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10 Fastest Chess Opening Traps - The Ultimate Guide “Knowing where the trap is—that’s the first step in evading it.”, FrankHerbert, Dune Two weeks ago, FM Sebastian Fell explored the fascinating world of checkmates in the opening, discussing the 10 Essential Checkmating Patterns. Of course, if your opponent plays good opening moves it’s difficult to win a miniature, but if you set a little trap… In this new free video-post, FM Fell reveals some of the quickest, most amazing chess openings traps, giving you the opportunity to apply what you learned in the past video (click here to see 10 Essential Checkmating Patterns). Knowing different opening traps also helps you avoid being on the wrong side of a 10 move victory and… perhaps you can start winning some quick games! As Fell explains, some openings can be very tricky, and others can have a good positional basis. So, you can play a good opening AND try to trick your enemy! We will see some openings traps below but, if you want to know them all, you’ll have to watch the complete video! e4 Openings Traps In king’s pawn openings, there are plenty of well-known traps. A classical trap can be seen in the first diagram. In this Italian game, Black has just played 3…Nd4. This is clearly a bad move, as the knight is moved for the second time and the e5 pawn is now hanging. Can White take the pawn? No, if White takes 4.Nxe5?, after 4…Qg5 Black is threatening to take the knight and the g2-pawn. And after 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2, Black can simply mate with 7…Nf3#. A perfect example of an opening trap! Black tempted White into taking the pawn, which turns out to be a very bad decision. A similar trap can be seen in the Berlin Defense of the Spanish Opening (see next diagram). In this quite trendy position, every chess player (even top players) move black’s bishop to c5 here. But, more than 100 years ago, James Mortimer discovered the tricky idea 4…Ne7. This is a quite typical maneuver in the middlegame, to move the knight to g6 (and then to f4), and to prepare …c6, followed by …d5. But, in the opening, it seems a bit slow, taking into account that Black is now behind in development. As in the previous trap, the e5 pawn is again hanging. Can White take it? No, again, it cannot be taken! 5.Nxe5?? loses a piece after 5…c6, and if the bishop moves then 6…Qa5+ wins the Ne5. But White can be tricky too, and play 6.Nc4!?. Can you see how Black wins now? First, it’s important to discover that 6…cxb5 loses to 7.Nd6# Amazing! So Black has to play 6…d6, to defend the checkmate, and after 7.Ba4 b5! wins a piece again. In the video, two more opening traps in the Caro-Kann are examined. But now let’s look at different openings… d4 Openings Traps For the amateur player, the d4 openings are less tactically appealing and perhaps seem a little boring. Nothing could be further from the truth! To debunk the myth, FM Fell shows 6 opening traps in some tricky variations like the Budapest and the Albin Gambit. But there is a special, fascinating trap in the Dutch Defense, that even masters are tempted to play. The trap starts as early as move two with the incredible 2.h3!?! What on earth is happening here? The idea to undermine the f5 pawn with g2-g4 is quite typical in the Dutch, but White had not developed any pieces yet! And what’s White’s idea after 2…Nf6, preventing g2-g4? To play 3.g4 anyway! After 3…fxg4 4.hxg4 Nxg4 5.Qd3!, now the h7-pawn is threatened, and Black has not many options. 5…h6?? loses immediately after 6.Qg6# And 5…Nf6?? also loses after 6.Rxh7!, threatening Qg6# and Rxh8. So Black has to resign! In fact, Black’s only defense is 5…g6, but White’s idea is 6.Rxh7! (anyway!) 6…Rxh7 7.Qxg6+ Rf7 8.Qxg4, with a pawn for the exchange. It’s a really difficult position to evaluate, but the engine gives the advantage to white. Amazing! Conclusion: There are many opening traps to analyze. Doing so will improve your tactical vision, broaden your opening knowledge and, perhaps, help you win some quick and spectacular games! Although it’s not recommended to play for a quick trap in the opening, you can play some tricky lines that have a positional background to play on if the opponent doesn’t fall for the trick. After all, games can go longer than 10 moves! Other interesting articles for you: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/attacking-chess-masterpieces-gm-romain-edouard-master-method https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/magnus-carlsens-best-chess-games https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/hacking-the-scandinavian-gingergms-spicy-openings-and-gambits bye!

