Mentally unable to improve

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I've started in February this year. This is what I did to improve:

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

It is pretty detailed, but I believe that it might give you some basic structured training. 

Apart from that, you have premium membership, use that option and go through lessons. You can go through 5 per week I believe.

pukapy I know how you feel i just started playing about a month ago got to about 525 playing rapid now im about 350 i got couple books that dont seem to help but to be fair im dumb AF. broke 2 phones in 2 days but still want to get better i guess im a glutton for punishment

Some books are too tough for improving players.

I’m 292 in bliz

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "12/01/2020 04:32PM"]
[FEN rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1]
[White "lakaxykarlos"]
[Black "GoofyRowboat"]
[Result "GoofyRowboat won by checkmate"]
[WhiteElo "789"]
[BlackElo "525"]
[Termination "GoofyRowboat won by checkmate"]

1.e4 {9:57} d5 {9:59} 2.f3 {9:51} Nf6 {9:58} 3.g3 {9:48} dxe4 {9:55} 4.Qe2 {9:38} Bf5 {9:52} 5.d3 {9:35} Nbd7 {9:42} 6.b4 {9:27} exd3 {9:41} 7.cxd3 {9:22} Ne5 {9:38} 8.g4 {9:15} Nxd3+ {9:35} 9.Kd2 {9:00} Nxb4+ {9:28} 10.Kc3 {8:41} a5 {9:19} 11.gxf5 {8:37} Nfd5+ {9:09} 12.Kb3 {8:23} a4+ {9:06} 13.Kc4 {8:12} c6 {9:05} 14.Kd4 {8:08} b5 {9:03} 15.Bd2 {7:54} Rc8 {8:58} 16.Nc3 {7:48} c5+ {8:56} 17.Ke4 {7:40} c4 {8:45} 18.Rb1 {7:19} Nxc3+ {8:37} 19.Bxc3 {7:16} Nxa2 {8:34} 20.Bd4 {6:59} c3 {8:31} 21.Be3 {6:44} Rc4+ {8:23} 22.Ke5 {6:17} f6+ {8:21} 23.Ke6 {6:12} Qd7# {8:19} {GoofyRowboat won by checkmate}

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "12/01/2020 04:34PM"]
[FEN rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1]
[White "Bryankavanagh10"]
[Black "GoofyRowboat"]
[Result "GoofyRowboat won on time"]
[WhiteElo "808"]
[BlackElo "633"]
[Termination "GoofyRowboat won on time"]

1.d4 {0:59} d5 {0:59} 2.Qd3 {0:58} c6 {0:58} 3.Qg3 {0:55} Na6 {0:55} 4.Nf3 {0:52} c5 {0:49} 5.Bf4 {0:46} Bf5 {0:47} 6.Nc3 {0:41} Qd7 {0:47} 7.h4 {0:33} Rd8 {0:47} 8.e3 {0:31} cxd4 {0:45} 9.Nb5 {0:27} dxe3 {0:44} 10.fxe3 {0:25} d4 {0:42} 11.exd4 {0:24} Nb4 {0:41} 12.c4 {0:21} a6 {0:41} 13.b3 {0:16} axb5 {0:39} 14.Ne5 {0:14} Qxd4 {0:37} 15.Qe3 {0:05} Nc2+ {0:29} 16.Kf2 {0:00} Qd1 {0:27} {GoofyRowboat won on time}

I sacrificed my q

Same here.

There all better than me like 200+ or 100+

I started in September this year

I’m 525 in rapid to

Yeah

😞

I started last week. Went down by like 300 already.

Sad

Sad.pig

Thanks for sharing that link @nklristic. I’m certainly a beginner, started in November. 37yrs old, never too late to start I hope, lol.

Have you tried the learn tab on Chess.com? Those courses really helped me get a grasp on how I should move my pieces, and gave me knowledge of some tactics as well.

One answer - TACTICS... solve tactics puzzles and also visualization problems (try to visualize where pieces will end up if certain captures etc are made.  You might need to study tactics and improve visualization for many hours a day and that's pretty much the fastest way to improve from <1000. 

One important thing, solve tactics not only to solve them but use them as a visualization exercise. Try different moves in your head and see where the pieces will end up.

If you do that for hours then u can comfortably get to 1500 in only a few months.