I really need some advice

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Throwups

i started chess on april 9th 2021.  never played chess in my life before (i am 24 years old)

my rating hits a new rock bottom everyday.

do you guys have any advice for complete beginners?

NicCageCanChess

You're a complete beginner. Expect to lose. Keep playing. Do the drills. Do the lessons. Find friends you can play against and get help from them. Don't give up.

smr1thz

Never give up. It was very hard for me when I joined.

smr1thz

Keep practicing.

AtaChess68
If you want we can Zoom for a bit and discuss some fundamentals this morning.
NicCageCanChess
pfren wrote:

A beginner should not care at all about his rating.

EXACTLY.

nTzT

You are very new! Don't get discouraged. We all start at the bottom and it takes time. The website has amazing lessons in the guide section. They are part of the reason I got a membership myself, there's tons of very useful and fun guides. I suggest trying them with your free trial and then seeing if they are worth it for you.

https://www.chess.com/lessons/opening-principles
https://www.chess.com/lessons/winning-the-game
https://www.chess.com/lessons/capturing-pieces
https://www.chess.com/lessons/finding-checkmate
https://www.chess.com/lessons/intro-to-book-openings
https://www.chess.com/lessons/make-the-most-of-your-pieces
https://www.chess.com/lessons/understanding-endgames
https://www.chess.com/lessons/winning-with-tactics
https://www.chess.com/lessons/forcing-moves
https://www.chess.com/lessons/reading-the-board
https://www.chess.com/lessons/key-openings
https://www.chess.com/lessons/choosing-the-best-move
https://www.chess.com/lessons/activating-your-pieces
https://www.chess.com/lessons/advanced-endgames
https://www.chess.com/lessons/attacking-the-king-1
https://www.chess.com/lessons/advanced-tactics
https://www.chess.com/lessons/endgame-patterns

Zanoodle
Throwups, at that Elo the battle becomes who makes less mistakes. I looked at some of your games and you push pieces with out giving them support. Also you opponent would leave piece for the taking and you missed them. I recommend to play with a 15 minute rapid to give your self more time to look at the board. Then I recommend for you to look for checks, if not then captures, if not than attacks. If non of these are possible then try to improve the position.
Throwups

hey guys, thank you so much for the support/advice!!!

i will do my lessons and care less about my ranking at the moment.

everything is said! <3

JimmyTKirk

Just learn and enjoy the game, dont stress too much as it takes time to build that skill and confidence. Keep pushing forward :tup

nTzT

Just as a side note, try to stay away from Blitz and Bullet. It will get you into the habit of not thinking deep and thus slowing down your improvement and long-term enjoyment of the game.

nklristic

First of all, if you wish to improve, you will have to be patient. Improvement takes time. I you really wish to, you can improve however.

Here are some tips that might help you out:

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

In any case, good luck.

RamKaushal
One ultimate piece of advice is to see chessbrah’s YouTube series called building habits. Please do see that you will get complete guidance from beginner to advance. Also I want to welcome you to the chess community. Hope you have a great time.
sholom90

@Throwups -- fast games can be entertaining, but will *not* teach a beginner very much.  If you want to learn, a lot of folks in this thread gave some rock solid advice.  Learn about opening principles, learn tactics, play in some slower games so you have time to think, analyze your games afterwards.

For opening principles, try this 8-minute video:

Chess Basics: Opening Principles

And welcome aboard!  It can be a lifetime of fun!  How far you go depends on how much you want to learn.  And it does take some learning to advance up the ratings ladder (which, as someone else noted, should be irrelevant to a newcomer)

If you are serious about wanting to get better, and you liked what was in that 8 minute video, I strongly strongly recommend as your first chess book purchase, John Emms, Discovering Chess Openings

Danimal77

Im no great shakes but I was taught by my step father to make sure all your pieces are protected and attack unprotected pieces

somebodywhoateapie

A simple thing you can do is to not resign. Even if you lose every piece, you still have a chance to draw via stalemate. This is especially true at your level, where people may be less familiar with endgames. If they're down to just a few pieces, they might not known how to checkmate and draw after 50 moves or stalemate you. Or, if they have loads of pieces, they might get careless about what legal moves you have and once again stalemate you. While this might not really be helping you improve, it can at least help you not lose a few more games.

Arnaut10

1. Never resign, NEVER !

epicyoda21

Look at Chessbrah’s Building Habits series, they have some good information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRvksIZpGc&list=PLUjxDD7HNNThftJtE0OIRFRMMFf6AV_69

 

Shaka_4_life

GET A COACH

KeSetoKaiba

Some good advice here and I like what @nTzT offered. I'll just add this hyperlink because I think it might be worth a look for you happy.png I wrote it mostly for players under 1000 rating hoping to improve, but what I like is that the ideas are simple and it doesn't require any memorization of opening lines grin.png

https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again