Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
Whenever you lose a game, stop playing and analyse it first.
How can I gradually get better at Chess
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Jan 13, 2023
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#3
For now, get the fundamentals down, and analyze games thoroughly; this greatly improves your intuition, so that you can see which moves are inaccurate to play in certain positions.
It is also important to note that you play longer time controls (e.g. 15 | 10); anything lower and you will hardly learn much from your games. Even if you do, you will learn much more relatively from playing, say, Rapid than if you were to play Blitz.
Good luck!
Alright, I will do. Thank you all for your posts!
Jan 13, 2023
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Galagyy wrote:
Hello, I've started playing Chess again recently and have dwelled around 900-1000 in terms of rating. I've allocated 45 minutes to an hour in order to get better at Chess.
I've tried doing various things such as playing Stockfish daily etc. but to no avail.
Since there are a lot of brilliant minds on this forum, I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what I can do best for an hour daily to improve.
Thanks again,
Galaxy
I don't recommend playing bots and especially a strong one like Stockfish. This only discourages us and bots think too differently from humans when it comes to positional factors and planning (humans are more consistent in plans [whether best or not], whereas engines change plans more quickly as the game progresses and especially for the lower rated bots.
What to do to improve depends on your current chess rating and level of understanding/ability. If you are around 1000 chess.com or lower (maybe even 1200 or lower), then the fundamentals such as basic theoretical endgames or basic checkmates can help a lot as can chess opening principles: https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again
After this level, it is more about finding ways of learning and refining your play. This looks different at different levels, but this almost always includes analyzing your own games (so you learn and don't repeat the same mistakes in the future), solving chess puzzles routinely (pattern recognition is important) and constantly encountering new material and new ways to expand your overall knowledge of chess.
My YouTube chess channel is mostly aimed at beginner to intermediate level (I occasionally have more advanced topics mixed in there too though) and I highly recommend it. I'm biased with it being my channel of course 
but I'd recommend it even if it wasn't my own:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPXx9iOh1Q9WgwlvJVObYw (KeSetoKaiba)
Other great YouTube channels exist as well.
https://www.youtube.com/@DanielNaroditskyGM and
https://www.youtube.com/@AnnaCramling are two of my favorites for chess content. 
Jan 13, 2023
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#6
Terranshaka wrote:
There are 3 ways
1:Born with talent (this is the best way to learn chess)
2: Play play play play play play play play play play play play play games
3:Read books and watch youtube videos
1) Funny, but rare.
2) Only if they are learning from their high volume and game sample size, rather than repeating the same mistakes and expecting to improve.
3) Yes, but mainly if they put in the time and effort to improve. Chess improvement is a long process, but it also requires more than just time. You have to make sure what you are studying is giving you results too.
Jan 13, 2023
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#7
You don't have to get better at it.
When people play tennis, are they trying to get better or just have some fun while the sun's out?
There is a point of diminishing returns in terms of improvement, where putting in a lot more time and effort does not result in a corresponding level of improvement. I believe many of us are in that boat.
There's also a point in the far off distance which represents your true potential - your true level, in chess. It won't be at master level but it will better than your level now. To get there, you will have to make time and effort spent on chess a high priority. If you go down this route, it's kind of a tragedy. There are many things in life which are more fun and rewarding than chess. One of them probably breaks the site rules to discuss, but you can also do outdoor activities, as well. If those things are in any way an option to you (and only you will know), then do those instead.
Jan 13, 2023
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KZforever wrote:
You don't have to get better at it.
When people play tennis, are they trying to get better or just have some fun while the sun's out?
There is a point of diminishing returns in terms of improvement, where putting in a lot more time and effort does not result in a corresponding level of improvement. I believe many of us are in that boat.
There's also a point in the far off distance which represents your true potential - your true level, in chess. It won't be at master level but it will better than your level now. To get there, you will have to make time and effort spent on chess a high priority. If you go down this route, it's kind of a tragedy. There are many things in life which are more fun and rewarding than chess. One of them probably breaks the site rules to discuss, but you can also do outdoor activities, as well. If those things are in any way an option to you (and only you will know), then do those instead.
I can relate to this.
Hello, I've started playing Chess again recently and have dwelled around 900-1000 in terms of rating. I've allocated 45 minutes to an hour in order to get better at Chess.
I've tried doing various things such as playing Stockfish daily etc. but to no avail.
Since there are a lot of brilliant minds on this forum, I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what I can do best for an hour daily to improve.
Thanks again,
Galaxy