I keep on losing to stupid blunders or running out of time.

Imagine this scenario, I'm winning. I have a queen. They don't. I have two rooks. They have one, etc. I blunder my queen away and hope they don't notice, nevermind! They noticed... Now I continue blundering pieces away due to me having more concentration on my amount of time left. Now imagine another scenario! It's the game after that. I decide I put concentration into every move, determined to know exactly what I'm risking and trading with every piece the opponent takes. OH! Shoot, I'm out of time. Long story short, I either run out of time (due to taking forever) or blunder everything away, what feels like every game. Any tips to fix and balance my predicament?

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"I have a queen. They don't. I have two rooks. They have one"
++ Simplify. Sacrifice your queen for his rook. Then deliver checkmate.

"more concentration on my amount of time left" ++ Look at the board, not at the clock.

"I decide I put concentration into every move" ++ Good

"know exactly what I'm risking and trading with every piece the opponent takes." ++ Good

"I'm out of time" ++ You have to play at a pace that corresponds to the time control.

"Any tips to fix and balance my predicament?" ++ Play with increment, like 15|10.

I'm like that when I play blitz .. I play pretty soundly in rapid, but I am a blunder machine when I'm playing 3 minute. I swear my brain turns off when I have to go think quickly.

Crawl before walking, walk before running. Try Daily chess for a while where the clock doesn’t matter and focus on playing good chess. Once you get a systematic thought process down and are able to look and understand positions more quickly and reliably you can play speed chess more effectively. It also helps to have more pattern recognition , which is gained over time through puzzles and game study.

welcome to the real world.

@dangerousdu49 lmao

download chesstempo, set "hanging pieces" and do puzzles, like, a lot (it's for free). every beginner is kinda like that, especially when you're afraid to lose or something

Literally me

I am like this when I am playing a timed game, especially blitz.

When you gain a material advantage you get comfortable and spot paying attention/looking at the board.can't tell you the number of times that I have been way down on material but pulled off a back-rank checkmate (or had this done to me) because the other player (or I) stopped looking at their king which was blocked in by pawns.

Also when you get that advantage you start taking chances that you wouldn't have before.

The best remedy I have found for beginner-level players is to have a mental system you go through every turn and DON'T skip it! and when you get that material advantage, especially when time is a concern play a little more conservatively and protect the advantage to overcompensate for the natural tendency to want to take more chances.

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Recognize important times in the game when you need to think a lot. Spend more time thinking during those moments, and be quicker in less important situations.

Do NOT play bullet, blitz, or even 10 minute rapid. Play 60 min.

I'm like that too when playing too fast. I tried 5/5 for a while, but it was too fast. Then I switched to 10/5 Rapid, but even then I blunder (though not necessarily because of time pressure, just because I'm aware of time counting down). Now I plan to go to 15/10 for a while. I'm 72 and can play well, but I've got to give this old brain time to think.

nah fam you need a goal or something you cant just do stuff without continuations

you need plan even when winning be it reducing their troop or promoting pawn

you pin stuff you attack stuff then you eat their pieces easy as

I do same....i need a.d.d meds

Analyze every game after. Step by step. There is a self analysis tool even for a free account which will reveal all of your blunders and misses without an explanation. Pause and consider each one. What should you havr done. Do this for every game. Its helping me a lot.

It happens. Some days you flag, some days you are flagged. As you get used to the patterns of play and can string together positional considerations and drilled tactics quicker you will lose less on time as you wont need to raw calculate every position. Just blunder check and calculate sharp positions.

Hi!

To avoid blunders you should apply the CCT rule. You might read my post on the subject:

https://www.chess.com/blog/maafernan/instructive-games-ii-prevent-blunders-and-profit-from-your-opponents

Good luck!