MarkGrubb wrote:
Strange, I thought Charles Babbage invented the computer. I read it in a book.
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New player and many questions.
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Snookslayer wrote:
Books are for losers. That's why God invented computers.
After the game click "Analyze." Look at a few suggested computer lines, get bored, and then play another game.
I thought that this forum is meant for politeness. I'll report his post to the moderators. I possess the following:
BS COMPUTER SCIENCE with three years of Chemistry at Cal State Hayward
BA French UC Berkeley
Intermediate and Advanced Certifications from the Sorbonne University
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15 years law enforcement experience
6 years teaching of which 4 years at the community college level
Yeah, I'm a loser. Please let's move on and forget Snookslayer who was reported to the moderator for abuse. Thank you all.
(EDIT) Books on my shelves date to the 1600's and different people learn in different ways.
Hello,
To learn chess well is like learning a new language. It needs hard work and practice all the time.
And like the new language there is no lowest level. You earn what you learn.
No fast chess at all for a long time. Do you think you can learn a new language that way?
Go through the free Lessons here on Chess.com. Several times if you want to. And do it on a real chess board where you can concentrate.
Select a few positional openings ( London as white, Rubinstein French against 1.e4 and Dutch Leningrad agains 1.d4,1.c4,1.Nf3) to begin with where you decide the game and goals and type of positions.
Formulate a few questions you always answer before you make a move, like:
1. is my opponent threatening anyting?
2. is my development done?
3. can I improve a piece or pawn placement?
In this way you put pressure on your opponents and sooner or later you get chances to win.
Good luck and be patient!
Apr 14, 2021
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#26
Do you blunder the endgame or your pieces?
I advise you to start from the beginning, reviewing basic endgame (queen mate, rook mate, basic kinga and pawns, bishop pair mate) ad do a lot of puzzles. When you improve that part play a lot of games but review each one. You will soon gain a lot of elo points I guarantee
Here some tips 1:Develop your peiced 2: Control the center 3:Always check if theres something attacking your pieces 4:Ask yourself what benefit will i get if i do this move 5:Kings indian is a good opening i recommend it
Yes it is but its really good bc u can get a rook and rooks are good for endgames
I watch gotham chess to
i wouldn't recommend just that opening but the channel
i think i already recommended that to someone else
I don't know if I'm qualified to give you advice, being also a beginner(800 rated) but I would say work on not letting the opponent capture any of your unprotected pieces. Here's a tactic you would probably benefit from learning:
white sacrifices a knight, but that ends up with the queen being pinned and then captured.
Apr 14, 2021
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#34
Hey OP,
I took the liberty of doing a quick analysis of one of your games. Purely at random selected the on against motaa00.
I'm not going to point out every mistake or inaccurate move. Just some suggestions for structural improvements:
- On move 7 you play Ne5. Even though the engine says it's a good move. It's fundamentally a very bad way to play. None of your pieces are developed, only your Knight on f3 is out. Don't send that one Knight on an adventure. Focus on developing first. After trading you are back at zero pieces developed, on move 10.
- On move 15 you play Be5. This is also fundamentally a bad move. It's a one move attack. Your opponent can just move his Rook attacking your pawn on g2 or he can just play f6 forcing you to retreat again. Please don't let the fact that you opponent misses it encourage you to play these pointless moves. Focus on development, activate your pieces, get them out and on active squares. Get your king to safety first. In other words, build a strong position.
- Next one is pretty fascinating. On move 17, after he attacks your Queen with his Knight, you play one of the worst moves I have ever seen. Your move is so bad it's even difficult to find. May have been a mouse slip, but assuming it's not. So, your Queen is under attack. The best response would be to take his Knight. Taking with the Knight or taking with the Bishop are both excellent (and obvious?) options. But you could also move the Queen, you have many excellent safe squares to got to. So, combined you have 5-7 viable options. After spending about 10 seconds you decided to castle, removing the defender of the Queen (which was the King) and allow him to take you Queen with check. The evaluation goes from +13 to -6 implying you lost the equivalent of 19 points of material in this one move. This is more than just an oversight, this is going for the worst possible move, one that doesn't offer you anything. Look up checks captures and attacks (or checks captures and threats). Try to get better at evaluating moves,
- Last one. Move 27. I'll have to admit this is a difficult position, not very easy to find the best moves. But the Rook to e1, after spending around 1 minute, is literally the worst move you could play, because it loses instantly. Correction, there is one move that is literally the worst because it loses literally instantly, but you know what I mean. You need to work on your understanding of the game. Play puzzles, lots of them and get a feel for basic tactics.
