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Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Only play long games. Do not play bullet and blitz games.
Learn forks, pins, skewers, etc are if you don’t know them. Visit https://www.chesstactics.org both to learn and review.
Read the book The Chessmaster Checklist by Andrew Soltis. I have the Amazon Kindle copy and have highlight key content for quick review. At a minimum, download the sample and read it. https://www.amazon.com/Chessmaster-Checklist-Andrew-Soltis-ebook/dp/B09BD87WZP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Learn one opening, London System. Learn the French Defense against the king pawn opening and the king’s Indian defense against all other openings. Practice the first 15 moves of this opening and the defenses relentlessly. Several hours a week minimum. Do so at www.chesspractice.com. Do what if practice as your opponent won’t always make the best move. Watch YouTube videos on the above openings and defenses. After each game copy the PGN, go to chesspractice.com, analyze, and play variations. Your analysis of a game should be 20+ minutes per game. TAKE NOTES WHEN YOU ANALYZE.
Many past chess masters have many notebooks in which they analyzed their games and variations. Bobby Fischer and Yasser Seirawn are two great examples. You can go to Iceland and see Fischer’s notebooks.
Taking notes is very easy In today’s computer world. All you need to do is take a screenshot of a noteworthy position and post it in a document along with a comment or two. At www.chesspractice.com, you can easily save any practice position or game and put a link to it in your notes for review and to practice again. I use an iPad so it’s easy to do screenshots and I put my notes into Notes, a free Apple app. REVIEW YOUR NOTES FREQUENTLY.
For end game drills, go to https://www.chess.com/practice/drills/endgame-fundamentals
Chess Checklist
Checkout all possible opponent moves
Always ask what your opponent can do:
1. What forcing move can he make
2. What checks can he do
3. What tactics (pins, forks,..) does he have
4. What free pieces can he take
5. What loose pieces can he attack
6. What exchanges can he win
7. What developing moves can he do
When it is your turn, take more time, especially in the middle game, to find a better move.
ALWAYS:
1. Look for forcing moves
2. Look for checks
3. Look for tactics - pins, forks,...
4. Look for free pieces to take
5. Look for loose pieces to attack
6. Look for winning exchanges
7. Find the best developing move
1. Protect weak prices
2. Improve the least active piece
3. Improve king safety
4. Make a move that forces a weakening opponent move
5. Avoid passive moves
Read the book The Chessmaster Checklist by Andrew Soltis. I have the Amazon Kindle copy and have highlight key content for quick review. At a minimum, download the sample and read it. https://www.amazon.com/Chessmaster-Checklist-Andrew-Soltis-ebook/dp/B09BD87WZP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Learn one opening, London System. Learn the French Defense against the king pawn opening and the king’s Indian defense against all other openings. Practice the first 15 moves of this opening and the defenses relentlessly. Several hours a week minimum. Do so at www.chesspractice.com. Do what if practice as your opponent won’t always make the best move. Watch YouTube videos on the above openings and defenses. After each game copy the PGN, go to chesspractice.com, analyze, and play variations. Your analysis of a game should be 20+ minutes per game. TAKE NOTES WHEN YOU ANALYZE.
Many past chess masters have many notebooks in which they analyzed their games and variations. Bobby Fischer and Yasser Seirawn are two great examples. You can go to Iceland and see Fischer’s notebooks.
Taking notes is very easy In today’s computer world. All you need to do is take a screenshot of a noteworthy position and post it in a document along with a comment or two. At www.chesspractice.com, you can easily save any practice position or game and put a link to it in your notes for review and to practice again. I use an iPad so it’s easy to do screenshots and I put my notes into Notes, a free Apple app. REVIEW YOUR NOTES FREQUENTLY.
For end game drills, go to https://www.chess.com/practice/drills/endgame-fundamentals
Chess Checklist
Checkout all possible opponent moves
Always ask what your opponent can do:
1. What forcing move can he make
2. What checks can he do
3. What tactics (pins, forks,..) does he have
4. What free pieces can he take
5. What loose pieces can he attack
6. What exchanges can he win
7. What developing moves can he do
When it is your turn, take more time, especially in the middle game, to find a better move.
ALWAYS:
1. Look for forcing moves
2. Look for checks
3. Look for tactics - pins, forks,...
4. Look for free pieces to take
5. Look for loose pieces to attack
6. Look for winning exchanges
7. Find the best developing move
1. Protect weak prices
2. Improve the least active piece
3. Improve king safety
4. Make a move that forces a weakening opponent move
5. Avoid passive moves
I think my chess has improved since I've been playing Puzzle Rush on chess.com. Having to solve the puzzles as quickly as possible really gets the patterns fixed in your mind.
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