I suck at chess with a timer. Help.

Play longer time controls.

Definitely should play longer games, but if you want to slowly get rid of this weakness, I recommend practicing with 5|0 or 3|0 blitz games.. getting used to the time pressure & being able to play good moves under time pressure is key 🔑

You could play daily games. They give you at least 24 hours to move so you will almost never run out of time. It's also good for you to look at your notes to see what you should play in that position. I like to make studies on Lichess and I find them very useful when I come against a certain variation in an opening I study. Here's my French, Queen's Gambit, and Indian Defenses studies for reference. If you want to create your own studies based on books you read but can't get any books, I would recommend checking this link here or using z-library. Hope this helps

Anything faster than 60 min games is too fast.  I too need and like to ponder the position. When I do it right (see my last game), it is beautiful.  But my last game is a rare gem.  I'm not normally that good.  I got lucky that none of my paths were blunder prone.

Play on 30 mins with increment. Probably the problem is that you are counting lines for example you lose rook and continue counting. If you have some bigger material loss in position you should stop there, or you count twice same position. Dragging arrows also helps. Best regards Ivan

I recommend jumping in at the deep end and play a heap of bullet chess. Don't worry about winning, or blundering or calculating. You're just trying to get used to the speed. All you need to do is make a move in 2 seconds. Stick to simple moves and play something every couple of seconds. Just play the move that you think of first without calculating.

Once you get used to the speed, the other time controls will feel slow.

as some of the prior posters have recommended...

Play Longer Time Controls...

For many at the beginner-novice level, speed chess tends to be primarily an exercise in moving pieces around faster than your opponent while avoiding checkmate, in hopes that his/her clock runs out sooner than yours. Or being lucky enough to notice and exploit your opponent’s blunders before they exploit yours.

The point is, there is little time to think about what you should be doing.

It makes sense that taking more time to think about what you should be doing would promote improvement in your chess skills.

An effective way to improve your chess is therefore to play mostly longer time controls, including "daily" chess, so you have time to think about what you should be doing.

This is not to suggest that you should necessarily play exclusively slow time controls or daily games, but they should be a significant percentage of your games, at least as much, if not more so than speed games which, while they may be fun, do almost nothing to promote an understanding of how to play the game well.

Here's what IM Jeremy Silman, well-known chess book author, has to say on the topic...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive

And NM Dan Heisman, well-known chess teacher and chess book author…
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http:/www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/dan-heisman-resources

and the experience of a FIDE Master...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-blitz-and-bullet-rotted-my-brain-don-t-let-it-rot-yours

finally, for more helpful content and resources, be sure to check out my blog...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

just get better

it doesn't take a genius

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

I have some tips for you to help you.

1) Study tactics so you can recognize  specific patterns.  If you notice the pattern, then you know what to do, therefore, you will save a  lot of time that way!

2) Yes, play with a longer time control. 

3) Hire a chess coach to help you figure out what to do in specific positions. 

It looks like you are having a bad experience with online chess. Still, you have played 8 games. How can you say that you suck? If you only have few games? 

Blitz isn't real chess, bullet is barely anything. Rapid is fine but 10 minutes is still almost no time at all. 15:10 is just about right for beginners- anything less and you simply don't have time to think. Really, if you want to improve, play 20 minute and 30 minute games, and think on every move:

1. Do I need to fix any problems immediately?

2. Do I have any checks that help me win?

3. Do I have any captures that help me win?

4. Do I have any attacks that help me win?

5. If no to all four, can I make a move that will get me a check, capture, or attack in the next few moves, without losing the game?

It takes time to think but that's ok- you just need to use that time. Only once you're able to do that time and time again in a matter of seconds should you think of playing shorter time conditions. 

CAVEAT: If you don't want to improve and just play to have fun, do whatever you want!

you look decent but if your looking to coach you gotta have like 2300 rapid/blitz at least.

i barely play on this site anymore, but i have 2200 rapid on another site. 

also try to fix ur bio

like how long ur coaching

how long u played chess

how much experiecne

stuff like that

I met Lauren through a mutual friend.  She is indeed a good teacher, and a good person.  I would take a USCF Class A player as a coach over an online speed chess player anytime.  And no, you dont need to be a high online speed chess player to be a good coach.  In fact the opposite is true.

I never said i knew Lauren.  I said i met her.

Hi I have been playing online for a month now and find the 10 minute games better as you have more thinking time and also don't be afraid to ask for advice from players who Have more experience

I read your problem with DisgusT angy.

Play with Increment or longer times. Overtime you will get used to it.