Fitting the pieces, a beginner's guide, the finale
First things first, this blog is late. I was so close to doing an entire week without missing a day. The night before this blog was going to be written, my county's power went out, only coming back on the next day at 9 pm. While that could have been it, the internet was out for another two days. Mixed with online school and fostering a dog, I haven't been able to get this blog written until now. So, sorry for the wait. Hopefully it was worth it.
Reading this series may seem overwhelming. I understand why. I'd recommend reading 2-3 blogs a day. You'll be done in a few days and be better at chess. while you may know what to do in theory, how to you put it into game. How do you go from words on a screen to pieces on a board. Let's get into it.
Pt. 1
Controlling files using rook or queens is a simple aspect to add into your play. Getting rooks into play is normal, but just with certain timing. Waiting for a file to open up will allow you to control the opponent's play, forcing them to either stay off a file or force out the rook. While it may not seem natural at first, moves will eventually come naturally and flow with each other.
Pt. 2
This blog isn't as useful as others, but still helps beginners understand sacrifices and reading the opponents confidence. This should always be a thought in the back of your mind, just understanding the ideas behind their moves.
Pt. 3
Playing fast is a key aspect of speed chess, while still being a addition to traditional chess. I've had hour long games that end with 50 minutes left on my clock, and sometimes I'm stressing out with 45 seconds left. Whatever it is, playing fast is a necessary in competitive chess.
Pt. 4
This blog was more mental work instead of chess. Staying calm while playing is key to winning. Confidence is a weakness, feeling to intelligence with moves until you mess up. Feeling angry is useless, as it's not helping you. at all. Maybe in a fight, but not in chess. This blog talks about learning more about feelings while playing, instead of being controlled my your emotions. i know, pretty deep stuff.
Pt. 5
This blog goes over my best game, focusing on the moves that I made and why. This blog is probably the most in-depth out of all of them. I focused on showing in game pieces. Theory to moves. I'd recommend looking through this game on your own. It's important to analysis games to understand why what moves were made for what reason.
Pt. 6
Forks, discovered attacks, and pins
The title explains it all. This blog is about forks, pins, and discovered attacks. I focused on puzzles and decided to let the reader learn why to make the move.
Now we're getting into a player game to look over, and see how they improved from this series. Our game for today is from CheesyApplesauce (great name).
This game was played by two beginner players, around a 850 elo rating. While the opening is odd, the rest of the game plays out well, tricking the opponent at the end by pulling a sneaky mate on him. CheesyApplesauce played well with only a few blunders. His playstyle in this game is easily a 900-950, if played consistently. They have strong moves, focusing on threats and power plays. Their move on 18 was really neat to me, and I liked the forcing play to keep the queen on that square. This is one of the parts where I disagree with the chess bot, creating plays and pushing for a win. His win was deserved and held blacks queen to either sacrifice or lose completely. Looking at his older games, he has improved in his playstyle and developed his choices to fit his moves.
Thank you for reading, and a special thanks to CheesyApplesauce for letting me use his game. If you enjoyed, feel free to follow me or check out some of my blogs. I upload constantly and am willing to help anyone out. Need help on an opening, I'm here. Oh no, you suck at chess. Hit me up. I'm here for the chess community. Anyways, thanks. Good bye.
