Don't give up yet. You seem to be a beginner at chess. You still have much to learn, and at your rating you can grow rapidly.
For starters take your time. I see you are doing correspondence games vs the computer so time is not even a factor, don't worry about it take as long as you need.
Before you move your pieces make sure to look at what your plans are, and what your opponents plans are. Try to come up with at least two or three moves you may think are candidate moves for yourself.
Then look at what possible candidate moves are for your opponent. Try to find a good plan your opponent may have, and do not let that good plan happen.
If you find yourself in a very bad position feel free to resign then, or shortly after. There is no point in over thinking a lost position.
go to chessgames.com and find some random GM games. Look at random games, and try to learn what they do. If you don't know why they made a move, and you think another move should have been made... import the game here, and then get a computer analysis. Then do the move(s) you think were good with the engine stockfish8 running.
If the computer loses because of your move, let it play against itself, see why it lost. If it causes the computer to lose or draw instead of win, or lose instead of draw then you know why. However if the computer keeps the win a win then maybe your move wasn't so bad.
Watch some chess lectures on youtube. lookup "chess lecture" the st louis chess club has some good stuff. Watch some beginner videos.
Okay now you are almost ready...
Go fire up the engine and play against it again. Put the engine on maximum level, and move fairly quickly. It's going to be destroying you... play a few games vs stockfish 8 like this. It's going to murder you, but try your best... This is to get you use to the computer throwing heat at you.
Now drop stockfish down to level 2. The computer will now be lobbing the ball slowly at you, and you can hit a homerun. Play slowly, think each move over, and beat that computer.
For starters take your time. I see you are doing correspondence games vs the computer so time is not even a factor, don't worry about it take as long as you need.
Before you move your pieces make sure to look at what your plans are, and what your opponents plans are. Try to come up with at least two or three moves you may think are candidate moves for yourself.
Then look at what possible candidate moves are for your opponent. Try to find a good plan your opponent may have, and do not let that good plan happen.
If you find yourself in a very bad position feel free to resign then, or shortly after. There is no point in over thinking a lost position.
go to chessgames.com and find some random GM games. Look at random games, and try to learn what they do. If you don't know why they made a move, and you think another move should have been made... import the game here, and then get a computer analysis. Then do the move(s) you think were good with the engine stockfish8 running.
If the computer loses because of your move, let it play against itself, see why it lost. If it causes the computer to lose or draw instead of win, or lose instead of draw then you know why. However if the computer keeps the win a win then maybe your move wasn't so bad.
Watch some chess lectures on youtube. lookup "chess lecture" the st louis chess club has some good stuff. Watch some beginner videos.
Okay now you are almost ready...
Go fire up the engine and play against it again. Put the engine on maximum level, and move fairly quickly. It's going to be destroying you... play a few games vs stockfish 8 like this. It's going to murder you, but try your best... This is to get you use to the computer throwing heat at you.
Now drop stockfish down to level 2. The computer will now be lobbing the ball slowly at you, and you can hit a homerun. Play slowly, think each move over, and beat that computer.
