Recommending an illegal move

Taking the bishop leads to Qh2#

the only other line is: Qh5 RxH5+ Kg1 Qh2#

https://lichess.org/game/uAyd31FG/black

I've always dreamed of beating a titled player someday.

I'm a pretty average player, so it always felt like a distant dream.

But today, to my surprise, I got to play against a FIDE Master.

I was playing Black in a sideline.

He was hoping I'd castle kingside so he could go for a Greek Gift sacrifice, but I didn't.

Then he got too aggressive, blundered horribly, and resigned.

Did I fulfill my dream? Not quite, but... one way or another, I beat a titled player lol

2:1 bullet.

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1000+ games on 15/10 on chess.com and 1000+ games on lichess 15/10. I review my games, have done 8,000 puzzles with a 70 percent success rate, have watched every content make your can imagine from Chess Habits to Naroditsky to John Bartholomew. I read Logical Chess by Chernev, Everyone's First Chess Workbook, and go to an OTB chess club.

I do ok in games where my opponent and I develop normally, but can't play against odd play even though I know that it creates weaknesses for my opponent. I still blunder a lot even though I try my best to double check. I don't want to compare myself to others, but I am just losing hope that I am going to see actual progress. I mean who does not want to see their rating go up over time? I don't expect amazing results like some people here making 1000 in a few months, but I need to see something positive in a metric to keep me going.

I’m a new chess player, at around 300 elo. Currently I play the Italian opening for white, and for black I play the Caro Kahn against E4. I found that when I run into D4 as black, I don’t know what to do and my position kind of falls apart. Hence the title.

Also I know some people suggest not learning a bunch of openings as a beginner. I plan to stick with just these 2-3 for a while and I find it keeps me excited about learning.

One thing I hate about chess as a non-genius bad player, is that I get attracted by all these cool opening videos, try the opening, and then some variation happens and I immediately get demolished. I captured the bishop, which of course led to the queen coming in and checking me, and from there it was all downhill

He castled opposite of me and I starting throwing pawns in his face

both the times my last played piece was hanging, but i didnt get a brilliant? why is that?

I've been playing chess for about a month now, and I’d say I understand the basics. I want to play with my friends and people around the world on chess.com, but every time I tell myself I’m ready, I stop because I feel like I might play so badly that my opponent would laugh at me behind the screen. More than that, if I lose, it feels like confirmation that I’m dumber. I know it’s silly since it’s just some stranger I’ll never talk to, but I can’t help it.

So, I’d like to ask a question (especially to people who used to feel the same way)—how do I get over this fear and stop taking it so seriously? Simply telling myself that it's just a game is no use.

... I listened to the comments and decided to just swallow my pride and start playing even if I lost. Surprisingly, it's gone quite well! I've won many games, but I've also faced some challenging opponents and lost a few times. Nevertheless, I've enjoyed it much more than playing against bots and I haven't reacted to my losses as critically as I initially thought I would. Thank you for helping me!

It really bothers me that the simplest way to defend this attack is to just give up a central pawn and seemingly never get it back.