You may wonder what you need to know to get better in Spell chess, and you would be completly justified because Spell chess is one of the hardest chess variants, if not the hardest according to some people. In this article i'm going to present what I think is the knowledge needed every hundred points. If you do not agree, don't hesitate to tell me !

1500 level : For me, there are two ways to start spell chess : first way, play games without knowing what's going to happen, and discover during the games go on. That's maybe not the most studious way to start but I think it's the funniest. Second way, read the rules ! You would easely find them written in the chat in every game but I will write them again here : Cast a spell before making a move. Spells are limited, recharge after 3 full turns, and you cannot cast the same spell two moves in a row. Use the Jump spell on another piece to hop over like it isn’t there. Or use the Freeze spell to prevent pieces from moving or checking within a 3x3 area of effect. Be careful—any piece, including your own, will freeze if it enters the spell area. Use spells to find a checkmate or king capture !

1600 level : At this level, there are three things important : deepen what you have already learned by being 1500, understand that every move with a freeze can be countered by a "counter freeze" and learn that a queen on the edge of the board can be captured by a rook by using the jump spell.

1700 level : I wouls say at this level you need to visualize easely the threats created by the jump. It's by playing a lot of games you will get used to look through pieces and become 1800-1900 !

1800 level : At this level, you need to learn what I name the "freeze bishop attack" or you'll get destroyed. That's a really good opening for white at this level and black need to know how to deel with it. It's why I'll give you the lines here. The trap you might fall into with black : 1. e4 e5 2. freeze@c8 Bb5 freeze@c4 a6 3. Qh5 Ke7 4. Qxe5+ so if I had to explain you think you can win a bishop with the counter freeze and the queen go out for a double attack and you've been destroyed. The real line to not get destroyed is : 2. freeze@c8 Bb5 freeze@c4 Bb4 3. c3 c6. The double attack with Qh5 isn't a threat because you create a counter threat against the white king. This trap is really important so I needed to explain it !

1900 level : Continue to deepen what you've already learned and start to look at the "high level main line for black" with c6 e6. You have to know that when your opponent use a freeze that can be ignored (all freezes not use on checks), you can freeze the opponent king and check him, and because he used a freeze before, this spell didn't had time to come back and he will be checkmated.

2000 level : When you reach this level you should already a very clear board vision and you will start to be able to beat really good players (2000-2100-2200). I advise you to leearn and play the c6 e6 theory, mostly against good players. For me, this main line is sometimes annoying and I never play it against lower players but against better players this will help you to not get crushed. For me, the best way to farm elo will always be the e4 e5 lines.

2100 level : That's time for you to learn the hardest spell chess tactics. I'm not going to explain everything because it's really hard but you can check the king by freezing him, and even if your opponent counter freeze you can create another threat (on the queen for example) and your opponent can't deal with the check and the other threat at the same time. It's by playing plenty of games you will develop a board vision for the freezes. Also maybe you don't know but we can also use the squares where the opponent has put a jump so you will sometimes be able to double jump to capture a king !

2200 level : It's also my level, and there's only one thing I'll give you, use this : https://spellchess.win/. That's a datbase created by @Fleex255 where all the 2000 and 2200 games are stored and you can see the percent of win or loss in a position. This will help you to learn openings. Shout out to Fleex for having done this.

2300 level : One last thing you may not know, a spell chess bug noticed by @LongTermFuture, @HowManyCharactersAmIAllow and @Fleex255.

That's all I had for you, I hope this helped you ! Again if you do not agree, tell me in the forum (respectfully of course) ! Bye !

Delhy

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