user34187: Should I give up chess if I lose 926 games?
I joined chess.com in 2022 and I have won 789 games and lost 926 games and I am at 392 elo.

user27380: Everyone started like you. No one is born a master. I have lost many thousand games, not just 926. But I have kept playing and improving.
I totally agree with @Brian Towers that the enjoyment of the game is a very important factor to figure out whether chess is for you.
However: The better you become and the more you understand chess, the more beautiful and exciting it will become! (Until maybe you reach the master level when it becomes very hard work to make progress).
It is like learning to play an instrument. In the beginning, it may look like this (and note: this already needs practice); but after years of practice and mastery, it will look like this!
In the beginning, you will not be able to play like Hillary Hahn and all the pieces that you'd like to play. But with steady practice, you will get there!
And the practice (or chess training for that matter) may not always be the most interesting (think of learning opening and endgame theory).
I would contextualize in that way @Brian Towers question ("Do you enjoy chess?") and add before that:
Do you want to improve? Are you willing to put in a little effort to that end?
That means: Do you really WANT to play chess?
That is the first question I would ask myself, even before I'd ask whether I enjoy chess. Surely, just pushing wood aimlessly without understanding anything cannot be fun in the long run. No wonder you have such thoughts!
See it like this: at a rating of 400, you have a huge potential to improve - if you want. In the beginning, you will see that your training efforts will bear quick fruit, and this will bring fun and motivation!
In the beginning, it will suffice to watch and ingest a video like this.
It does not suffice to just keep playing and doing what you always did, miraculously hoping for different results.
You may also start with tactics training.
In the beginning, just by following basic chess principles (i.e. opening principles) and stop giving away pieces in one move, you'll be at least 800, if not 1000!
The first actionable tip is: Ask yourself, what your opponent could do after your intended move. Always think ahead. If it's only one move, it's only one move. But do it. This should prevent you from blundering pieces in one move.
Make it a habit to calculate in this way. Check candidate moves: Checks captures, attacks.
Try this, and come back to this post when you're 800 ;)
EDIT: I recommend to play longer time controls. You can only learn from a game, if you had the time to think about moves and did not need to guess/play intuitively out of time scarcity. You should also analyse your games after playing them, at least the losing mistake. The intuition and pattern recognition for Blitz will come with playing strength.

user4418: The underlying question, which only you can answer, is do you enjoy playing chess? If you don't actually enjoy playing the game but only get pleasure if your rating goes up then you are wasting your time and should certainly give up.
If you enjoy the game, win, lose or draw, then continue playing. I would add that playing online is sterile and impersonal. You are much more likely to enjoy your chess if you join a chess club and play in person, over-the-board chess against real people. Chess can be an enjoyable social experience as well as an intellectual challenge.

34187: <p>Should I give up chess if I lose 926 games?</p>
<p>I joined chess.com in 2022 and I have won 789 games and lost 926 games and I am at 392 elo.</p>
 27380: <p>Everyone started like you. No one is born a master. I have lost many thousand games, not just 926. But I have kept playing and improving.</p>
<p>I totally agree with @Brian Towers that the enjoyment of the game is a very important factor to figure out whether chess is for you.</p>
<p><strong>However:</strong> The better you become and the more you understand chess, the more beautiful and exciting it will become! (Until maybe you reach the master level when it becomes very hard work to make progress).</p>
<p><strong>It is like learning to play an instrument</strong>. In the beginning, it may <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbohwNbt6Ds" rel="nofollow noreferrer">look like this</a> (and note: this already needs practice); but after years of practice and mastery, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWNCbpwC-PQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">it will look like this</a>!
In the beginning, you will not be able to play like Hillary Hahn and all the pieces that you'd like to play. But with steady practice, you will get there!</p>
<p>And the practice (or chess training for that matter) may not always be the most interesting (think of learning opening and endgame theory).</p>
<p>I would contextualize in that way @Brian Towers question (&quot;Do you enjoy chess?&quot;) and add before that:</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to improve? Are you willing to put in a little effort to that end?</strong></p>
<p>That means: <strong>Do you really WANT to play chess?</strong></p>
<p>That is the first question I would ask myself, even before I'd ask whether I enjoy chess. Surely, just pushing wood aimlessly without understanding anything cannot be fun in the long run. No wonder you have such thoughts!</p>
<p>See it like this: at a rating of 400, you have a huge potential to improve - if you want. In the beginning, you will see that your training efforts will bear quick fruit, and this will bring fun and motivation!</p>
<p>In the beginning, it will suffice to watch and ingest a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCSbzArwB10" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video like this</a>.
It <strong>does not suffice</strong> to just keep playing and doing what you always did, miraculously hoping for different results.
You may also start with tactics training.</p>
<p>In the beginning, just by following basic chess principles (i.e. opening principles) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9iOeK_jvU&amp;list=PLl9uuRYQ-6MBwqkmwT42l1fI7Z0bYuwwO&amp;index=5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">stop giving away pieces in one move</a>, you'll be <strong>at least</strong> 800, if not 1000!</p>
<p>The first actionable tip is: <strong>Ask yourself, what your opponent could do after your intended move.</strong> Always think ahead. If it's only one move, it's only one move. But do it. This should prevent you from blundering pieces in one move.
Make it a habit to calculate in this way. Check candidate moves: Checks captures, attacks.</p>
<p>Try this, and come back to this post when you're 800 ;)</p>
<p>EDIT: I recommend to play longer time controls. You can only learn from a game, if you had the time to think about moves and did not need to guess/play intuitively out of time scarcity. You should also analyse your games after playing them, at least the losing mistake. The intuition and pattern recognition for Blitz will come with playing strength.</p>
 4418: <p>The underlying question, which only you can answer, is do you enjoy playing chess? If you don't actually enjoy playing the game but only get pleasure if your rating goes up then you are wasting your time and should certainly give up.</p>
<p>If you enjoy the game, win, lose or draw, then continue playing. I would add that playing online is sterile and impersonal. You are much more likely to enjoy your chess if you join a chess club and play in person, over-the-board chess against real people. Chess can be an enjoyable social experience as well as an intellectual challenge.</p>
