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Majinn182 · 2021-06-27T04:28:58-07:00

Hi everyone, I have been on chess.com for nearly 7 months now. I read a lot of similar beginner posts and suggestions on the forum yet I am still stuck and rather than playing better, I am getting worse.I have worked through a lot of the free lessons on chess.com, I have done most of the ones on lic

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#41

Majinn182 wrote:

That's a great tip actually with a clear and reasonable goal. I think I will try this for a while!

king5minblitz119147 wrote:

in puzzle rush whatever mode your goal is to solve the first 20 correctly. if you want to challenge yourself and get past that then better. but the minimum should be get the first 20 correctly and no time goal for now. when you get it right consistently then try to reduce your time. to give you a ballpark, i can solve the first 20 at a rate of about 5 seconds or less per puzzle. it's not considered great here but it's also not that bad. i would say it's middle ground. it's certainly doable with just practice. i am not born to play chess like some genius. i'm just a plebeian.

that’s a good goal somebody else had mentioned to me 20 in a row. Working on it!

magipi

Jul 1, 2021

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#42

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I think chessbrah is serious, and a pretty good chess player so don’t judge when you are 1200 and he’s 2000 lol

I think you have a slight problem with numbers. I am not 1200 and chessbrah is a grandmaster (two grandmasters, actually). Whatever. Making random pawn moves is bad, anyone can tell you that.

ThatGuyNamedJeff

Jul 1, 2021

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#43

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I think chessbrah is serious, and a pretty good chess player so don’t judge when you are 1200 and he’s 2000 lol

I think you have a slight problem with numbers. I am not 1200 and chessbrah is a grandmaster (two grandmasters, actually). Whatever. Making random pawn moves is bad, anyone can tell you that.

Yes I think he was joking, chessbrah I mean

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#44

ThatGuyNamedJeff wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I think chessbrah is serious, and a pretty good chess player so don’t judge when you are 1200 and he’s 2000 lol

I think you have a slight problem with numbers. I am not 1200 and chessbrah is a grandmaster (two grandmasters, actually). Whatever. Making random pawn moves is bad, anyone can tell you that.

Yes I think he was joking, chessbrah I mean

Have you actually watched him? He’s not but you have to take it in context, watch his videos he’s really good

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#45

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I think chessbrah is serious, and a pretty good chess player so don’t judge when you are 1200 and he’s 2000 lol

I think you have a slight problem with numbers. I am not 1200 and chessbrah is a grandmaster (two grandmasters, actually). Whatever. Making random pawn moves is bad, anyone can tell you that.

tell chessbrah that ! He has done it in his videos but I guess u would know because you are as good as him

If you actually watch his videos and saw it in context perhaps you will understand

ThatGuyNamedJeff

Jul 1, 2021

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#46

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I think chessbrah is serious, and a pretty good chess player so don’t judge when you are 1200 and he’s 2000 lol

I think you have a slight problem with numbers. I am not 1200 and chessbrah is a grandmaster (two grandmasters, actually). Whatever. Making random pawn moves is bad, anyone can tell you that.

tell chessbrah that ! He has done it in his videos but I guess u would know because you are as good as him

If you actually watch his videos and saw it in context perhaps you will understand

I was just assuming, I have actually not watched his videos, and I heard those two liked to make jokes and were fun to watch. So I assumed it was a joke, apologies

Eshwar2123

Jul 1, 2021

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#47

Bro Chessbrah was obviously freaking joking if he said make a random pawn move if you dont know what to do. That is terrible advice, sometimes making a wrong pawn move can lose you the game, just try to improve your pieces if you dont know what to do, meaning, get your bishop on a better diagnol, or put your knight on a better square. Im not a master or anything but i got to 1300 after not knowing how the pieces moved 4 months ago.

x-3403192209

Jul 1, 2021

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#48

The title implies you were stabbed.

daxypoo

Jul 1, 2021

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#49

“random pawn move” is no joke

it is a “level 1” habit along with several others that gets refined as one moves up the ladder

daxypoo

Jul 1, 2021

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#50

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp5znub0fJ8

most recent “upload” from chessbrah habits (this video starts “level 2” 0-999 elo was “level 1”)

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#51

Eshwar2123 wrote:

Bro Chessbrah was obviously freaking joking if he said make a random pawn move if you dont know what to do. That is terrible advice, sometimes making a wrong pawn move can lose you the game, just try to improve your pieces if you dont know what to do, meaning, get your bishop on a better diagnol, or put your knight on a better square. Im not a master or anything but i got to 1300 after not knowing how the pieces moved 4 months ago.

you are a fool man! Watch his ideas before you judge!

