Ok awesome, yep if I pay all my other bills then Silman will be the first cab off the rank
"How to Reassess Your Chess, 4th Edition was designed for players in the 1400 to 2100 range." - IM Jeremy Silman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/how-to-reassess-your-chess-4th-edition/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626180930/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman06.pdf
yeh can't remember the main one everyone goes on about but am sure i have it written somewhere
He has a book on strategy that might be of interest. I think it targets lower rated players, maybe the 1200 to 1600 range. ...
Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman?
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/amateurs-mind-the-2nd-edition/
Explain to me how does someone prepare openings in opening preparation?
Good question, I too suck at openings.
I don't think that players like us do much that is anything like Magnus or Marshall opening preparation, but, if you want to read a little bit about it, you might try looking at Creative Chess Opening Preparation by Viacheslav Eingorn.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Might also be of interest to look at The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas by Christoph Scheerer.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095330/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review647.pdf
Explain to me how does someone prepare openings in opening preparation?
For lower rated players, but higher than a beginner, I recommend memorizing the first three moves and maybe 3 to 5 different move #4. As a start
As you play games, you can get a feel for which moves your opponents choose more frequently, and zero in on that. For example if they rarely stay in book on move 3, go back and try a different move #2. If your opponent is anything higher than a beginner, they will usually play at least 2 book moves in a game if your staying with the more common openings.
new to the forum and chess in general. Thanks for all the informative posts.
How really good is Fianchetto in chess? I ever like to do it when the pawns aren't blocking the diagonals, and on every game I play Fianchetto I like how it runs. But after each game, when I run the Analisys machine, my b3/g3 moves are ever an Innacuracy, and even the Bishop's play isn't the best move. So my question is about how good is Fianchetto? Sometimes even the not greatest move in chess can be the best move as human mind works different?
that is a good question. It's like when you do something and the analysis says it's foolish, and two moves later you win with a checkmate
and you ignore the question to say that?
How really good is Fianchetto in chess? I ever like to do it when the pawns aren't blocking the diagonals, and on every game I play Fianchetto I like how it runs. But after each game, when I run the Analisys machine, my b3/g3 moves are...an Innacuracy...
The short answer is that the Bishop doesn't belong there (on b2 or g2) in those positions. True that in many cases a fianchetto Bishop can be strong (due to the long-diagonal), but the goal for the Bishop is to find the "best" square where it belongs and not necessarily to fianchetto as early as possible. In fact the goal of every piece is simply to become active on its "best" square where it might have the most potential in the given position.
Keep in mind that fianchetto is not often a bad idea per se, but it does weaken the pawns slightly for the time being, so the Bishop had better be best on that long diagonal and often times it might be best somewhere else; this is why these moves are seldom "mistakes" or "blunders", yet they are sometimes "inaccurate" - it isn't necessarily bad, but a better option was available. Deciding (and learning how to identify) where any piece "best belongs" in the position is a positional consideration.
And now, your hero, just had to make the thousandth post ...
Noo... I'm 1001st...
At some point, a post may be deleted and mess all this up.
Oh I wish
There could be a lively debate on the pros and cons of a fianchettoed bishop.
Unless I'm playing a specific line with an early fianchettoed bishop, I let the board speak for itself if it needs to be done.
Take the Sicilian Dragon. Black plays an early bishop to g7. Even faster in the Accelerated Dragon. I generally transpose into a dragon pawn structure if my opponent is pushing me. -normally detrimental to the aggresssor since pushing an opponent into a specific line later means they're only going along with it because it's advantageous to do so.
The Sicilian is fun to play. White often goes for a strong center, then tries to break your defenses in the center. But black never really claimed the center anyway, but rather spent the first move attacking white's center....
... so who is going win the race attacking the center of the board?
Higher level players know the song and dance, so they don't try and power through the center, but they are always looking for chinks in your defense. One little slip and black can hang it up. There are a bunch of wicked combos white can unleash at a drop of the hat.
How high has your rating been in the past, and why did you get banned xD
I've never been banned, and this is my first account and username.
I just joined for the lively forums
I estimate my rating at about 1850 FIDE though. I use a variety of means to estimate that.
Short of playing rated FIDE games, it's more accurate than using a single chess server, although I do include my Lichess rating as one of the things I use to estimate my rating.
I can't remember the exact name of it but there's one good for everyone... might have the book name lost in a vault somewhere