorials
- Analytics are a great way to improve
- Get an overview over your and your opponents peaces and see where you can win material
ChessBobYash

Take a break from consistently playing chess and instead start training on chess more. I have been in the same situation in the past, but ChessMood's FREE course has helped me recover and increase my rating, so I could get back on track:

https://chessmood.com/?r=NationalChessBlasters

Good luck on your journey!

skeldol

+1 for chess not being to do with intelligence and everything about concentration & attention. You don't follow the basic principles.

1. Contol the centre with pawns

2. Develop minor piees

3. King safety

These 3 rules along with high concentration will get your rating way higher. Sometimes I drop 100 rating points in a day, it's always become I'm not realy focussing and calculating. When I gain 100 raiting points in a day I can tell how hard I am focussing on every game.

KeSetoKaiba

@Balosh192 Chess is not about intelligence; that is a common trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmartPeoplePlayChess

Chess is a skill and just like any other skill, it requires lots of practice, experience and learning to improve at. Chess takes years to learn really well. Of course, you can make a ton of progress in less than a year as well, but it is just that with something as complex as chess, there is so much to learn.

Just be patient with yourself and take things step by step happy.png

jetoba

Almost every chess player of minimal ability rediscovers scholar's mate and uses it as a weapon to rack up lots of wins. Before the internet such players would beat everybody in the family and neighborhood and feel like they were the next world champion (their parents would often tout their abilities to the school they were about to enter - naively telling the coach that the kid was going to be the school's new best player).

Then they ran across better players and found out where their (essentially untested) abilities ranked versus those playing competitively. New players remain new players until they start reading up on tactics (pins, forks, skewers, discovered attacks, back rank) and graduate to beginners. Learning a little opening play, simple endgames and basic strategy allowed them to graduate to intermediate.