HOW DO I PUNISH "WEIRD and BAD OPENINGS?!????"
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So if my opponents play random moves. For example, pushing like, 6 pawns, and i know their bad moves, but how do i counter it? I develop all my pieces, but in the end, it's hard for me to launch an attack.
9 days ago
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#3
By actually understanding what is wrong with their move.
Take the following game that I just played:
https://www.chess.com/game/144010309166
1.d4 f5 2.e4 and 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e4 are NOT the same thing. The first is sound, the second is not. He has to move his knight again. He swings out his queen thinking he will mate me. I play a couple of necessary defensive moves, and then take advantage of his open, uncastled king with complete lack of development, and mate him down the middle. No use taking the queen and prolonging the game. Just punish him for his opening stupidity!
When White gets checkmated on move 19, you know something ain't right about White's play, especially since White even went first!
Ohhh okay, ty.
Yyloh wrote:
So if my opponents play random moves. For example, pushing like, 6 pawns, and i know their bad moves, but how do i counter it? I develop all my pieces, but in the end, it's hard for me to launch an attack.
If your opponent makes random pawn moves instead of developing pieces, what does that mean?
1. You are ahead in development.
2. Your opponent's king is still stuck in the center.
The way to punish that is to open up the center (with pawn breaks) and attack.
If you instead waste time and make random legal moves, your opponent will catch up and your opportunity is gone.
An important thing is not to think of "punishing" your opponent. They are giving you an advantage that you can gracefully accept. Be pleased that they are helping you win. If you think in terms of punishing them you will look for harsh and forceful solutions that the position may not initially warrant until their lassitude has exposed them. Just continue quietly to accumulate your positional advantage.
8 days ago
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#7
magipi wrote:
Yyloh wrote:
So if my opponents play random moves. For example, pushing like, 6 pawns, and i know their bad moves, but how do i counter it? I develop all my pieces, but in the end, it's hard for me to launch an attack.
If your opponent makes random pawn moves instead of developing pieces, what does that mean?
1. You are ahead in development.
2. Your opponent's king is still stuck in the center.
The way to punish that is to open up the center (with pawn breaks) and attack.
If you instead waste time and make random legal moves, your opponent will catch up and your opportunity is gone.
What to do if they pawn storm how do I stop it
Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
magipi wrote:
Yyloh wrote:
So if my opponents play random moves. For example, pushing like, 6 pawns, and i know their bad moves, but how do i counter it? I develop all my pieces, but in the end, it's hard for me to launch an attack.
If your opponent makes random pawn moves instead of developing pieces, what does that mean?
1. You are ahead in development.
2. Your opponent's king is still stuck in the center.
The way to punish that is to open up the center (with pawn breaks) and attack.
If you instead waste time and make random legal moves, your opponent will catch up and your opportunity is gone.
What to do if they pawn storm how do I stop it
I don't think there's a need to stop it. A pawn storm by an undeveloped player is probably not threatening at all.
Also, if they storm on the kingside, I'd castle to the queenside.
8 days ago
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#9
magipi wrote:
Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
magipi wrote:
Yyloh wrote:
So if my opponents play random moves. For example, pushing like, 6 pawns, and i know their bad moves, but how do i counter it? I develop all my pieces, but in the end, it's hard for me to launch an attack.
If your opponent makes random pawn moves instead of developing pieces, what does that mean?
1. You are ahead in development.
2. Your opponent's king is still stuck in the center.
The way to punish that is to open up the center (with pawn breaks) and attack.
If you instead waste time and make random legal moves, your opponent will catch up and your opportunity is gone.
What to do if they pawn storm how do I stop it
I don't think there's a need to stop it. A pawn storm by an undeveloped player is probably not threatening at all.
Also, if they storm on the kingside, I'd castle to the queenside.
Won't they kick my pieces around
Follow general opening principles. Develop quickly. Control the center. Castle to safeguard your king. If you do this while your opponent is not, then there will eventually be ways for you to win material.
There is a technique that strong players use. It is called thinking. If you have made good moves while your opponent has not, you should be able to figure out ways to get a huge advantage.