Any advise on how to improve?

@ LM OhNoMyPants
I love this idea. I'll start right away!
Do you know any good sites that give a breakdown of the moves played though? I fear I might not understand the reasoning behind a move when I finally see it. :(

@ cacheyourdreams
@ Tangelo777
@ noob2chess
I tried chesstempo and did a good 20 puzzles. Everything seems to be free now. The site even offers extra resources if you - quote - "Register for free".
I haven't registered yet, but I'm guessing they'll give me access to the features they're offering without any need for payment.
Thank you guys for the suggestion. :)

Does anybody here know any free training websites for chess variants?

@LynnSS #1

I believe that there's only 1 solution to your question, and that is to have a stronger player or 2 (e.g. at the otb chess club) or a chess coach look at your games and as well talk to you, to find out what your weak and strong points are, and where you can improve.

Just randomly studying and training more, might help, though probably slowly, but there's no clear direction IF you have no found out yourself with help from stronger players where your Achilles heel(s) is.

And the problem can be "anything".

For example, a few years ago I read that a chess master (an IM or FM ?) looked at his opening statistics, and he finally realized that even though he loved to play the Sicilian Najdorf he scored not good enough with it.

That is only 1 aspect of chess : opening choice.

But opening choice also defines the chance with which you will get certain pawn structures and certain middlegame and endgames.

It is possible that you are much better with e.g. certain other pawn structures in another opening, even openings that you never tried.

p.s.

Feel free to join my study group (see my profile) and I could annotate a few slow time control games of yours (I see that you only play classical here), and give you some suggestions.

Good luck, have fun ! :)

Can I have join your study group too Achja ?

@OP : some ideas that could help :

- join a chess club
- play longer games and analyze them with strong players
- work on your tactics with a book (the classification of motifs in books may help you better recognize ideas in your games) - for example this series is very good : http://www.stappenmethode.nl/en/index.php (you can start with step 3), or some general book such as this one www.amazon.co.uk/Chess-Tactics-Champions-Step-step/dp/081293671X
- go through annotated master games - an excellent book is : http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Chessboard-21st-Century-Richard/dp/1936490218/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=41d40lXQQaL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR216%2C320_&refRID=11E4DW0176XDY6ZPA9E9
- read a general improvement book, such as this one : http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-Chess-Books-ebook/dp/B0038M3STM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462038338&sr=1-1&keywords=mammoth+book+of+chess

@OnlySleeping #15

Sure, you're welcome.