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I've been losing a lot recently so I decided to learn some new stuff. I learned the Scandi and the King's Gambit. Both have been going well and I've been tricking some people, but I have been doing bad at the middle game. I'll have to study some middle game stuff.

Avatar of eboatwright

Very nice, I've never played the King's Gambit, but I hear some people really like it

Honestly same, there are alot of helpful videos on YouTube about making middlegame plans, but there are some questions you can ask yourself:

What does my opponent want? If you can find something try to prevent it.

What is my worst placed piece? If you have one find a better square (For example re-routing a knight to an outpost square)

And what pawn breaks are there? If you can attack the base of your opponent's pawn chain go for it!

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Thanks for the advice!

Avatar of eboatwright

No problem! I still have alot to improve on in my middlegames, one thing that I really need to work on is my ability to evaluate positions. Sometimes I'll find the best move in a position, calculate the correct line, but I dont play it because I mis-evaluated the resulting position cry

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I just went undefeated in this Daily tournament! https://www.chess.com/tournament/jay-mahakal

Avatar of DillWithThePickle

Wow, good job!

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Thanks!

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How was everyone's Monday?

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Good, just graduated high school last week; it feels strange 😅

Avatar of DillWithThePickle

Wow, nice!

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You have an interesting school year, I start in September and am out at the end of June

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Yeah I was homeschooled: I live on a farm, so we kinda adjusted the school year so we take off spring when it's nice out, and then do school through the summer when it's too hot to do much.

I've actually graduated exactly a year early as well; once Covid hit I didn't take spring off in 2020, and out of inertia I didn't take off the springs of 2022 or 2023 (I still took December off happy.png)

Avatar of roro-is-me

ayo wait im also homeschooled lol but i dont live on a farm

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Ayy nice! What grade are you in?

Avatar of DillWithThePickle

I homeschooled 1 year during COVID, it was definitely fun

Avatar of roro-is-me

I'm graduating next year so a junior

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Very cool! We might be the same age then, I turned 17 in January

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oh I'm turning 17 in august

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cuz yeah I'm kinda young for my grade

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Pretty close! Yeah definitely