Who doesn’t like an attacking chess masterpiece? We get excited when we see a devastating attack hit home, perhaps with a piece sacrifice along the way. These attacks don’t just happen by throwing pieces up the board and hoping for the best. Super GM Romain Edouard explains that most of the best-attacking games in history were won by optimizing the position of all the pieces, putting them on their best squares, before launching an attack in the first place. Romain puts his chess success down to the continuous development of a particular set of skills, some learned by analyzing the very finest examples of grandmaster play and others honed on the battlefield of pro-level competitive chess. In this preview, Romain uses this approach of learning from grandmaster play by examining some of the best-attacking chess masterpieces from history and showing us the lessons we can take from these beautiful games to ensure our own attacks are successful and don’t run out of steam halfway, leaving us with a poor position and unable to stop our opponent winning. By examining these games, we get to see practical examples of why, for example, we should not bring our queen out too early. Often the opponent can develop their pieces with a threat that forces the queen to be moved again – losing tempo. You’ll also learn that it is important to be patient. Don’t rush! Take the time to prepare for your attacks. Sometimes an attacking move can be easily repelled, so take time to set them up to ensure they have the maximum impact. Learning from the Attacking Chess Masterpieces The first game that GM Romain Edouard looks at was played between Rotlewi and Rubinstein in 1907. It began in a very symmetrical fashion with 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6, which reaches the position you can see on the left. We reach the first important decision of the game, and White opts to play 6. dxc5. Interestingly, it was possible to play a waiting move such as 6. a3 in the hopes that Black develops the bishop with 6…Bd7 before capturing on c5, thus costing Black a tempo. The problem is, though, that Black would not need to play 6…Bd7 but could play 6…cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4, and only then develop the bishop with an isolated pawn position. You can see this resulting position in the diagram on the right. Back to the game, however, and Black played 6…Bxc5, lucky enough to be able to develop the bishop in just one move, directly to c5. 7. a3 – White wants to play b4 and Bb2. 7…a6 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 0-0. It’s a normal enough position, but now White makes the first bad decision: 10. Qd2. A rare move. It would have been better to play something like 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 and then the castle, and the position is about equal. Of course, the pawn would not be hanging on d5 because if 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5, Black plays 12…Bxb4+ and wins the queen! So how does Black continue the game after 10. Qd2? How did Rubinstein get an attack going? You’ll have to watch the video to find out!

Who better to teach you the spiciest, most aggressive openings and gambits in chess than the GingerGM, Simon Williams! Put that in yer pipe and smoke it! This video is a small slice of Simon’s new Spicy Gambits and Openings, a 15-hour collection of training on the most dangerous weapons in chess. His premium chess.com series includes killer ways to generate early attacks against the Sicilian, Scandinavian, French, KID, and tons more. In this preview, Simon concentrates on how to face the Scandinavian 1. e4 d5. The Scandinavian is a surprisingly popular chess opening at club level, but in general isn’t used at higher levels, and for good reason. Although it challenges the center-right from move 1, it can be a rather reckless opening, often used at the beginner level. Simon Williams is all about seizing the initiative as White, all-out attacks at all costs and piling on the pressure from as early as possible in the game. He gives his recommended moves and plans that you can use the next time you’re at your club and your opponent tries the Scandinavian. You’re sure to give them such a thrashing, they may even decide to drop the Scandinavian from their repertoire altogether! White is able to generate very dangerous threats very early in the opening if they play very actively and with a clear plan in mind. One general idea is to develop pieces that threaten Black’s queen that has ventured out into the open, and work to get a knight into e5. Simon presents a simple system that squeezes Black off the board with dynamic, aggressive moves. Get ready to push those kingside pawns! Hacking the Scandinavian Defense https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scandinavian-defense-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scandinavian-defense-1-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;float:left;margin-right:1.5em;">The Scandinavian Defense begins with 1. e4 d5. Simon recommends continuing by capturing the pawn with 2. exd5 where Black usually plays 2…Qxd5. Alternatively, Black sometimes plays 2…Nf6, the so-called Portuguese variation. It is best not to be greedy and hold onto the pawn, but simply continue development with a move like 3. Nf3 and after 3…Nxd5, play 4. d4 with c4 coming, Be2 or Bd3, with a comfortable advantage due to the space in the center. After the more popular 2…Qxd5, develop a piece and create a threat at the same time with 3. Nc3, attacking the queen. Here, Black has 3 main options, namely 3…Qa5, 3…Qd6, or 3…Qd8. Any other move, such as 3…Qe5+ is real beginner's stuff and nothing to worry about. Simply block the check while developing (with Be2), and attack the queen again next move with d4 or Nf3. After 3…Qd6 or 3…Qd8, Simon recommends a setup with Nf3, d4, and a very fast Ne5. https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scandinavian-defense-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scandinavian-defense-2-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1.5em;">Usually after 3…Qa5, d4 is the move common response, but your opponent is likely prepared for this if they are playing the Scandinavian. Instead, try the spicy Bc4! This move attacks f7, and then follow this move up with d3. Why not d4? On d4, the pawn becomes a target for Black to attack with moves like …c5 or …Nc6. But on d3, the pawn is safe and White has nothing to worry about. The idea is to then play Bd2 (x-raying the Black queen), Qe2, and prepare to long castle 0-0-0, getting more and more aggressive! Simon covers all these ideas in more depth in the video, and shows some examples from games, so be sure to watch it!

