Piece Coordintion How to improve it?

Does anyone have know how to improve piece coordination?Im losing games according to my mates at the chess club because im playing too passive.I am studying tactics because i know thats the best way to improve but I also want to work on this playing too passive problem.Anyone with any ideas greatly appreciated

Passive and piece coordination aren't the same things. Which one are you asking about?

I think improving piece coordination involves improving your understanding how pieces work together, and what they accomplish together. For example, possessing Bishops of opposite colours allow you to control more squares, and can be effective when both point toward your opponent's King's position. A Queen and Knight can be a great attacking pair. I've heard that it helps to set up an empty board, and just move around different combinations of pieces, to get a feel for how they can potentially interact.

Positionally, I think piece coordination can be improved by always asking yourself if your pieces are working well together. Ask yourself questions like "If I move my Rook to the c-file, will my advanced pawn lose an important defender?" "If I swing my Knight to e4, will it block my Bishop's influence on the diagonal?" A good habit is to always ask yourself questions while you play, since it will help you determine better moves.

As for playing passively, I think one of the most important ways to improve is to look for things such as weaknesses in your opponent's position, try to take the initiative by looking for threats that your opponent has to repond to, or looking for potential checkmates. Sometimes, just seeing a possible checkmate, or the potential for creating one in the future can help put you in a less passive way of thinking. When your opponent makes a move, try to find why that move might be weakening for them. By advancing their pawn, did they just lose control over an important square? If so, try to take advantage of that.

Another way to avoid passive play is to always evaluate exchanges of pieces carefully. If it looks as if there might be a series of exchanges on a particular square, evaluate them carefully to see who will benefit the most from the exchanges. Additionally, don't just exchange methodically, because at some point during the exchanges, you might actually be better off than your opponent.

When I first started playing, I played very passively, because I just didn't know there was any other way of playing. Once I learned about the importance of the initiative and that there are different ways of thinking during a chess game, my play started to improve. The one thing I found helped me the most is asking myself a lot of questions during the game, since it gives your play "direction", and forces you to consider your moves carefully.

Hope this helped!

im not sure if passive play is really that bad, seeing as you can win a defense with slightly less pieces.

just make sure to make good trade, and capitalize on your opponent mistakes, if he makes one ofc. if not when he keeps atking he will leave openings in his defense, try working on that. anyway it dont know on what level chess you play, but this is my take on chess when opponent play very aggresive while i prefer to defend.

Thank you everyone for your comments.The problem I am trying to solve is playing too passive.I thought that piece coordination is what I need to work on but according to comments they are different.In my games that I lose being too passive, I dont know how I could have played differently,My opppnent just generates threat after threat and I eventually lose to tactic but the problem is too passive

Analyze your moves with a chess engine--every single move. When the engine tells you what you should have done, ask yourself why. See what that move accomplishes--what squares it affects and what it attacks or defends. Soon it will be habit and you will almost automatically coordinate pieces.

Read Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis & Pawn Power by Hans Kmoch. TWICE. Also Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman. Also The Art Of Attack by Vladimir Vucovic. Jeremy Silmans endgame book will win you numerous games from seemingly passive positions. Study these books very seriously & you will outclass by far those you're currently getting advice from & losing to. Continue some tactics each day while you completely obsorb those books.There are many others of course like Art Of The Middlegame, etc. Dont play too much blitz, slow games are better for training purposes & don't just see what the computer says!! Try hard to analyse your games first by yourself & then with a stronger player. Using what you're learning in the those books to help guide you. Notice I didn't say anything about openings, learning pawn structure s will take care of that.

I will aree that Reassess Your Chess is very good, and I haven't even read it all yet. He opens up with endgame technique, which has already saved me lost games.

Tim, this is just a thought.  Try setting up one side of a chessboard. Develop your pieces as if you had total free reign then think about where all other things being equal, you would start putting them from there.  Do you like your rooks linked up and in the centre?  Do you want your knights on central squares?  Do you want to flood all your pieces onto one side of the board?  Have a look at what formations of pawns allow your pieces to take the spots you want for them.  Then worry about opponent.  Once you have a clear idea in your head of what you are aiming for it should be easier.  I dont just mean the classic e4, nf3, d4, nc3, Bc4 etc - how about fianchetto (g3) positions and so on....or sicilians with pawns at c5, e6, d6.  Have a look at a number of pawn formations and how you would like your pieces to start then where they could go from there.  Before starting a game.  Remember the old rule about improving your worst placed piece if no other plan presents itself.