How can one attack better in chess?

This was my most recent game as a 1600 player (yes i know i was playing absolutely 🤮🤮🤮 i even blundered my mate in 1) and how can i attack better in general? Stockfish shows me a bunch of lines why i shouldnt take the pinned knight because black can go and start a gigantic attack on my kingside with a rook sacrifice and other stuff but thats hard for the people at my level (not very good even if you look up at my elo: "1600 omg thats so good" rest assured we are NOT good and blunder stuff like this game and worse all the time 😭) to know. I was just hoping to actually understand some attacking principles and what i should have done in this position and how i should know that with some tricks/tips (Eg. always start an attack the way your pawns are facing) (Also to those people who think you only need this knowledge past 1800: just answer my question is it so hard? even if this isnt the optimal way to get better it would still benefit me) All advice is appreciated, even if your elo is lower than mine : ) 

jeez that was a blunderfest

no thats just the average 1600 game

usually per 1 move 1 blunder

imagine not getting any actually useful tips here ._.

Pain

I was hoping for help too since I tend to play too passively

Guess we'll suffer

i mean you post like 1 forum post a day about your chess journey.... thats taking it to a whole new level

Don't be so quick to attack. I know you want to, but there are times when attacking will only weaken your own position, instead of your opponents.

Also yeah, we 1600's suck. I won two games with a lower accuracy rating than my opponent over two days, with one 41% accuracy game among them.

Remove the defender. Everyone joins the party. Opening a file. Opening a diagonal. Knight outpost. Undermining the pawn chain. Are some strategic methods that turns into a successful attack.

White blundered two central pawns trying to attack a safe king, and lost, during the attack in the middlegame.

the thing is, i was actually winning when i "blundered" the first pawn for some reason. Stockfish said all i had to do is triple my rooks on the b file and launch an attack somehow. The attack would have worked actually, i just played the wrong moves in the position and blundered a second central pawn and then finally a mate in one.

What i was asking is how do i know the right moves

A lot of ppl answered me though thanks for that. I think the chatgpt one is actually really good advice

Real chess players are better than Chat GPT. When it comes to the game of chess. Try asking what are the best chess books the AI will give you wrong answers.

Ok good luck.

I would like to give you helpful tips OP.

The only issue is I don’t play the line you play.

When my opponents play 1…e6 (A French Defense move), I play 2.d3 going for KIA.

I guess the only advice I can give is to not play c4.

When your opponent played 2…b6, the Position transpose into Owens Defense which isn’t considered that great.

When you play c4, The line looks more like a Queen Indian Defense which is considered far more solid of a line for Black to play.

Looking at that game in particular, and without an engine, and thinking more philosophy of your attack, I suggest more piece development, bringing more pieces into your attacks.

I'd prefer to see a piece move on move 3. I've heard from Naroditsky that passive pawn moves by black are best punished by piece development, not further solidifying the center, and have found that advice has helped a lot.

I would in general be reluctant to trade a bishop for a knight when white so early in the game. Especially when black already gave up their bishop pair. I would pull the bishop back to h4 instead to dare black to play g5 where you respond with bishop g3 which will be great for attack his queenside later.

I also don't love bishop a6, black can even trade I think and I don't see an attacking plan other than try to set up a decent end game.

Finally a5 seems premature, in practice at least. Black is in a very defense position, which means you have time to bring more pieces into the attack such as your knight and the other rook.

In general the theme is not enough pieces in your attacks/plans. Build up your attacks until either every piece is included, or you calculate a tactic, or you need to turn your attention to defense. Hope this post helped!

I can give you a few helpful tips.

HOW to attack isn't the problem. Even WHERE to attack is typically pretty straightforward.

WHEN to attack is the problem. Way too many chess players seem to have the idea that you can gain the advantage by attacking. This is exactly 180 degrees wrong.

You gain the advantage by maneuver. By out-maneuvering your opponent. You then CASH IN that advantage by attacking.

Attack is not a GOAL. It is a METHOD (and not the only method!) for converting one form of advantage into another, more immediately useful form. For example, attack might be used for converting an advantage in development and King safety into a mate or win of material.

You need to gain the advantage FIRST, and only THEN attack.

For my essay on types of advantages and how they interact with each other, read my posts in this thread Posts #4, 7-to-10 and especially post #12. Then play over the three annotated games that I gave on the first couple of pages of the thread, carefully reading the notes to the games.

GM Larry Evans' method of static analysis - Chess Forums - Chess.com

For a good (or even GREAT) example of why "being on the attack" does not equal "having the advantage", play over the following game, played on board #1 of a rated country vs country match. My opponent was on the attack the entire game, and he was LOSING for practically the whole game... "on the attack" or not.

A Heroic Defense in the Sicilian Najdorf - Kids, don't try this at home! - Chess Forums - Chess.com

Defense is more difficult than attack, because it is less forgiving. An attacker who makes a mistake will see his attack driven back. A defender who makes a mistake gets mated.

But defense is also stronger than attack, in the sense that a Pawn that is twice attacked and twice defended is SAFE. The attacker needs superiority in force. The defender only needs parity.