Magnus Carlsen’s Best Chess Game Ever Magnus Carlsen is the undisputed World Champion, with the best performances ever seen since Kasparov left the professional chess world. Although in the last months he was a bit deconcentrated he returns to the lead with his great win in the Isle of Man Open. His chess career is far from over, but GM Nadya Kosintseva shows us his best chess game until now, his game against Wesley So in the Sinquefield Cup 2015. It’s difficult to decide which is the best one, as he has played tons of beautiful games. But Nadya’s election is very well-founded and we are sure you will be a delight with it. Let’s look at some of the most important moments of the game. But don’t forget to watch the full video to discover all the secrets behind Magnus Carlsen’s play. A Positional Pawn Sacrifice The game started with an unusual opening election. We are used to seeing Magnus avoiding opening debates and playing secondary lines. In that way, he avoids being out prepared while he relies on his natural ability to play good moves. But in this game, he chooses the mainstream English Attack against the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense. A very complicated line! But he managed to impose his style even here. In his 15th move he played a typical Magnus-move: https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-1-400x401.jpg 400w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-1-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1.5em;"> Black has just taken a pawn on d5, which White can recover with 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxb4. But in doing so he will open lines towards his own king. Opening theory gives White a slight edge after this, but giving his opponent attacking chances is not Carlsen’s style. Instead, he played 15.Nc4!?, sacrificing the pawn! After 15…Nxe3 16.Nxe3, what did he get in return? In fact, his Ne3 is very powerful, as he can jump into d5 or f5. But his advantage lays in the bad-placed Be7 and the presence of opposite-colored bishops. Now White has full control over the light squares! This is a typical pawn sacrifice in the Nadorf. If you want to learn more about this attacking variation, you must check Mastering the Sicilian Najdorf, by GM Volokitin (peak rating: 2725), which you can get with an special discount here. Playing Against the Bad Bishop After a few more moves, the next position was reached: https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-2-400x401.jpg 400w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-2-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1.5em;"> It’s clear that White has a big compensation for the pawn. His full control over the d5 square and his space advantage on the kingside makes a great impression. Even if the Bd5 is exchanged, the white knight is ready to replace it. And it can be even more frightening! But the problem is what to do now. The easy plan is to take advantage of the kingside’s space advantage to start an attack with h4-h5 and g5-g6. But then the Be7 can be placed on f6, defending the kingside and activating on the long-diagonal (a pawn sacrifice with …e4 is on the agenda now). Instead, Magnus Carlsen decided to play a more positional approach (as usual!). He played the deep 22.Rhf1!, threatening to play f3-f4-f5-f6. So, Black was almost forced to play …f5 after f3-f4, when his kingside was even more weakened. Then White put pressure over the e5-pawn to force the …e5-e4 advance when the position was blocked and the Be7 has no free diagonal to activate himself! Gaining More Space The next step on the plan was to win more space on the kingside. How to do it? https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-3-400x402.jpg 400w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-3-100x100.jpg 100w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-3-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1.5em;"> Now that the g-pawn was defended, White advances his h-pawn as much as possible, creating the pawn structure that can be seen in the diagram. White pawn’s on f4-g5-h6 make a big impression. Black’s bishop is imprisoned, while the long dark-squared diagonal is very weak. Although it doesn’t seem easy to give a checkmate with Qg7# (the g7-square can be easily defended), the h7-pawn is a big weakness that should be decisive in an endgame. Just imagine a rook endgame. White’s rook invades on the 8th rank and the h7-pawn falls. Or even in a minor piece ending. If White can play Nxg6!, then the h6 pawn will be unstoppable. Such cases aren’t strange! From a Positional Grind to an Attack Wesley So didn’t want to wait for the execution, and he tried to activate his bishop and create an attack on the queenside. But Magnus Carlsen was prepared for the complications. He won a pawn but, more important, he creates a strong attack against a lonely king. https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-4-400x401.jpg 400w, https://cdn1.ichess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Magnus-Carlsens-Best-Chess-Game-Ever-4-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" style="border-style:none;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1.5em;"> In the diagramed position he played 38.Nd8! Ra7 39.Ne6+ Ke8 40.Nd4 (40.Nxc5, followed by 41.Qg8+ was even better) 40…Qxa5 41.Qg8+ and 42.Qxh7+, winning the important h7-pawn. Black’s attack seems powerful, but with precise play, Magnus avoided any danger and he easily transposed to a won endgame. The h6-pawn was decisive at the end! Conclusion Carlsen completely dominates his strong opponent in every phase of the game. He displayed a deep positional knowledge with his pawn