Mistakes everyone make when they start chess
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Aug 18, 2025
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#2
2. One movers: soooo many people think(no offense a just for comedic purposes) “me attack horse! Noo, they saw it oh, me attafk queeeen hahah” and then lose because of a mate or something.
Aug 19, 2025
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#3
3. Stupid Castling.
E.g. 1. you wait until you move a bishop or something to castle queenside which has pawn protection or castle kingside which has no pawns?
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You do 1.
Duh.
The point of castling is literally to protect your king, not just go and say “hey, I’m just going to expose my king here and hope they won’t notice.”
But noooooo, beginners have to think “ooh, a stupid castling opportunity. Perfect!”
Anyway, just don’t castle unless you have loads of pawn protection.
E.g. 1. you wait until you move a bishop or something to castle queenside which has pawn protection or castle kingside which has no pawns?
🤯🤯🤯
You do 1.
Duh.
The point of castling is literally to protect your king, not just go and say “hey, I’m just going to expose my king here and hope they won’t notice.”
But noooooo, beginners have to think “ooh, a stupid castling opportunity. Perfect!”
Anyway, just don’t castle unless you have loads of pawn protection.
when i first started i would trade rooks/knights/bishops for pawns and rooks for bishops/knights and never focus on checkmating (i didn't start with chess.com)
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When you’re just starting out it’s super easy to fall for cheap tricks like the Scholar’s Mate. After a few painful losses though, you start recognizing those patterns and it feels good when you finally shut them down. It’s basically a rite of passage for every beginner.And if you want something simpler, then I recommend looking Powbet- 75/25%This site has many games that do not require strategic skills, but some calculation is necessary.
Aug 22, 2025
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#19
You've nailed one of the first and most important lessons in chess. I always tell my students that you aren't just playing your own pieces; you're playing your opponent's pieces too, and you have to be just as interested in their plan as you are in your own.
Some beginners are too focused on attacking, which makes it easy for experienced players to subtly manoeuvre their pieces into an attacking position while the other player is still focused on their (probably weak) attacks.
While you play chess you have to see what the other player is doing as well.
For example, if someone sets up the Scholar’s Mate, and you just play Nf3 (or Nc6), completely oblivious to the attack, then they have an easy checkmate.
Of course, if you don’t know the Scholar’s Mate, then there’s an excuse, but otherwise it’s kinda embarrassing to lose like that.