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ChessZoid2002

Looking forward to practice with Players with the Rating of 1200s - 1300s for Improvement. I hardly get tricked in the Opening and can play into the Theory... But once the Middlegame arrives, I become trash sometimes and I miscalculate while attacking. Can anyone help me? 

MaddyCole

i will trick you on move 1 and 2

1. g4

2. Bg2

Bgabor91

Dear ChessZoid2002,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. 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 analysing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem that it can't explain you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why is it so good or bad.

You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals. happy.png

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

I hope this is helpful for you. happy.png Good luck for your chess games! happy.png

RedLevin

Lmao. That's not an answer that's advertisement. Answering your question. If you are lost in the middlegames I would learn pawn structures for now. Normally you can see the most basic plans and where your pieces belong based on that. Regarding calculation, get a book or a course on that. Maybe puzzles rush or puzzles here are enough for now.

ZNMS

Like RedLevin, I also recommend doing the daily puzzles. I'm just slowly going through the paces myself having been away from the game for decades. But, probably like many The Queen's Gambit ignited the spark again. I'm just taking my time. Practicing, watching YouTube videoes and Twitch streams, etc. I recommend watching GothamChess.

RussBell

browse...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

sndeww

Yes. Look at many master games. Don’t get bogged down by any specific move - look for key maneuvers and tactics.