develop first towards the midgame, check solid openings, study the lines, but develop yours pieces into the game first, before you attack the imediate threats you encounter in the opening... this is where the most common mistakes are made
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Yeah. Sometimes the opponent gives me early threats which I have to answer. Sometimes those prevent me to develop properly. The trick for me, learning how to develop right amongst the early threats. Yes, I know the opponent doing so is often not developing right, so if I can develop properly while dealing with his threats I can throw him off, putting him behind. Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes I don't. Like you said, it so just learning the right moves in the beginning.
Others tell me I need understand the move, not just memorize the moves. That's why I invite people to analyze my games with me, after game over, so hopefully someone helps me understand the first of the game.
Ex is... 8.Nf3. Looking at game now, I was trying to open the King side to castle. He obviously knew that. After Nf3, he moves Q in. Had I paid more attention, I should of known moving to B was bad idea. At that moment, how else I develop the castle?
Knowing his Q was forward on the 7th rank, I should of moved Be2 first. So that was a big blunder.
to answer immediate threats is blitz and bullet chess for the most, like, you didnt have to answer the move, b5 with a4... and also earlier instead of playing e4 why did you not bring your Nb1 out to c3 after the move c2 to c4.....??? these are opening mistakes because you dont know the lines or you get over confident and overlook things
If i encounter some difficulties in the opening stages i look them up in google or youtube and i watch learning videos about everything what chess is about..
do you know how many lines there are in e4 e5 openings not to mension the variations in every line, in my opinion learn about attacking and defending at the right time, "Dont bring out the guns, unless your ready to bring em out" i mean, you dont have to take, by touching pawns or pieces like you do in checkers... some moves are only to provoke you to blunders and mistakes and to misleed you
another tip, the way he played is how you should play.... give your opponent no time to develop, but that is only possible if you know the lines
Thank you for bringing those points up. To answer about e4... d4.d5.c4.xc4 is valid open line well known as the Queen's gambit, accepted, which I've been a fan of for a long time. With xc4, e5 is the most common response. e5 is double active, though to some it may not be. e5 allows the B to threaten the taken gambit, c4, while the pawn is gaining early control of the Center 4.
Yes. The black response of over extending protection on the overextended pawn at c4 is a common response. In some games, I've been successful in forcing exchanges with a4 andb3 pawns. It doesn't always work. That's part of my learning process, finding what works and what doesn't. I can see that I don't have to play into their over extended pawn on my c4 and I'd probably been better off, obviously in this game, developing sooner. So as for e4, it's probably still my best move. As for a4, Ivan probably do away with that til later.
Thanks again though, for your comments.
Maybe you can do me favor... Cause I can't. I don't have the chess.com premium. If you're able, use the chess move explorer, single out my name, so it'll only show stats of my games, and see how many time I played white... With d4.d5.c4.xc4.e5... Of those games... How many have I won?? I'd be curious to know.
im not paying member to srry
OK. NM. It was an attempt to show that most the time, that e5 is good move... If in that line. I can see putting it off for a moment to first get Nc3 out, but if they move to try and take the center with your stall is e5, you may not be able to gain that middle ground. e5 is essential to gaining the middle. Nc3 can come next to protect that pawn.
As was taught to me... Primary objective obviously is checkmate. Secondary objectives, always move for safe checks, develop, gain/retain control of middle the longer you keep the middle, the better chances you have of accomplishing those other secondary objectives, and ultimately, the better chance of the primary, checkmate.
Any tips what I could of done differently?
I know I made some blunders Mid game on... but I wasn't sure how to respond on move 5 or so... after that? I started losing ground! Than I got desperate making blunders after another!