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Sep 7, 2014
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stwils wrote:
How?
If the game is in pgn format, copy it into your PC clipboard, click on the little board in "Post Your Reply", and paste it in the proper box. The little question mark in the blue circle gives more help.
If you can't figure it out, maybe just play a few 30 minute Live Chess Standard games, and then we can at least pull them off of your profile page.
Sep 7, 2014
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Score in what? Federation rated chess? Live chess (what time control?) Or one-move-a-day correspondence chess?
Sep 7, 2014
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LongIslandMark wrote:
You guys could try to be a little more helpful.
The OP has played recent games on this site, his online rating is in the 1300's. He was 1679 online (Aug 7, 2012). So that's probably what he's talking about.
Well, in my defense, none of the OP's games was visible to me on his profile page. I guess because I'm a freeloader and all of the OP's games were beyond the cutoff date for freeloader viewing.
stwils wrote:
Two years or so ago I had a score of over 1600. Now I have dropped to a little over 1300.Shall I start all over? I have a ton of books. What should I read or re read? What would you do?
After lookinng over some of your games, i cam say that you need to unserstand what the opening Principles are, and you need to learn how to formulate a middle game plan. It also looks like you make to many Pawn moves.
Sep 7, 2014
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OK, I've seen three posted games, and I think I agree with LongIslandMark and I_Am_Second. If those were my games, I'd do two things:
1) I'd review the opening principles. You can find these almost anywhere. I'd probably look for Heisman's articles on the subject, or break out Purdy's Guide to Good Chess.
2) Perhaps more importantly, I'd try to find out why I'm dropping so many pieces. It has to be either because you're not blunder checking (Heisman's hope chess theory - look for checks, captures, and threats before every move), or it's because you need to review basic counting tactics (counting of piece safety, not counting piece values). If you already have Heisman's Best of Novice Nook book, just look up the articles on hope chess vs. real chess, and the tactics of counting. (I think his Back To Basics: Tactics book also discusses counting.) If you don't have the books, you can search for these articles on Heisman's web site.
Here's Dan's Novice Nook web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/Novice_Nook_Links.htm
And here's a good article that will point the way to the counting issue:
http://www.chess.com/article/view/counting-vs-counting-material
Good luck at getting back on track!
tubebender wrote:
I would join the USCF and not only start playing OTB events but I would get involved in correspondence Chess. This can be played via internet. This form of Chess is a great way to learn the openings.
Good suggestions, but learning openings isnt going to help him improve tactics, and middlegame play.
Sep 8, 2014
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stwils wrote:
Two years or so ago I had a score of over 1600. Now I have dropped to a little over 1300.Shall I start all over? I have a ton of books. What should I read or re read? What would you do?
Thats a pretty big drop stwils, but you can recover. Looks like your thinking system you had when you were 1600 might need a little reviewing or revamping. Either way something is happening to your game. Is there anything personal going on in your life that may be affecting your chess? Are you playing to the best of your ability or are you just playing what comes intuitively? I would not read anything for the moment, however I would go over your last ten or so games you lost and analyse them. Not with an engine, but just yourself first. Once you have done this, compare to an engine.
Study up on basic chess understanding, eg opening is to develop peices,castle, connect rooks, middle game-form an attack, weak squares for knights and attack, open lines for bishops and rooks, end game=advance pawns centralise king and that type of thing. Once you get your thinking system going, stick to it and if you can improve on it do so. I lost heaps of points from dumb play, but now I have a type of system which helps me. Dont give up, you were 1600 once and you will be again.
Thanks to all who have replied and who are trying to help me get back on track. Right now I am reading Purdy. All of my openings and opening responses are terribly predictable so I need to read up on openings. In fact, I need to read and re-read. And play live chess. All of my games have been nearly all tournament correspondent games. I need to study like I once did and THINK.
stwils wrote:
Thanks to all who have replied and who are trying to help me get back on track. Right now I am reading Purdy. All of my openings and opening responses are terribly predictable so I need to read up on openings. In fact, I need to read and re-read. And play live chess. All of my games have been nearly all tournament correspondent games. I need to study like I once did and THINK.
Dont get caught up in Openings. The opening is the easiest part of the game to play. Study end games, and learn how to formulate a middle game plan. If you need or want help on these let me know.
Sep 8, 2014
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Try my free video lessons on youTube. My group is 4th largest on chess.com in just over 2 years, it's linked in my profile. Look for my playlist for the free video lesson program and watch lesson001. It lasts 37 minutes and will explain how best to use your time and get the maximum return.
Two years or so ago I had a score of over 1600. Now I have dropped to a little over 1300.Shall I start all over? I have a ton of books. What should I read or re read? What would you do?