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I'm going to give this a hearty H*CK YEAH. I was playing 10min rapids when I first started because I felt that 10min was all I needed to either lose on a blunder or win on my opponent's blunder. As I started playing more and understanding more about the openings, specifically development and attacking the middle like the lessons say, 10min wasn't enough time. I lost quite a few either running out of time, or blundering because I was short on time and panicked. I'm playing 15|10 games now, and it's muuuch less tense. The extra five minutes is reassuring, and getting time back with every move helps relax me. It's only ten seconds, but in a short game those ten seconds can mean the difference between making a good decision and panic-blundering. I started a daily tournament a few days ago, as well, and even though we've just begun, I'm enjoying it because I can look up what we're doing and read about the opening and make an educated decision about what to do next (no engines, of course!).

So, yeah, my advice to fellow beginners is take it slow.

EDIT: The tourney is called Ferro and it's for players under 900. I don't know if it will be run again when this one is done, but I hope it will.

This has been extremely helpful to me.  Thanks for a good discussion .

questions to ask yourself when playing chess
1. Have native americans really only been on the continent for 16,000 years or has it been longer?
2. Should i just give up on this stupid game and play candy crush?
3. Did Jim really mean it when he said i was his best friend or is he just fake ?
4. What happens to the soul when you die ?
5. Do i believe that a soul has memories.?
6. is your spirit and your soul the same thing? Or for that matter do i even think people have souls?
7. WHO AM I ? is there a "thinker" behind the thoughts? or are there only "thoughts"
8. is morocco in africa?,,,, yeah i'm pretty sure it is ,,,right?

I also recommend GM Naroditsky channel. He is pretty good at explaining every move he played during the speedrun. He also explain basic concept at lower rating speedrun which is quite useful for beginners to understand the ideas/concept behind those moves.

You can also check his mental checklist when trying to solve beginner tactics to understand better how you are supposed to solve the puzzle.

Some basic tactical pattern is very useful for beginner, such as pawn fork, knight fork, backrank mate, bishop and rook fork/pin. The more advanced puzzle is mostly a combination of these ideas.

Hello All!

 I have created a series on Thematic Tactics. You can study these tactics in just few minutes.

1) Pin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOdDvIVcJkg&t=1s

2) Fork/Double Attack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCTlvekByiM&t=4s

3) Skewer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9DBLxPdIHc&t=89s

4) Double Check - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v-m-FX1EHU

5) Overloaded Pieces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-IS689vzLk&t=1s

6) Discovered Attack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9sI2c81w8

I hope you'll like the videos, you can also suggest topics of your interest, I'll try definitely try to cover it.

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What are tactics?

gets boring after a while tho

I learned that openings are important.