In summary, I think you really need to work on your fundamentals. the fundamentals of opening play and the fundamentals of game tactics.
Apr 14, 2021
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#35
Play some daily games for a while...I also started out really struggling on rapid and moved to daily tournaments and got hooked on those games...I don't go back to rapid so often but when I do in find it a bit easier now. I also just picked up Pandolfini's weapons of chess and highly recommend it if you're in the market for a book. Lots of short but highly instructive chapters on key things to learn to help improve...
Theres a lot of selection bias on chess.com. The average chess player on chess.com is much better than the average non tournament over the board player. Me and a couple of my friends have made accounts here. When I started about 2 months ago, I dropped to 440. Another friend dropped lower. I would say a true true beginner who just learned how the pieces move today would actually be 180-250 rated. I know I am not dumb either, as I have somewhat of a math and computer science background. Over 2 monthts of play i've worked my way up to the 700's. and Im sure in another month or so I will be 800+ rated. It's just daily practice
Play longer time formats.... 10 minutes or even 15|10... maybe even longer if you have the time. with practice it'll come quicker, but you gotta learn how to do it slow first.
Study the opening principles. Develop, control the center, castling to get your king to safety, etc. Don't waste too much time memorizing openings. Pick one with white and stick to it: I recommend 1.e4 as white (Ruy Lopes or italian) and as black maybe a response to e4 and d4, but don't spend too much time on it and especially don't memorize it. It's honestly a waste of your time memorizing. Just try to learn and understand the principles I mentioned early
Make sure you know how to perform basic checkmates.
King and two rooks (or King and 2 queens - or King rook and queen) - they are very similar
King and Queen
King and Rook
If you don't know how to do that, there's not much point in learning everything else and playing well during the whole game and then when it's time to win you don't know how... these are a must!
Checkmating patterns will do you wonders as well. Also look for ways of trading down pieces when you have a material advantage so you can take the game into a winning endgame and convert it into a victory. Also avoid trading when you're down in material.
Analizing your games (especially the ones you lost) will help you a long way, but not much if you're memorizing. Having a more experienced player go through your games with you would be best if possible. Also, don't just play and do puzzles, study. There are plenty of helpful content here on chess.com and youtube. Maybe check out agadmator's channel on youtube if you feel like it...then play attention to how masters plays. He covers classic chess games as well as contemporary games and gives some tips for beginners. There are also other channels with educational material for beginners. The learning content here on chess.com is good as well
Lastly but not least, do some puzzles and especially stop hanging pieces.
If you learn opening principles, do some puzzles/tactics, basic checkmate patterns, and most importantly stop hanging pieces, then learn how to trade down when you have material advantage you can relatively easily get to at least 1000 elo rather quickly...
Most importantly, keep making sure you're having fun, as that is the best way to get good at something. Good Luck
Apr 14, 2021
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#38
Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a chess coach based and chess book author based in California.
I have tips to help you improve your chess skills so you can win more games.
-I recommend playing with a slow time control, such as game in 30 minutes. You need time to think. Beginners tend to make a lot of silly moves with very little time. This makes sense since there’s a lot of pieces on the board.
- Before each move, I highly encourage you ask questions before every move such as, “If I move here, is it safe?”, “Can I safely capture a piece?”, and more. Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. If you are past this stage, then find a forcing winning line.
-I also offer a free beginner’s free eBook on my website, www.ChessByLauren.com in case you are interested. The book is about asking questions before each move.
-Learn basic tactics such as the fork, discovered attack, pin, and more. I offer interactive puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php
-I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces” and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.” Both books are available on Amazon.com. Both books are endorsed by chess masters!
-If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.
I hope that this helps.
Thank you again to everyone that has reached out and even offered to play games with me. i would love to get some games in with anyone that would like to play with me. I am not worried about winning or losing just learning. I am greatly impressed with how helpful everyone is. My discord is ClaPps84#9358 if anyone would like to be able to play and chat at the same time. Thanks again to all of you.
I couldn't figure out how to print just one screen. but the engine says I missed checkmate and i do not see it. what did I miss?
I try to be very polite and now I've blocked him and sent two complaints to the moderator. Back off. I attempt to be polite and work in law enforcement. I KNOW communication skills, @MarkGrubb And I possess several years of teaching experience along with 15 years inside of a Level 5 MAX.