Rating accuracy..

I believe in the chess.com rating system a lot, but ratings only apply to the player pool they come from; for example, you can't directly compare chess.com rating to FIDE rating because they are two different pools of players (even if people can try to estimate the rating of one due to their rating in the other).

If you keep getting beat by players rated 400 on chess.com, then why would you think the rating system is flawed? I think a rating of 400 makes sense after just a few months playing. The average chess rating is only around 660 or so (average constantly fluctuates a little bit as more people start playing chess (and some become inactive with chess).

https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again This is a decent place to start because many players under 1000 chess.com rating will still not use opening principles well enough, so this helps you gain an advantage if you are good at implementing this.

It depends on what you mean by "accurate". If you mean in comparison to FIDE ratings, then there are going to be differences by a few hundred points. But for Chess.com, once the period of uncertainty about your rating is over, it is accurate for Chess.com relative to other players.

If you're rated 400 or lower, then chances are you're a new player, or someone who has known how the pieces move for ages and that's about it (like me when I started playing here). Thus, there are weaknesses in not just how you play but also in how your opponent plays, and whether someone wins a game is often down to whether they spot an incidental tactic that scores them material. When that happens, they seem like geniuses to you. But remember, they're also rated 400 or lower: they will have similar weaknesses in their play to you and things that they still need to learn about the game.

One way to get an edge over people in this rating area is simply to learn a few key principles and stick to them throughout your games:

• When it is your move, always look for checks, captures, and attacks on your side. Then look for them on your opponent's side. This will reduce your chances of blundering a piece or missing a tactic like a fork or a pin.
• Take the time to think about your move before you make it. Play longer time controls like 15|10 where you can think about the game in more detail.
• Don't play crazy for the sake of playing crazy or make a risky move because you don't know what else to do. This is how blunders can happen. If you can't justify the move you want to make, you probably shouldn't make it.

So no, you aren't the world's worst player and you're certainly not stupid! You are learning the game and you're playing among other people who are also learning the game. With time, practice and improvement, you'll steadily rise up

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Learning chess takes some time so you should´t worry of your level yet because you are new to the game. I wrote a post on developing chess skills, if interested please check it out: https://www.chess.com/blog/maafernan/chess-skills-development

Good luck!

Here's some advice that helped me... Watch chessbrah's Building Habits series on YouTube. And play the bots for practice. I was in a similar situation.. I was getting low % and I would lose for long stretches of games. I had no idea how to fix it.. I started watching ChessBrah and particularly his building habits series. Now I'm hearing his voice in my head as I play, develop your pieces, centralize your knights and rooks, push your pawns, activate your king in the end game.. it all makes sense when you watch the videos. He starts at low rating and works his way up. As far as the bots are concerned, people will tell you not to bother with them, I think the opposite.. try to beat as many as you can. If you go on a losing streak, play the bots and practice fundamentals.

your ratings are rated on based on how much you win
you could technically rematched a player thats worse than you and you win again and again and then called yourself an 800 or 2000 even

It's not unusual for beginners to struggle initially but make significant progress with practice and study. Don't be discouraged if you lose to lower-rated players; it's part of the learning process.

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This is because you often make obvious, terrible blunders. Here is a good example of blundering away a won game:

8. Nd5 you threaten to win the rook with a fork, and your opponent does nothing about it. So you are up a rook an (of course) completely winning. Your opponent threatens with a very transparent and obvious mate-in-1 with 11. - Bh3, and you... you make some random move and let him mate you.

Don't play random moves. Pay attention to the game and try to find good moves. Take your time and think.