advice for how to stop losing rooks
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Whatever that move is where my opponent lines up a bishop and queen toward the corner of the board I fall for every time I can’t seem to defend against it or better stop it before it starts. If I’ve castled I get checkmated if not I lose a rook, knight, etc. any advice? Thanks!
Are you talking about this kind of thing? You will have to be specific if you want help. Ignore the actual game I'm mainly talking about the final position.
13 hrs ago
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In the above example, 9...O-O? is a bad move that immediately dooms the rook. Instead, the correct move to play is g5 (g6 also works), then Rg8 after the bishop takes it. You should then resume your normal development and (probably) try to play O-O-O instead.
On a different note, it's important to give your rooks breathing room. They're usually the last pieces to come out and play, but they're also typically placed in open spots where they may be harassed a lot to make them move around. You should also be mindful of your king's location, especially if your opponent still has a knight, because not paying attention in that regard can cause you to accidentally drop them as well.
12 hrs ago
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I’m new to chess and excited to learn and improve. Open to tips and always happy to connect!
11 hrs ago
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Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
In the above example, 9...O-O? is a bad move that immediately dooms the rook. Instead, the correct move to play is g5 (g6 also works), then Rg8 after the bishop takes it. You should then resume your normal development and (probably) try to play O-O-O instead.
On a different note, it's important to give your rooks breathing room. They're usually the last pieces to come out and play, but they're also typically placed in open spots where they may be harassed a lot to make them move around. You should also be mindful of your king's location, especially if your opponent still has a knight, because not paying attention in that regard can cause you to accidentally drop them as well.
Thing is, if you play g6, it significantly weakens the dark squares around the kingside, and g5 is kind of an awkward move. The way to prevent it also depends on the opening, as sometimes you can play Ne1 or Ne8 to protect the pawn
Devodry wrote:
Whatever that move is where my opponent lines up a bishop and queen toward the corner of the board I fall for every time I can’t seem to defend against it or better stop it before it starts. If I’ve castled I get checkmated if not I lose a rook, knight, etc. any advice? Thanks!
This is too vague. No one will be able to help unless you show some games where that happened.
haha. so funny. your opponent make blood sausage out of you