sacrifice and strong calculation skills when the game was more complicated. But he always performed almost perfectly! The Sicilian Najdorf is considered to be one of the most exciting chess openings you can play, bring one of the most-feared counterattacking options against the move 1.e4. The Sicilian Najdorf is a chess opening for Black against 1.e4 which starts with the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. It is an early declaration of war to any e4-player and usually leads to breathtaking dynamic and double-edged positions. In the Sicilian Najdorf, Black is able to achieve more active play than in many other openings. Black is able to enter unbalanced positions, allowing him to aim for more than equality. The Sicilian Najdorf is the perfect weapon for players who want a complex tactical and strategic fight. In this video with IM Valeri Lilov, you will learn: the general concepts behind this exciting opening how players at the top are playing the Najdorf recently how to find dynamic tactics to use in your own games. The Sicilian Najdorf is considered to be one of the most exciting chess openings you can play, bring one of the most-feared counterattacking options against the move 1.e4. The Sicilian Najdorf is a chess opening for Black against 1.e4 which starts with the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. It is an early declaration of war to any e4-player and usually leads to breathtaking dynamic and double-edged positions. In the Sicilian Najdorf, Black is able to achieve more active play than in many other openings. Black is able to enter unbalanced positions, allowing him to aim for more than equality. The Sicilian Najdorf is the perfect weapon for players who want a complex tactical and strategic fight. In this video with IM Valeri Lilov, you will learn: the general concepts behind this exciting opening how players at the top are playing the Najdorf recently how to find dynamic tactics to use in your own games.

Here are some beginner tips that people must know. Control the Center of the Board Throughout the Game. ... Always develop all your pieces as quickly as possible. ... Try not to move the same piece multiple times in the opening. ... Castle Early. ... Don't move your queen too soon. ... Connect your rooks and place them on the columns that will be open.

How do you become a strong chess player? Everyone wants to learn a secret recipe that will help to get good at chess fast! Should you work on tactics? How much time should you be spending on endgames? Do you have to play over-the-board chess? We will answer these and many more questions and will give you a simple 10-step plan outlining the most important steps you should take for getting good at chess. Step 1. Solve Tactics Daily Perhaps one of the most important steps you can take to improve your game is to start solving tactics. There are few things you should keep in mind while working on tactics. First of all, you shouldn’t spend the whole training session on it. Spending 15-20 minutes a day is totally sufficient. Select the problems you can solve fairly quickly. If you need to spend 30 minutes to find a single solution, the problem is too hard. Ideally, you should spend around 2-3 minutes per problem or less for finding all the crucial lines and variations. You can read this article https://thechessworld.com/articles/training-techniques/improving-your-chess-by-solving-tactics-5-tips-to-follow/ to learn how to solve tactics. That way you can solve 7-10 problems a day. It may not seem like a lot, but it will result in 70 problems/week, 300 problems/month or 4500 problems/year. That is a good foundation and will make you proficient at finding most combinations. Step 2. Play Competitive Chess The second very important step for getting good at chess is practice. The most common mistake amateur players make is assuming that playing online chess is enough. Online chess can be a temporary alternative for over the board chess. However, to fully concentrate on the game and perform at your best a real face-to-face competition is a must. Even when playing practice matches, the amount of value you gain from over-the-board games cannot be compared with online chess. There are no GMs and IMs that became who they are from online chess. They play online, but more so for fun rather than for serious training. If you want to fully benefit from your practice matches, always choose over-the-board! It’s as simple as that. Step 3. Analyze All Your Losses Analyzing lost games is one the most important aspects of getting good at chess. Many amateur players prefer either not to analyze their games altogether or just to focus on analyzing the wins. Unfortunately, we cannot learn from somebody else’s mistakes. We learn the best from our own. Touching a hot plate once and getting burned is 1000% more efficient than being told 100 times that touching a hot plate is dangerous. In chess, it works the same way. By missing a back rank mate once or twice you’ll beware and avoid future accidents. By analyzing your lost games you will understand what went wrong and will do your best to avoid this kind of thing from happening in future games. It is painful to look at your losses, but it is the only way for getting good at chess. If you want to learn how to analyze games I suggest reading https://thechessworld.com/articles/training-techniques/7-most-important-factors-in-chess-position-analysis/ & https://thechessworld.com/articles/training-techniques/10-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-analyzing-your-own-games/ Step 4. Study Grandmaster Games Why is it important to study grandmaster games? From analyzing games of very