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#52

You guys who are making fun of Chessbrah, 1. W/o watching should please refrain. He outlines steps to get from 400 -2000. And one of the things is when you are new and this thread is somebody who is new (stuck at 1000) and you have no tactical move because you don’t see one is to move a pawn. You need to watch it and understand before you jump down my throat because I am saying one small piece of advice from somebody who would whip us all even if he did random pawn moves. So please slow your rolls

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#53

daxypoo wrote:

“random pawn move” is no joke

it is a “level 1” habit along with several others that gets refined as one moves up the ladder

thank you!!!!!! And this is somebody who could benefit from Chessbrah the others here are smarter than him

llama47

Jul 1, 2021

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#54

daxypoo wrote:

“random pawn move” is no joke

it is a “level 1” habit along with several others that gets refined as one moves up the ladder

Sort of...

In some positions neither side can make meaningful progress. In such positions a sign of experience and maturity is the ability to do nothing... the stronger the player, the longer they can tolerate doing nothing... and it's why kids and low rated players lose such positions easily (because they always try to "do something" so they destroy their own position).

But sure, this type of situation is relatively rare, and most of the time you shouldn't waste moves.

llama47

Jul 1, 2021

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#55

magipi wrote:

millerd66 wrote:

Chessbrah says sometimes when you don't have a solid move its time for a random pawn move lol

It is a joke. It has to be a joke, because it is horrible advice. Don't move pawns unless you have a good reason for it. A pawn cannot move back if later turns out that the previous position was better.

I don't think "when in doubt move a pawn" is good advice for lower rated players, but in defense of that idea, there's an old quote, IIRC from Korchnoi, that the sign of a strained strategist is he starts making pawn moves (the implication being that the pawn moves are bad).

In other words, when you don't know what to do, you'll start moving pawns whether that's your typical strategy or not. Pawn moves change the character of the position so it makes sense... and it's probably better than retreating or starting long maneuvers (that you wont have time for).

So again, I wouldn't personally give that advice, but I don't think it's as senseless as it seems.

Eshwar2123

Jul 1, 2021

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I guess some GMs are capable of giving terrible advise. I think its best to stick to guys like Eric Rosen, Gotham Chess, and Daniel Naroditsky for beginner and intermediates

RobertJames_Fisher

Jul 1, 2021

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#57

Eshwar2123 wrote:

I guess some GMs are capable of giving terrible advise. I think its best to stick to guys like Eric Rosen, Gotham Chess, and Daniel Naroditsky for beginner and intermediates

You have probably nvr watched his series but I get it you have your option and tbh his teaching is very basic and great for the new player

Eshwar2123

Jul 1, 2021

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#58

millerd66 wrote:

Eshwar2123 wrote:

I guess some GMs are capable of giving terrible advise. I think its best to stick to guys like Eric Rosen, Gotham Chess, and Daniel Naroditsky for beginner and intermediates

You have probably nvr watched his series but I get it you have your option and tbh his teaching is very basic and great for the new player.

Ive watched Amans series, it seemed cool, but advise like "making a random pawn move" doesnt make any sense at all

daxypoo

Jul 1, 2021

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#59

what llama is talking about is exactly what hambo is doing

video series is based for brand new players and moves up from there (he has done so many speedruns he knows how current online players play at the various levels)

he even says that the habits will not always ensure the best moves are played but they are very often “good”

and then he spends time going over games like all nee players are advised to do

i put a link to a video from the series to check it out

daxypoo

Jul 1, 2021

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#60

the series is long; and you arent sticking around enough to see “random pawn moves” evolve into the proper pawn moves in a mid game

his series is all focused on center play and he intentionally lets some “habits” put his position into a worse spot; much like brand new players do

and his endgame explanations (aside from the ever persistent push passed pawns) is top notch

if one thinks he is just saying “make random pawn moves” then one hasnt really watched