How to increase your ELO's for beginners.

1. Don't worry too much about your ELO's every day. You should check on your ELO after every month rather than every match. Don't feel bummed if you lose 3 matches in a row, it happens.

2. Try a new opening. If you keep losing with your current opening, try a new one.

3. When your opponent makes a move check what they want. Their move could be threatening checkmate in one or it could be tricking you into taking a piece, check what your opponent wants before you.

4. Don't trade your pieces constantly. If your game has a knight taking a knight only to be taken by another bishop then to be taken by yet another bishop and so on, you will need to stop that, half of your material is gone with a few set of moves.

5. Tips & Tricks. 2 minor pieces(minor pieces are knights or bishops) are not worth a rook and a pawn. You could use your 2 minor pieces more than an opponent can with a rook. 3 Minor pieces are not worth a queen. Same case with the rook and pawn, you can use the 3 minor pieces more than you can a queen. Always castle early.

Huh?

What are you confused about

I always play the london as white and pirc or the king indian defense as black , i am a postional player so i always go with d4 and the London, i was on 722 elo but aftwr playing the london with white, but look! I come upon 696 :(

I would recommend to focus on tactics, reviewing your games and having fun playing. Monitor your ELO monthly vs daily as the stress and pressure that can come from watching it daily will affect your improvement and enjoyment of the game. Good luck

Remember tip #1, don't worry if you lose a few matches worth of Elo, you can get it back.

I agree with these comments. Chess is a game for most of us and playing it should be fun. If watching your ELO every day isn't enjoyable for you, then focus on something else. Maybe take a break from tracking your ELO and track how many lessons you complete in the lesson library, or how many drills you complete, or how many days in a row you complete at least 5 puzzles. And then just play with the idea of consciously applying what you have learned.

I disagree with all your points except point #3.

In fact, I tell people to do the opposite of some of the stuff you said.

#1 - People who worry about their ELO are people who CARE!

If you tell people not to worry about their ELO, it will cause them to be detached and/or not to CARE which is major issue.

The chess players at the top care and are very passionate about what they do.

Not caring might help you gain ranking a little bit, but you will never get as high as the people who care. And that applies to a lot of things in life, not just chess.

#2 - Normally, you want to show a beginner a variety of openings like a buffet or if the beginner has line they like. You can try to show them similar line.

The point is you want the beginner to pick 1.

Than stick with that 1 for some time. Not keep changing.

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Lunch Break over so I can’t say why other wrong at moment, but yeah maybe later