"...I suck and I need help..."
I feel with you.
One motto of my life is: "Intuition comes from repetition!"
That simply means: Practice daily. This applies to any métier IMHO.
In this case:
- Play a game every day if possible
- Solve one riddle every day (from a book, your favorite newpaper, lichess or whatever)
- Read one or two pages of good chess book of your choice every day or in a week...
- Take a look at what the others play (at lichess.org, chess.com, 365chess.com etc.)
- A good idea to improve concentration is playing 960
- About openings: Less is more. Make a decision, choose a few and play them.
- Keep in mind that chess is a game. It was made to have fun and not for torture ;-)
- Have fun. Play. Over and over again.
Best regards, Karl (Yet Another Descending Dilettante)
I feel with you.
One motto of my life is: "Intuition comes from repetition!"
That simply means: Practice daily. This applies to any métier IMHO.
In this case:
- Play a game every day if possible
- Solve one riddle every day (from a book, your favorite newpaper, lichess or whatever)
- Read one or two pages of good chess book of your choice every day or in a week...
- Take a look at what the others play (at lichess.org, chess.com, 365chess.com etc.)
- A good idea to improve concentration is playing 960
- About openings: Less is more. Make a decision, choose a few and play them.
- Keep in mind that chess is a game. It was made to have fun and not for torture ;-)
- Have fun. Play. Over and over again.
Best regards, Karl (Yet Another Descending Dilettante)