Chess Progression

Whats good chess family!! What's the progression expected from a beginner? I started at 1200 and of course got crushed all the way down to like 400 and have steadily climbed back to 720 i believe. I stared in March with zero chess knowledge and have been playing almost everyday. Chess is an amazing game with so many variations that i have become completely obsessed with it. One thing is that I almost feel as though I'm playing from behind because of blunders or missed opportunities but its that process that I love! Please check some of my games out to hear from some of you great player out there. Thanks again guys

 

Hello, 

This was your most recent game.

looking at the first eight moves, even though you lost a pawn you had better development. It is good that you are sticking to the opening principles.

Adjustment: maybe try to develop and defend at the same time so you don't drop as many pawns and your position is a lot safer overall. Learning pass master's games and how they open the game will be helpful.

 

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Your down fall in this game comes at move 9. H6.

After Q g5 you have to ask yourself why did they move there?

Queen moves out of your knight's threat and threatening to taking on g7. Also note that your bishop is being attacked on h5. So moving your bishop to g6 would relieve all the pressure. 

Adjustment:

Make or use a pre move checklist. 

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Pre Move Checklist: 

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"

 

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Move 32:

you had a chance to recover, Nxf3+ forking the king and rook. 

Adjustment:

Brushing up on tactics will be most beneficial. 

 

I hope this helped.

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With the same game, White moved his queen so many times in the opening, and didn't care about their King. If your opponent leaves his king in the center, you want to try to open the center as much as you can. 

One move attacks like 4. Bg4 are a little dubious because he can just move his queen and attack your e pawn, which actually improves the queen's placement.

9. h6 was not actually a bad move, but you had to see 10. Qxg7 Rh7! which traps the queen.

So, when your opponent moves the same piece a bunch of times in the opening and doesn't castle, you want to try to attack the king with all of your pieces 

 

i started the same as you here

registered as an 800(novice i think) and after my first dip into online chess ended at 400ish

the first thing i did was to start playing daily games in order to better be able to process what was happening on the board

after a bit i stopped playing daily altogether (i was eager to play a “live” game again and i was getting addicted to the analysis board) and played only 30 min games

i also started watching john bartholomew’s “chess fundamentals” and “climbing the rating ladder” series on youtube

i started studying tactics from a recommended book “1001 chess exercises for beginners” and also started playing otb classical rated games at the local chess club

after the otb games i hired a personal coach for a bit and this helped a lot but i dont think it is absolutely necessary


the most important thing was to go over my otb and 30 min games thoroughly (often asking who, what, where, when, why, and how over each move)

good luck

Hello! It seems to vary a lot. Some people seem to progress to the 1000s range in rapid or daily within a few months, while others, like me have played a thousand games over the course of a year, without ever breaking 1000 on any game mode. I think most of the people in the latter category give up and go back to, I dunno, Call of Duty, so you don't see too many old-timers who are below 1000 on every game mode. Only time (along with willpower and general aptitude) will tell where you fall, but the good news is that even if you suck, the game can still be fun if you accept your suckiness, and there are always people at or below your level who either are newbies, or suck as much as you do.