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is there anywhere you can post requesting someone to look at your games and give advice on where your going wrong and not improving much?
newtothischessabc wrote:
is there anywhere you can post requesting someone to look at your games and give advice on where your going wrong and not improving much?
Well nobody is going to spend hours going through your games but if you post one here with some questions, people might take a look.
thank you I'll find a game and post it , is it acceptable to post it in this forum or should it be posted elsewhere .
sorry just saw that there is a game analysis forum .
newtothischessabc wrote:
sorry just saw that there is a game analysis forum .
This one is fine. This thread is fine.
See? Here is one of your games. You lost on time but you were losing anyway.
Where do you think you lost?
The computer says there were a lot of blunders on both sides. Tactics training may help you to spot opportunities more quickly.
For instance, this position:
Why not just take it with your knight? The knight could have saved the game.
Don't despair. Everyone makes blunders. Training will help you reduce the number.
As far as other things, I recommend you take some of the lessons on how to open a chess game. Developing pieces, controlling space, making your king safe, etc. would really help you. I noticed your favorite piece is your knight. Knights are great but are seldom able to go it alone.
notmtwain wrote:
… As far as other things, I recommend you take some of the lessons on how to open a chess game. Developing pieces, controlling space, making your king safe, etc. would really help you. ...
"... For beginning players, [Discovering Chess Openings] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
notmtwain wrote:
The computer says there were a lot of blunders on both sides. Tactics training may help you to spot opportunities more quickly. ...
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
thxnotmtwain, in that game I feel that apart from some big blunders I played an intro I was unfamiliar with that I saw prior to playing and rather than attacking I tried to focus on getting it in the right order while paying little attention to what my opponent was doing until I finished the sequence and gave him control of the board , then I played poorly and made numerous mistakes , failure to take his rook is a common theme where I move to fast not looking at all possibilities,
your right I am fond of the knight, I hated it when I played many years ago but now I obviously use it to much.some games I have looked at I have gone alright with blunders but others I make 5.