I attempted to learn to play chess by myself, and as far as I got was 1400. It is EXTREMELY difficult to make 1600+ without a coach. It can be done, but it is very hard. When I met my chess coach, I realized that most of my thinking patterns were speculative or ridiculous. I do recommend getting a chess coach, because contact with a stronger player and lessons from a stronger player make a huge difference in your chess playing.

I just keep playing people in my rating and learn from my mistake which I think you would do I take keep playing with you if you want to but has far has me trying to teach you can not help you chess is just a mind game and you have to think way ahead which is something I can not do, I think about two move ahead and that it you can go back into your game that you have lost and study them

Thanks Hugh I will try that.

That is great news my friend. As for annotating your games, you might want to try something like: "Move 12: Nd4 which forks the my opponent's two bishops." This way you can go back as see what your intentions were at that moment. That is basically what I do for all my games. In my case, it makes for great reading when I completely blunder a strategy I was sure would work (I tend to find humor in some of my ill planned attempts). Again, great news!!