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Born2slaYer
May 16, 2021
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#21

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

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Are_5
May 16, 2021
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CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

I've noticed that opening is the most important part of a chess game and a good opening can lead to victory.....therefore theoretically middlegame should be the deciding factor when both the opponents have an equally good opening and counter moves to each others openings...but usually when that's the case then, the two players are likely to have equally strong middlegames and it usually is the end game that decides the victor. Then shouldnt we focus on endgame strategies and openings more cause middlegames usually require the practice of relatively few tactics (as per my experience)

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Born2slaYer
May 16, 2021
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Are_5 wrote:
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

I've noticed that opening is the most important part of a chess game and a good opening can lead to victory.....therefore theoretically middlegame should be the deciding factor when both the opponents have an equally good opening and counter moves to each others openings...but usually when that's the case then, the two players are likely to have equally strong middlegames and it usually is the end game that decides the victor. Then shouldnt we focus on endgame strategies and openings more cause middlegames usually require the practice of relatively few tactics (as per my experience)

Well as per my experience you don't need to spend a too much time on opening just regular at playing one opening that will help you.

Middlegame should be mastered first because it gives birth to endgame.

Like if you play good in middle game it will help you take the advantage From the beginning

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Are_5
May 16, 2021
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#24
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:
Are_5 wrote:
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

I've noticed that opening is the most important part of a chess game and a good opening can lead to victory.....therefore theoretically middlegame should be the deciding factor when both the opponents have an equally good opening and counter moves to each others openings...but usually when that's the case then, the two players are likely to have equally strong middlegames and it usually is the end game that decides the victor. Then shouldnt we focus on endgame strategies and openings more cause middlegames usually require the practice of relatively few tactics (as per my experience)

Well as per my experience you don't need to spend a too much time on opening just regular at playing one opening that will help you.

Middlegame should be mastered first because it gives birth to endgame.

Like if you play good in middle game it will help you take the advantage From the beginning

Since Im very new to chess Im not very well versed with the different openings so sometimes I lose the game when a new type of opening is used since I require more time to make my move.

And at the level I am right now I've mostly lost during middlegame when I made a silly mistake (like moving a piece to a square where it is hanging and an opponent piece happens to be there). The middlegame does give birth to endgame and a strong middlegame does give an advantage for endgame but this terminology also happens with openings, middlegames and endgames. Since opening comes first must it not be given priority?

Most times I have lost are during the endgames and tht wasnt due to a weak middlegame but rather cause I wansnt able to make the right move or trade during the endgame and this is more prone during endgames due to lack of time.

This is what I experience during my current stage

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TeresiK
May 17, 2021
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#25
shadow1414 hat geschrieben:

#1 study tactics and endgames. Not openings. Learning openings will not make you a "worse" player but tactics and endgames matter much more than openings since they will determine the outcome in pretty much all games at lower levels.

#2 play long games. Preferably 30+20 or 15+10. They are fantastic for improving and although they might seem boring at first the more time you use on each move and the more you get attached to long games the more fun they will be. Trust me(and make sure to use your time. Time is a resource just like your pieces so use it)

#3 do not play or study when you are feeling bad. Tired. Tilted. Unfocused. Hungry ETC. If you do your play and improvement will suffer as well as your rating.

#4 do not play bullet or blitz. For lower-level players bullet and blitz are just moving pieces and hoping for the best which will not help you improve.

#5 when you lose a slow-game the best to do is to drink a glass of water. Take a walk. And then analyze the game. Tapping "rematch" is tempting but not healthy.

I hope this helps

 

Thank you! Sounds like a good plan! 

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blueemu
May 17, 2021
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#26
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

The book that did the most to improve my middle-game play was Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.

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Born2slaYer
May 17, 2021
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#27
blueemu wrote:
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

The book that did the most to improve my middle-game play was Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.

 

oh nice

I have listened about Hans Kmoch ig

The book which helped me improve was this oen

Mating the Castled King by Danny Gormally, Improvement chess book by Quality Chess

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Marcyful
May 17, 2021
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#28
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:
blueemu wrote:
CongoratsUlost2me wrote:

Focus on improving your middle game and endgame most primarily middlegame.

The book that did the most to improve my middle-game play was Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.

 

oh nice

I have listened about Hans Kmoch ig

The book which helped me improve was this oen

 

Uhhh, is that supposed to be no book or what?

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Tortillagettingbanned
May 18, 2021
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#29

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