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You lost your first game. Try a second one.
Is that it? I had fun because of the community (Way back when). Of course, things are much quieter now, but I still like the site. Try themes if you haven't already.
brand new, eh?
ok. well. on HERE there are trolls as far as the eye can see- but most of the chess.com members are worthy adversaries (that come in every ratings). 24/7 you can quickly get a game with an opponent of nearly equal strength and in a time control you prefer.
there is also quite a lot hidden community contained within chess.com's groups. get a thirst for regularly playing chess and start making a habit of showing up; and you will get the invites...
there's (as they heavily advertise) the chess improvement tools- the mentor, the tactics trainer,etc... its good, its not for everyone, and not the only way to improve.
I like it here.
BTW, that was good analysis from a strong chess player. there's lots of advice on how to improve in chess (in posts to the forums). some of it was just given, do a look around the forums- and read up some.
it will help.
Thx
You are probably discouraged about your results but I looked at one recent blitz game and you did a lot of good things. https://www.chess.com/live/game/1833218381?username=spiritanimalfox
You had a won game early on. You could have won your opponent's queen on move 9 and 10 by just attacking it with your bishop. You could have also easily won a knight for your b pawn (or gotten an extra queen) with 10 bxa6 instead of b6. You were easily winning as late as move 22 (when you dropped your queen).
Take a look. I think you need more time to see these things than you get in a blitz game. Why not try slower time control games?
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