Any tips for improving???

I’ve been playing chess for a few weeks now and I know I can’t expect to get better immediately but does anyone have any tips to help me improve quicker.
I downloaded Chessable and am doing some courses on there, I do puzzles daily and I’ve been playing some daily games and trying to analyse them afterwards.
Thanks :)

Honestly what you’re doing now is good for improvement and you will get better.

Also, you play daily which most beginners don’t think to do. Daily gives you loads of time to think and this will help you improve greatly and stop you from blundering every move, eventually.

I only looked at the beginning of two, but to me it looks like you know your opening principles but just remember to be able to adapt. A lot of the time the opponent will play moves you have never seen before and you need to be able to change what you are doing in response to what they are doing.
To do this you COULD study openings more, but drills on reading the board and simply playing matches can also help.

Playing the right is move is important and knowing what is right is also important. Because you play daily, time is not a problem so go through ‘the list’ on every move.

1. Threats: what attacks or threats does your opponent have which you must defend? For example if you are about to get back rank mated, this is a ‘threat’ to be defended against.
2.Captures: What captures do I have? Are they good and help my position, or do they blunder the piece?
3. Attacks: What attacks can be made? Do these help your position or do they not actually do anything.(a good example of this would be randomly checking the king while à pawn can block. There is no need to check the king since it doesn’t help you and might improve their position.

Once you’re comfortable with this kind of thinking and you know how to not blunder or make a mistake every move, you can play faster games like 10min. You can play 10min straight away, but doing daily is good for improvement.

To improve more, people need to learn to calculate further than one or two moves ahead. There is a mode on chess.com called one player chess which personally helps me work on calculation.

Sorry this is a long post lol

I haven’t played chess in forever and now I play like a confused potato. Any tips to un-suck and maybe act like I know what I’m doing 😅?

I think slightly too early to learn this, especially at very lower-rated players. It's certainly possible to gain ratings from 400 to 1000 with basic tactical knowledge. Playing against a bot many times is also helpful to increase tactical pattern recognition; you can even win Rook early if you knew it.

In my opinion, people start to learn Threats, Captures, Attacks when they reach 1200+ since it's best time to learning to calculate, because opponents will become more aware with basic tactics.

MajestyofPhantomhive said:

I think slightly too early to learn this, especially at very lower-rated players. It's certainly possible to gain ratings from 400 to 1000 with basic tactical knowledge. Playing against a bot many times is also helpful to increase tactical pattern recognition; you can even win Rook early if you knew it.

In my opinion, people start to learn Threats, Captures, Attacks when they reach 1200+ since it's best time to learning to calculate, because opponents will become more aware with basic tactics.
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Maybe you’re right it’s early, but arguably the earlier someone learns the better. After all he plays daily and that’s the best mode to practice it in since time is not a problem

Plus you’re right, playing against bots is really helpful since you aren’t discouraged when you lose elo, while improving

Correction on previous post:
You aren’t discouraged SINCE you don’t lose elo when playing bots

"I downloaded Chessable" - I am very curious about how you did this.

There is no Chessable app for any kind of device.

Huh. Im looking at the chessable app on iOS right now…

Apply basic opening principles which will help you get to a middlegame on roughly even ground against better players and from there you can really start learning the ins and outs of a game. Your first 10 or so moves are critical in determining how a game is going to develop.

Develop your pieces in active positions

Don't move the same piece twice in the opening

Don't bring the queen out too early

Castle early to get your king safe and connect rooks

The theory side isn't paramount at first but it definitely helps to understand hypermodern concepts like the importance of pawns and prophylaxis so compliment practice with some reading up on chess history and strategy. A game of chess is all about tactics so the more tactics you know the better and the more you play the more your board vision will improve helping you to spot them.

Hi there,

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All these types of 'help me improve' posts turn in to coaching adverts. I don't think the OP is ready to pay for coaching.

Honestly, if you really want to learn, go to Chessable and choose the free course "Chess Basics" by IceBreaker. I started taking it just a few hours ago, and honestly, it's helped a lot. Hope this helps!

Everybody must start near the bottom in Chess and you play well for having just started. When I began Chess, I focused on learning just one opening for white and two for black (one against e4 and one against d4). Do not worry about other first moves white can play because below 600 elo you can just play solidly and your opponent cannot justify playing an offbeat opening.

Watch a couple of free videos for what to play in the opening as well as the endgame. This is easy to do and helped me get good results straight away.

The most important thing to know is that your opponent will make a mistake. Even if you do not try to provoke anything, it will happen. Simple blinders like hanging a piece happen all the time even to my 1700+ rated rapid opponents who hung their queen just yesterday. This was not a tactical error, they just didn't see I could capture their queen.

To simplify it all down:

Play an opening you know well, do not throw keep an eye out for mistakes you might be making, and that your opponent will blunder.

Good luck on your journey.

https://www.chess.com/blog/TheMonkPlayingChess/the-first-step this may help

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

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First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

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Whoa that's impressive

Ty to look at end games

As more squares free, more calculations and more complex the position

(Try to see chesscape)

I started the Dina Skool, so far I love it, maybe you could try