Heh... Applicable to quite a few...
Don't focus on your Queen. Use your other pieces as well.
Don't move all of your pawns at the beginning of a game. (A few of my students still have trouble with that.)
Chess Advice most chess players don't like to hear
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don't study opening
study endings
Dedicate more time to studying chess than just playing mindless blitz- and bullet games.
I hate analyzing my old games, especially when I know I played badly.
You're as bad as the moves you make. There is no excusing your bad moves, only making corrections to yourself will get rid of them.
Resign your joke positions; there's no point carrying on and on.
I have too many games going, I don't like anaalyze past games either and don't like to study in general.
Mar 3, 2010
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Analyze your games, by yourself and with fellow chess players before running Fritz & co.
Mar 3, 2010
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People lose because you are...
You are Lazy. You will not do the work at the board or to practice.
You are Stubborn in the face of what they know to be true.
You are Prideful and Arrogant. You will not look at your opponents response or willingly accept bad positions because they are to 'weak' to notice. You play cheap attacks instead of respecting your opponents play.
You are Blind and cant evaluate a position.
You are Short Sighted. You cant or will not look 2 moves ahead.
You are Wasteful about managing your clock. Either you spend to much time and checkmate yourself on the clock OR you spend to little and play inferior child's chess instead of best move within the time frame.
-A man that is guilty on all accounts
Mar 3, 2010
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Oh. Yep, I'm guilty of all that stuff. Chess has actually taught me humility...but it took way too many lessons before I got the point.
My contribution: Don't make moves when you're not willing to really examine your options diligently. Obviously diligently within your capability. Meaning don't be lazy or haphazard.
Study your weaknesses more and your strengths less.
In any sport or game most people fall into that trap of following the path of
least resistance.
I know I need to study endgames more(as most of us do) but it hurts my brain,
while on the other hand Tactics Trainer problems are almost soothing.
Before you make your move, think about the position from your opponent's point of view and ask yourself what he is able to do in response.
Blindfold chess doesn't help your game... Is one I dislike hearing.
"Study your losses." - I love going over my won games. Can't bring myself to re-live my losses.
"Do lot's of chess puzzles" - I start doing them and continue for about a week, then I stop.
Silman's advice: "Go over annotated master games and write down a full analysis of every move, then compare with annotations." I really like this advice and I know that following it will improve my game. But I don't do it. :(
practice with a blindfold and listen to the pieces, lol
Computer analysis helps me study my games, its a good tool
Go to lots of tournaments and analyse your games.
Analyse many master games and compare with annotations.
(This is a good thread, maybe I'll suck it up and actually do one of these soon lol)
keep an open mind :)
If learning the nuances of chess was simple, everyone could become Experts/Masters/titled players if they wanted to.
This is hardly the case and I've noticed that even though the heart is willing and the will to "become better" is ever present, behaviors such as inertia, laziness, stubbornness to listen to good advice and my favorite => stubbornness to follow said good advice holds a lot of us back ... present company included.
So a hopefully fun forum question => What kind of "good" chess advice has most players sticking fingers in their ears and going "la-la-la-la" or is shunned like a vampire running away from a crucifix?
To start the ball rolling => "Roll up your sleeves and learn to actually analyze a position ... stop trying to wing it!"
UPDATE:
A great response ... IM David Pruess has made a fantastic post that's buried inside this thread ... even if you don't have the time to read all of these posts, make sure you read his!