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why i'm getting worse

Hi , how you doing guys !
i'v been practice every day and night for about 4 months
at the begging i was getting higher but now i'm only getting worse
could anybody explain why is this happening ?
Because you're playing, not practicing.

Playing game after game after game won't get you ahead if you don't take the time to sit back and analyze your most common mistakes or learn more about the opening you're using.
i'm actually putting a lot of time on learning opening and defenses
solving puzzles put game analyze didn't came into my mind
Look at your games, maybe ask a (stronger) friend to briefly analyze the latest developments, study...and never give up at improving ;)
yes to tactics but you may also want to consider just taking about a week off and let your brain "season"
@lionabdelwhab Some suggestions from me:

1. Play longer time controls, maybe 3 classical games a day
2. After your games, analyze them and then post them on the Game Analysis forum and ask questions
3. Try to stop hanging pieces in your games
4. Take a few days break; when you come back you will be better than you were
5.Do online research- watch a lot of educational chess YouTube videos- I went from beginner to 1900 rating in 1.5 years by doing solely online research- you can find answers to almost any chess-related questions in a YouTube video
5.5 In the videos, try to look at as many commentary games as you can. Mostly from masters. But, if you watch a lower rated player's game and his comments, you could learn something! You never know.
6.When you see master games, the patterns and ideas that were played in the game, whether visual or verbal, will be stored into your mind. Then when you come across a similar situation in your game, you will recall that idea and use it successfully.

Hope this helped and good luck in future
@GMScuzzBall doing tactics alone is not enough. I didn't get to where I am right now just doing tactics, you have to analyze games and study books.

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