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I've been posting here for advice for a short time. I've taken the advice on board and been doing puzzles daily (stuck around the 700 mark).
can someone please help me? I really don't know what I'm doing wrong. At 300 ELO the people I'm playing just seem to always outplay me (I don't think I'm hanging pieces any more)
Jun 26, 2022
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andycred1 wrote:
I've been posting here for advice for a short time. I've taken the advice on board and been doing puzzles daily (stuck around the 700 mark). can someone please help me? I really don't know what I'm doing wrong. At 300 ELO the people I'm playing just seem to always outplay me (I don't think I'm hanging pieces any more)
You have a gold membership. Use it to take some more lessons on the basics.
In your last game, you left yourself open to a forced mate on move 6.
This happened because you don't yet see how vulnerable moves like 6..h6 can make you.
Fortunately for you, your opponent missed it too.
Looking at the game, I see you made some good moves. I liked when you took advantage of the pinned pieces.
But you also moved pieces where they could be taken and other things like that.
Keep taking more lessons about the fundamentals.
You will get there.
Yes lots of people have been giving you advice and progress doesn't happen overnight. Work to take all this advice on board and work to implement it in your games.
Jun 27, 2022
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I looked at a few of your games.
In the first 10-15 moves, don't try to attack, focus on getting your knights and bishops off the back rank and castling.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening
Jun 27, 2022
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Oh, and I think every game I looked at, you played Bb4 and or Bg4 as black... in general, for the first few moves, keep pieces on your side of the board. A black bishop on b4 that doesn't attack anything will just get kicked around by white's pawns (for example).
Jun 27, 2022
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NervesofButter wrote:
1. You're losing in under 10 moves. Of course you're still hanging material.
2. You're not going to improve as long as you play nothing but speed chess.
this.
There's much more to becoming a better chess player than playing speed chess (which does little to improve your understanding of how to play good, or at least decent, chess) and doing puzzles (good to do, but alone insufficient). In order to improve your skills, you need to learn as much as you can about the fundamentals.
To get a sense of the kinds of things you should be learning in order to improve, check out this article. But take your time. All of this can't be learned in a day, a week, a month, or even many months - it takes years. There is no time limit on chess improvement – but that’s what makes it a great game!
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Be sure to check out the section 'Play Longer Time Controls' toward the end of the article.
As a specific recommendation, and starting point in your development, I suggest to read/study this very instructive book...
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess by Bruce Pandolfini
https://www.amazon.com/Pandolfinis-Ultimate-Guide-Chess-Strategies/dp/0743226178/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OX6HKY947LHJ&keywords=pandolfini%27s+ultimate+guide+to+chess&qid=1656361791&s=books&sprefix=pandofin%2Cstripbooks%2C184&sr=1-1
With dedication and determination, there is no reason that you shouldn't be able to improve dramatically. However, if you're not willing to put in the necessary work, then it might be best to accept that you will improve very little, if at all. (If you keep doing what you're doing, you will keep getting what you're getting.)
Discover more helpful chess resources in my blog....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell