Can’t find good moves in mid game - Chess Forums - Page 2

Nicator65

Mar 24, 2020

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#21

Hehe, I once saw a game where a team scored twice even tho shooting at the rival's goalkeeper but once. Such things don't happen in chess.

kindaspongey

Mar 25, 2020

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#22

LucasInn wrote:

Hi. I have similar problems of not making good moves during mid-game. That's why I always play defense. Even when I play White, I still make conservative moves. No risks taken.

Attatcking is rather important in chess. Notice (from the table of contents) that it is a subject that gets a chapter (8) in the beginner book, A COMPLETE CHESS COURSE by Antonio Gude: "... 1 The Basic Rules of Chess 7 ... 2 Your First Chess Games 23 … 3 Openings and Basic Principles 33 ... 4 Putting Your Pieces to Work 52 ... 5 Strategy and Tactics 76 ... 6 Endgame Play and Further Openings 106 … 7 Combinations and Tactical Themes 128 ... 8 Attacking Play 163 ... 9 Your First Opening Repertoire 194 …"
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Complete_Chess_Course.pdf

Avoiding attack may work at first, but, if you progress, you will, with increasing frequency, be defeated by players who have been practicing their attacking technique.

RussBell

Mar 25, 2020

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#23

Lots of help along these lines waiting to be discovered here...

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DerpyShoelace

Mar 25, 2020

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#24

SoupTime4 wrote:

TheNoobyGM wrote:

In the middlegame, tactics are usually prevalent so always looking for tactics and practicing tactics can help. If you can't find any tactics, just try to find the least active piece and then try to move it to a better square.

Also look at each of your opponent's moves and try to find the idea behind them

Incorrect. Tactics are not usually prevalent in the middlegame. As the saying goes: "Tactics flow from a superior position." You want to have tactics in the middlegame? Do the following:

Have a space advantage.

Place your pieces on active squares.

Create/Find weaknesses in your opponents position.

You do give good advice regarding making your pieces active. Though that should be something you do in all phases of the game.

As far as finding good moves in the middlegame?

Double check your moves.

Play slowly.

Calculate out as far as you can.

Look at forcing moves first.

It is true that tactics flow from a superior position, but however in the lower levels it is quite common for one player to have a great position but then blunder it away because they miss a simple fork or pin. Such things can easily be avoided by paying more attention. Tactics can also flow from an active position especially if your opponent blunders which is not a rare occurrence at the OP's level.

I do know that the things you mentioned like space, pawn structure weakness etc are all crucial elements of a position, but I based my advice, keeping in mind the OP's low rating. (no offence to the OP, everyone is a beginner at one point) At this level such things don't decide the outcome of the game. Usually the deciding factor is one player losing a piece due to some tactic.

Nicator65

Mar 25, 2020

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#25

Well, tactics don't flow only from a superior position. Just about everybody has lost "a won game" due to some tactics.

So, tactics flow from activity. As an example, sometimes people forget that a piece doesn't control the square it's placed on, and move it on a square controlled by the rival (control is a form of activity), which doesn't necessarily mean that the rival's position was an active one.