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How do I not play terribly?

What kind of games are you playing?

I am a solid player when it comes to traditional games, but once you throw me in 3 minutes and under it goes out the window. 5 gives me a hard time too.

Could that be your issue?
@hmmMMM

Can you rephrase your question, and in a more broad way please ?

How about playing some games on Lichess, and show them to us ?
Or do you have a pgn file uploaded, or chess games on another server that we can look at ?

— How do I not play terribly?
— Play well.
Can always try to aim for playing bad which is not as horrible as terribly.
Hard work is the answer nobody wants to do or hear when they ask such questions but its the answer for most things in the improvement genre
If you want to practise with someone, feel free to contact me. I also play terribly (just look at my rating :D...although it seems I mostly lose by playing too slowly and running out of time, not saying that I do not blunder all the time), and I think I need someone to play casual games with. Most of my opponents until now were not too helpful (even in casual games), playing quickly just to win and then leaving immediately after....
verse me into a game! I'm a good opponent for beginners

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