Tips for playing, anyone?

I am only 1200 and I wanna improve, also side topic, are kids better than adults at learning and playing chess?

Forget about attacking. Learn to take your opponent's pieces.
Children's brains have more nerve cells, and they form synapses faster.

Tips for playing=
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Play more slower games (rapid/classical) and fast games (blitz), turn on move confirmation, and think for at least 3–5 seconds before every move.

Stay away from variants, ultra-bullet, bullet, and blitz.
Play 15+10 rapid instead.
Blunder check before you move.
Think average 40 seconds per move.
Use all time allowed by the time control.
Here is an example: you lose with more time on your clock than you started with.
...Na6? is a mistake. A knight on the rim is dim. Play for the center: ...c5.

I think slightly longer blitz time controls like 5+0 and 5+3 are also good choices.
Also, in classical games, you can right-click on the board to make annotations.

You can play 10+0 or 15+10 for praticing.
And, don't forget to solve puzzles. You can do a routine like "Today I will solve 50 puzzles".

Maybe, Mehnav can find something useful at https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/how-to-improve-18 or https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/i-need-advice?page=2 .

@tpr said in #5:

... Play 15+10 rapid instead.
... Think average 40 seconds per move. ...

In a 15+10 game, averaging "40 seconds per move" would exhaust the 15-minute time reserve before move 31. The results may not be so good just relying on the 10-second increment from move 31 on (especially if the opponent has averaged 30 seconds per move and still has a 5-minute time reserve).

@tpr said ^

Think average 40 seconds per move.

Probably it is better to calculate with 30s per move for the format 15+10 - see How long is a chess game?.

@Kaan_Burak said ^

You can play 10+0 or 15+10 for praticing.
And, don't forget to solve puzzles. You can do a routine like "Today I will solve 50 puzzles".

Better solve 5 perfectly without moving any pieces around and call it a day. That’s still impressive.