Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond.....
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Jul 24, 2024
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One way is to play with friends or random people
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Learn and apply the most important principles of chess.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.
As an official Chess.com coach who's taught chess to students from the age range of 4 to adults, I have the same simple advice:
"Don't jump to think. First simply Look!"
When looking at a chess position, you're already thinking! That's how the mind works. See what is possible on all 64 squares, and don't get consumed by a preconceived notion or thought. Look at your opponent's last move and their position, and ask yourself, "Is there a threat?" If there is no immediate threat to your chess position, then look for active possibilities for yourself.
Things to look for are:
- Hanging pieces or pawns (Loose Pieces Drop Off or "LPDO" is an easy way to remember to look for this).
- Pulling a defender away from their duties; a combination may be possible to win material.
- A weak or open King position for your opponent; there may be an immediate tactic to gain material, OR you may be able to launch a successful checkmating attack.
Tips for beginners: use fried liver attack, move queen pawn if you are black.
BigPictureChess wrote:
As an official Chess.com coach who's taught chess to students from the age range of 4 to adults, I have the same simple advice:
"Don't jump to think. First simply Look!"
When looking at a chess position, you're already thinking! That's how the mind works. See what is possible on all 64 squares, and don't get consumed by a preconceived notion or thought. Look at your opponent's last move and their position, and ask yourself, "Is there a threat?" If there is no immediate threat to your chess position, then look for active possibilities for yourself.
Things to look for are:
- Hanging pieces or pawns (Loose Pieces Drop Off or "LPDO" is an easy way to remember to look for this).
- Pulling a defender away from their duties; a combination may be possible to win material.
- A weak or open King position for your opponent; there may be an immediate tactic to gain material, OR you may be able to launch a successful checkmating attack.
Thank You for the tips. I will never forget LPDO.
Rewuim wrote:
Hey there! One thing that's really helped me is using ChessMood. They've got awesome courses made by Grandmasters that break down complex tactics and strategies in a super easy-to-understand way. Plus, they have a great community where you can discuss and learn from others.
Link to ChessMood: https://chessmood.com/?r=NationalChessBlasters
Good luck!
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out
Only play as long as you are having fun. Sounds really simple, but it actually helps.
As soon as you find out, what excites you about the game, focus on improving that skill. If you want to improve systematically and by a lot, you will have to learn everything else, later on, but for now it is a very effective strategy.
Also one 'trick' that will immediatly bring better results is the blundercheck. After every move made by your opponent think about, wether you can win something. And before every move you make, check wether it will lose something.
Rewuim wrote:
Hey there! One thing that's really helped me is using ChessMood. They've got awesome courses made by Grandmasters that break down complex tactics and strategies in a super easy-to-understand way. Plus, they have a great community where you can discuss and learn from others.
Link to ChessMood: https://chessmood.com/?r=NationalChessBlasters
Good luck!
The cost is very high.
Thanks