You rated way to low to be playing the Sicilian.
Stick with opening principles:
Control the center.
Develop towards the center.
Castle.
Connect your rooks.
You rated way to low to be playing the Sicilian.
Stick with opening principles:
Control the center.
Develop towards the center.
Castle.
Connect your rooks.
okay, thanks.. sad because I really liked it..
It seems that every low rated player thinks they should always play some opening that is considered "tactical", and or, "agressive" I completely understand the excitement behind that thinking. But if youre serious about improving, you need to be honest with yourself, and your skill level.
I looked at some of your games, and in each one i looked at you hung material, didnt follow opening principles, and missed some simple tactic.
No amount of opening study is going to cure any of those things.
Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
okay, thanks.. sad because I really liked it..
It seems that every low rated player thinks they should always play some opening that is considered "tactical", and or, "agressive" I completely understand the excitement behind that thinking. But if youre serious about improving, you need to be honest with yourself, and your skill level.
I looked at some of your games, and in each one i looked at you hung material, didnt follow opening principles, and missed some simple tactic.
No amount of opening study is going to cure any of those things.
Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
If I had a dime for every time you responded to a question with that...
It's a pity chess.com doesn't have a regular who can supply a long list of books that would be helpful...
U didnt tell which sicilian u play...
Schveninguen like i guess.
If u want to avoid white attacking, u can choose accelerated dragon, simple to play and to understand.
At least more than Najdorf and other creatures...
okay, thanks.. sad because I really liked it..
It seems that every low rated player thinks they should always play some opening that is considered "tactical", and or, "agressive" I completely understand the excitement behind that thinking. But if youre serious about improving, you need to be honest with yourself, and your skill level.
I looked at some of your games, and in each one i looked at you hung material, didnt follow opening principles, and missed some simple tactic.
No amount of opening study is going to cure any of those things.
Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
If I had a dime for every time you responded to a question with that...
We would both be rich!
It's a pity chess.com doesn't have a regular who can supply a long list of books that would be helpful...
Hmmmmm....i was thinking the same thing.
OH WHERE...OH WHERE...can we find someone like that???
It's a pity chess.com doesn't have a regular who can supply a long list of books that would be helpful...
Kindaspongey... we need your help!
I think he must play the Dragon; every Dragon player gets rolled over by those kingside pawns at least once.
I think he must play the Dragon; every Dragon player gets rolled over by those kingside pawns at least once.
The problem the OP is having is he is playing memorized moves, and not the position.
I have trouble playing Sicilian najdorf against higher rated players and much higher rated than the op. They always get an attack going it seems.
hey, when I play sicilian defense (different variations, like old sicilian, accelerated dragon, hyperaccelerated dragon) I always get crushed by the h, g and f pawns, because the opponent castles queesside... any ideas what I could do?
Choose one variation and strive to master it.
The Sicilian can be tricky if you aren't really sure how to handle it. White has more obvious, logical attacking moves to play on first glance.
But if you start to learn it and really get a grasp for the ideas available to black, the tables can turn, and black can give white a really difficult time. (See some Kasparov games, for example, to see how potent the Sicilian can be in capable hands.)
By asking such general questions you will never get useful answers.
You have to post specific games or positions.
I think it would greatly help the OP if anyone that responds to his question, would at first take a look at his games, and not just throw out advice.
U didnt tell which sicilian u play...
Schveninguen like i guess.
If u want to avoid white attacking, u can choose accelerated dragon, simple to play and to understand.
At least more than Najdorf and other creatures...
Bobby Fischer on the dragon "h4 h5 sac sac mate"
okay, thanks.. sad because I really liked it..
(Hmm. Sponge-sense tingling.)
Around 2010, IM John Watson wrote, "... For players with very limited experience, ... the Sicilian Defence ... normally leaves you with little room to manoeuvre and is best left until your positional skills develop. ... I'm still not excited about my students playing the Sicilian Defence at [the stage where they have a moderate level of experience and some opening competence], because it almost always means playing with less space and development, and in some cases with exotic and not particularly instructive pawn-structures. ... if you're taking the Sicilian up at [say, 1700 Elo and above], you should put in a lot of serious study time, as well as commit to playing it for a few years. ..."
I have seen similar sorts of advice many times, but there are some who are more sympathetic to trying the Sicilian at an early stage. If you want to keep at it, it might be helpful to look at Starting Out: The Sicilian by GM John Emms (2009).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
For the purpose of switching to more traditional near-beginner-level play, one could look at First Steps 1 e4 e5.
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
For an introduction to opening principles, there is Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
hey, when I play sicilian defense (different variations, like old sicilian, accelerated dragon, hyperaccelerated dragon) I always get crushed by the h, g and f pawns, because the opponent castles queesside... any ideas what I could do?