Okay, so the previous game was very very tactical and quite complicated, so let's try and see if we can learn something from it.Let's start with the obvious: 1: When e6 is only protectced by a pawn you should consider sacrifices on it....
In the following game I was playing white against a comrade of mine. Somehow the game ended in only 16 moves, so let's try and see what went wrong for black in the Dutch Defence. I think the main points from the game are: 1: Follow the...
This was my first official tournament match outside of my club. It was played yesterday and I was very excited. The following game is pretty short, but I could learn something from it and in the end, that is what matters. Somehow I also managed t...
The article begins We often hear we need to play stronger players and I believe following this rule is a good idea.Before I started playing stronger players I didn't like the idea very much. I imagined myself losing game after game, for unknown ...
A random 1 hour game. Things learned: 1: We learned that purposeless move in the opening are, well, purposeless, don't use/play them. Maybe h3 had been a nice move if the plan had been a pawnstorm on the kingside, but that never happened,...
Points Learned 1: We learned that we should always consider a forced queen exchange, because like a move that forces something it is just that, forced, so it's easy to calculate and should be. Taking the ladies off the board is always wort...
The story of an aspirant We have all heard it before. In order to become strong players, we must fight even stronger players. Our losses should be carefully investigated and learned from. Because I wish to learn and since I have been granted the ...
