Tips for an Intermediate Player?

So my ranking on here isn't very good, it's somewhere in the 700's. I consider myself an intermediate level chess player because I picked up the game at a pretty early age (5 years old) and it became my life.

However, I eventually fell out of it, and I'm afraid I have gotten rusty, and a worse player. Either that, or I'm not used to playing against actual skilled players.

I think I just forgot a lot of the basic tactics and loss my sense of board vision. Like, I seem to only focus on immediately what's before me and where the action is, and not thinking several steps ahead like I used to. I find myself constantly making careless mistakes, or overlooking something that would have been obvious to my younger self.

I know you can only improve by trial and effort, and blunders are a learning opportunity. Still, it's hard not to find that discouraging at times. I feel like I'm re-learning chess.

At the very least, I'm trying to do tactics and puzzles everyday. 

Am I being too hard on myself? What do you suggest for improvement?

while I disagree with you about being intermediate, I am a Monty Python fan. nice screen name. yes, you are being too hard on yourself. and yes, you are relearning chess. concentrate on the areas that you feel you are weak in. Tatics? puzzles? end game? whatever. reviewing and playing through master games in the openings you play will help. welcome back to chess!

Work on puzzles, they really do help. I still do puzzles daily. Watch some videos like others have said. I enjoy agadmator myself but mostly because I just love enjoying the games and getting a glimpse of how the elite players think. Also, analyze your own games thoroughly and play slower games so you have time to think and you WILL improve over time.

Try doing Puzzle rush how much ever you can..

Then Puzzles (Daily Puzzles and regular)

and finally go through your openings,

then put it to a test, the results might be shocking..

Learn an opening for white and black, learn some basic tactics and endgames on youtube, and you should easily reach 1000

As a man who books up with theory, Book up with theory.

Get better maybe?

Improving at chess is usually not easy. If you can afford few lessons, I would advise getting a coach. I can teach you how to think during the chess game. After that, your progress is inevitable.

If you can't afford any lessons, here is the excerpt from very good article on how to improve:

Play a lot, analyze your games, and primarily study tactics. Your knowledge of openings, endgame, middlegame, etc. will come from analyzing your games and going over grandmaster games. Only study one of those specific topics if it is clear you are specifically losing because of that topic.

Source: https://www.gautamnarula.com/how-to-get-good-at-chess-fast/

Here is the great YT series from my channel to learn from as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrgfsyInqNa1S4i8DsGJwzx1Uhn2AqlT

Good luck either way!

For those who are trolling in a malevolent way, hurry your way through life. For those being helpful,thxz.

@badger_song you are being offensive here. God has given us this precious life and we should not hurry through it but enjoy it. U think u are good,but u know what? Nobody is perfect. Every moment,u are also doing something wrong so please, don't be rude to others. May god bless us all and keep us off sin. Amen

charlatan.

Thanks for the help! 

Yeah, I guess I shouldn't have called myself "intermediate," lol!

I think my main issues is that I've gotten impatient, and make moves whenever I see something that looks good, only for it to turn out to be a blunder. 

I noticed one thing I need to work on is pawn structure.

I used to have a pretty good book on chess, but gave it away because I thought I didn't need it anymore. Kinda regret that, now.

Im not a pro or anything but i know a bit about improving so here's my tips:
1. Focusing on 10min or longer games for improvement, blitz/bullet chess is fun to sprinkle in but should not be used as your main way to improve.
2. Do puzzles, on lichess they are free and on chess.com they cost money, both websites are good. Try do a few each day and get as many of them right as possible.
3. Learn some easy to play openings. (Examples: London, stonewall, scandinavian) and work on your opening principles.
4. Try to not get complacent with your rating, like lets say ur 1000 and really happy with that, dont just stay there, see it as a milestone not the finish line.
5. Set goals, my goal was 1300 by the end of the summer (which i hit)and 1500 by the end of the year.
6. Have fun! Don't force yourself to play long games if you are tired or if you don't feel like it as you probably will underperform and feel worse, do something else instead!
I hope this helped

Go to Dan Heismans Web side and read lots of his articles follow his advices train on them and buy yourself a good after beginner book. Play only slow games 30 min 30 analyze your shortcomings and train to get rid of them.