Na5 ba2 line in the italian all the best moves, most are forced.
Please read the introduction. We don't need second opinion and explanations. Share what you're working on instead. Be a source of motivation and inspiration to others. Best wishes!
Cool thread.
A very kind person on this forum offered to help me improve.
We added eachother and played a game, and he gave me some feedback.
From his suggestions, I am trying to learn the London Opening for white by watching youtube videos and reading articles. There were a few more openings and defenses recommended.
I am also reading up about how to blunder less and stop hanging pieces, as well as controlling the center.
I have also watched a video on how to do proper checkmates and avoiding stalemates, one strategy suggested was to promote to rooks instead of too many queens, and trapping the king into a corner.
I also stopped playing as often, and am taking time to learn and analyze games rather than just playing game after game and making the same mistake.
I also plan to play more games with the friend i made on here, and he will analyze more games for me. Thanks I appreciate it.
Hey guys, I want to create a thread to invite everyone, beginners especially, to share what they do to improve their game.
Not what you plan to do, but what you are doing right now.
I am probably no longer a "beginner" at chess, but still all for motivating others at all rating levels 
https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/5-years-of-chess
Much appreciated if you'll be contributing here! We all need motivation, while playing too many games, instead of studying, can be distracting and frustrating.
Agreed that motivation is something everyone struggles with at one time or another. We are all humans and as emotional creatures, it will be tough to navigate the mental ups and downs of a chess journey; of course, chess can still be rewarding in other ways though.
Name the thing you're currently working on (books, training programs, etc) and how you feel about it. Short-term goal (no time frame) I'm working on recovering my 2000+ chess.com rapid rating again. I've gained and lost the 2000+ threshold probably 3 or 4 times already, but I've been discouragingly below it for quite some time now. I still feel like I am learning and improving in some ways, but the online rating just doesn't seem to capture this. Luckily for me, in-person (OTB) chess is going really well for me though
In addition to working on my chess.com rapid rating: I've also been working on getting back into the routine of solving some daily chess puzzles, I'm learning a new opening by reading a book I only have about 100 pages left in (Caro-Kann counterattacking repertoire book by GM Lars Schandorff) and I've also been posting "live" chess videos on my (still pretty new) YouTube channel to help others with their chess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPXx9iOh1Q9WgwlvJVObYw (KeSetoKaiba on chess.com Twitch and YouTube)...
Thank you!
David L
Happy to help answer your thread and help out others as well; see you around chess.com
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Na5 ba2 line in the italian all the best moves, most are forced.
Please read the introduction. We don't need second opinion and explanations. Share what you're working on instead. Be a source of motivation and inspiration to others. Best wishes!
That is what im working i dont understand?
My apologies, I didn't get it. Well done!
Hey guys, I want to create a thread to invite everyone, beginners especially, to share what they do to improve their game.
Not what you plan to do, but what you are doing right now.
Much appreciated if you'll be contributing here! We all need motivation, while playing too many games, instead of studying, can be distracting and frustrating.
Name the thing you're currently working on (books, training programs, etc) and how you feel about it.
And please be polite!
Likes and other emojis are preferable to provide a nice reading experience and avoid overloading.
We want motivation not second opinion.
Thank you!
David L
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For example, I'm currently working on learning the Italian opening with Black (after 1.e4 e5. 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb4) by myself, with an online database, wanting to create a repertoire, memorize it and test it live.
I was very frustrated in the past to face Italian with Black (I still am); there are too many quiet moves and strategic manoevres, meaning that pushing too hard for an attack usually leads to disaster, if White knows better than you what's going on. I am very thrilled about it.
I intend to learn every opening this way. I can't see any other way to improve my game if I never know what I'm going to play in the first 5-10-15 moves.
On the other hand, I've just started reading Ramesh's book on calculation (2022). It's a bit dry for my skills but calculation is unavoidable. Even if I don't make it to the end, I'm sure that it will be a nice foundation for the future (like I will know what calculation is, how it differs from tactical motifs that are based on pattern recognition, where to go to start training, etc). My impression is that it's too advanced (>1600 to master level) but owning and reading it doesn't hurt.
Thank you!