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How to improve in 10mts play of live chess

My suggestion is to think about how you move. Does your move have any purpose? Try to find the best move.

I just move my pieces and hope for the best.  It seems to work most of the time.  Ive beaten people who see five moves deep.  later, they show me a lot of possibilities that i haven't even considered.  i just look at one move.  it saves time and effort.

skumar2,

I looked VERY briefly at a few of your games. You are failing to follow one of the key opening principles:

General Principle #2: Don't make any more pawn moves than necessary.

By making unnecessary pawn moves, you are getting behind in piece development. When you get behind in piece development your opponents can successfully begin an attack on your position and you will not be developed sufficiently to withstand this.

You might want to read the series:

Basic Opening Strategy

at Chessville.com, or

Opening Principles

at ChessCafe.com, or

search through the strategy articles here at chess.com.

Good luck,

--- DrawMaster