strong players you learn many ideas and maneuvers which are next to impossible to discover yourself. There are couple of things to keep in mind when going over the GM games. First of all, you should study well-annotated games and try to understand why the moves were played. Approach the game from an active position. Put yourself in the player’s shoes, identify all of the threats, come up with a plan and only then compare your findings and analysis with what happened in the game. Active learning is by far a more superior technique than simply reading annotations. Make your brain work while going over grandmaster games, and it will do the same in your own games. Step 5. Use Technology Wisely Modern chess technology is amazing. There are engines that can easily beat World Champions. There is software that stores millions of chess games played starting from the 1200s. There are programs that can analyze games for you, to help to figure out what and when things went wrong. This technology is responsible for producing 12 and 13-year-old GMs, contrary to 20-30 years ago when it would seem impossible. However, technology alone will not do you any good. It is not a substitute for hard work. Many chess players take a shortcut by analyzing their games solely with computers, bypassing the human components. A computer cannot help you at understanding why those mistakes were made. It cannot show you how to avoid those in the future. It is very important to analyze all of your games yourself, and only then check with an engine. Players get highly addicted to the engines because it is convenient to get the analysis without doing the heavy lifting. You don’t need to think, and in a couple of seconds, you are shown the right move and the correct continuation. Players incorrectly assume part of the credit for analyzing those positions. After a while, they start thinking they can find the move but use the computer just to simplify the task. The computer won’t help you with over-the-board games. You are totally on your own. Therefore, you must learn to find those moves independently. And to do that, you have to learn to analyze without a computer. Read https://thechessworld.com/articles/chess-how-tos/how-to-use-chess-programs/ to learn how to use computers to work on your game. Step 6. Get a Mentor This is a step that can tremendously accelerate your progress. If you want to start getting good at chess fast, this is something to consider. Keep in mind that a chess mentor is not a chess coach. He won’t give you assignments and homework. A mentor is a person you can talk to about your chess. You can tell him about your difficulties, about your successes and failures. You can tell him what works and what doesn’t. You can ask him for advice. Ideally, your mentor should be more successful at chess than you are. He doesn’t have to be a Grandmaster or even a master player. But he should be more experienced and should be in a position to give you good advice. Step 7. Follow 20/40/40 Rule If you want to start getting good, you should work on all elements of the game. Many players are making the mistake of focusing only on some elements of chess and completely forgetting about the others. That’s where the 20/40/40 rule comes in handy. For an under 2000 rated player, it makes sense to spend 20% of the time on openings, 40% on Middlegame, and 40% on Endgame. Besides that, you should play practice games, solve tactics and analyze. If you feel that one part of your game is lagging, you can dedicate a bit more time to it, but never make a mistake of neglecting the other elements! Step 8. Build a Chess Library If your goal is getting good at chess you must have a chess library. All strong chess players have a collection of resources they study and periodically consult. For example, you may face a certain Middlegame position that you’ve previously seen in one of our training videos. Then, you may re-watch part of the video discussing that Middlegame to remind yourself how it should be played. Similarly, you may retake some of the lessons from the 21 Day Course (assuming you already completed the course). In any case, building a library is a very important step in the career of a chess player. You should consider adding some of our great resources to your library if you haven’t done so yet! Step 9. Stay Positive Staying positive is a very important step if you want to start getting good at chess. You should not get frustrated by your failures but rather start treating them as a part of the training. It is much better to lose more games now, rather than lose a very important game later when it really matters. If you start getting negative thoughts, just say “STOP”, breathe deeply, and focus on achieving the results you desire! Step 10. Train Other Chess Players Training other chess players is a great way to improve your own game. By sharing your knowledge with others, explaining the concepts you start understanding it on a much higher level. Teaching others requires a thorough understanding of the subject. Possibly you will need to refresh some of the things, to formulate the ideas in a simple, easy-to-understand way. But once you do, you will get surprised at how your own chess improves. By helping other players to master the game, you will become a chess master one day! If you want to improve your chess level, you need to have a clear study plan. If you aim for a dramatic improvement at chess you need to work on all of the elements of the game in a systematic way: tactics positional play attacking skills endgame technique classical games analysis psychological preparation and much more

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