Yes that why he is ahead in our confrontation!
I might now a little more but he has more instinct since he has more experience :) If i train on tactics should i also learn some more agressive openings ?
Thank you for your help, i don't like losing and he is a sore winner :D
For tactics, there are, of course, many possibilities such as Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
For openings, Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro might be a good place to start.
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
Perhaps Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (with more of an emphasis on principles) would be better.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Perhaps the new book, Basic Chess Openings for Kids by Charles Hertan, has approximately the same sort of intent.
I think it might be helpful to look at a book like Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
or The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev.
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Some good links and great advice!
A time ago i bought 2 books: Logical chess move by move and a big book about Endgame ( don't recall the title or authors ).
Here are somes notes i took from the books:
.Develop knights before bishops ( bishops are strong with wide range, so in closed game or opening phases -> develop your knights )
.The pawn protecting kingside ( f7 ) is very weak since it is only protected by one pieces wich is the king ( in opening phases ). It would not be totally inappropriate to lose your kingside bishop to attack this pieces preventing the king to casteld and weaking his defense. Often, menacing this square would be enough without going threw early sacrafices
.Place each piece in the square that is the most effectif as quick as possible without moving twice the same piece in the openings ( but treats must be parried )
.Develop all your piece before attacking
.You usually don’t want to move a pawn that is protecting your king. But if you didn’t castle your king and your opponent did the mistake to move a pawn to avoid beeing pinned than you can immitate him but you’ll do it for offensive reasons
.Do not attack a pawn at the expense of development or position
.When defending in oppenings, be aware of the reasons that one does its openings/moves. You want to avoid white, for instace to take control and initiative by placing conveniently his pieces on the best squares. For instance by moving a single pawn later on, the whites are looking to reinforce the center pawn AND to eventually move the bishop to a square where he would have full moving position and attack kingsides ( white biship on white square attacks beautiffuly opponent’s kingside, same goes with the black B )
.You do not want to release the pressure of the opposing center even if it’s for the purpose of attacking an annoying piece. To secure counterplay, you must keep your position fluid if there’s anyway for your opponent to retreat and maintain the pressure
.The secret of conducting a successfull kingside attack is to create a breach in the cordon of pawns surrounding him wich would lead to a permanent weakness. It is often worth to sacrifice later on but in openings and midgame, just the fact of menacing is great
.If you have the choice in an attack, attack with the move that let less space to move to your ennemy. Don’t attack just to collect pawns but attack to bring your other pieces together
.If you see the opportunity you can and should sacrifice a good piece in the purpose of loosening up your adversary defense
.Don’t castle to early if there is a possibility to attack your ennemy’s sound structure ( castle you must or because you want but not just because you can )
.When you attack, try to pin a defending pawn
.When you see empty pawn square that aren’t protected due to a removal of a pawn, try to penetrate those square ( kingside ) to put pressure
.In the beginning of the game aim for small advatanges and accumulate them
.When white are opening in a way to open his white bishops diagonal you always should respond by opening your pawn to put it on it’s side ( queens gambit ) before you move your second knight since it would obstruct him
.You want to try, as early as possible de make your two knights cooperate and so don’t put them to far appart from each other
.When a pawn is moving, or a piece, check if and wich square it weakens and wich square it’s reinforces. Once you spotted the weak squares, concentrate on attacking it. If it’s guarded then attack its guardian. If you cannot increase enough pressure on a square, see if you can dispose one of its defender
I've a hard time memorizing AND applaying them. I understand the concept, some of them i use frequently but not always well.
I also tried once to memorize openings but i alway get lost after the 5th move and forgot the reason why i openned this way and kind of improvise the rest of the game.
... A time ago i bought 2 books: Logical chess move by move and ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played is by the same author, Irving Chernev.
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
... and a big book about Endgame ( don't recall the title or authors ). ...
Perhaps it was Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman.
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf
... Here are somes notes i took from the books:
...
I've a hard time memorizing AND applaying them. I understand the concept, some of them i use frequently but not always well.
I also tried once to memorize openings but i alway get lost after the 5th move and forgot the reason why i openned this way and kind of improvise the rest of the game.
This sounds like the sort of thing for which Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms was written.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
After that, maybe go on to the other Chernev book and Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro.
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
Along the way, work on tactics by some method.
Hi everyone
It has been a long time since my last post. I'm just a casual player who hates losing :) Quite competitive by nature
Since i only like to play live and not online, I only have two partners. One of them is a beginners who is smart by nature but basicaly just know the rules. I have no problem to play against him.
But i need your help against my second friend.
To explain his style, he is more on the agressiv side.
His openings are unconventionnal since he doesn't seem to focus that much on controling the center in the beginning like it is advised but he compensate by some traps and decent middle game plays.
He told me i'm decent defender, so even if i make small mistakes he has hard time to get to me and i'm looking for him to make bigger mistakes. But i have still difficulties to force him to make mistakes. I watched a very intersting video on poisonous case wich forces pieces to go on ( even if it means to sacrifice a piece ) to gain a long term advantage on the game.
But i still have a hard time beating him, since he kind of forces me to come out of my confort zone at some point.
What should i be focusing on ? Should i solidify my defensiv game wich is my confort zone or should i take advantage on his unconventional opening games to learn and make agressiv plays early on to push him around ?
Thank you very much for the time you took reading and even more replying ;)
See ya