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Xacu
I lost two games in which I captured more pieces than my opponent, as well as more important pieces, he had a few pawns but I captured his bishop and both his knights, I don’t get this game wtf. I literally haven’t won a single game, I have like 30 loses and I’m playing good!!
IMKeto

This question is asked REPEATEDLY.  And it generally always has the same circumstances.

All you play is speed chess.  What are you expecting besides losses when you're not giving yourself time to think?

Your moves make no sense.  You have absolutely no game plan.  Again...if you're moving fast how are you supposed to understand the position?

You hang material, miss simple tactics, and dont follow the most basic of chess ideas.  Again...how are you expecting to improve...know what is going on...when all you're playing is bullet?

 

Xacu
Well, thanks that’s good advice, but I guess my main question is, does more piece capture win you the game? Or is the score built on the way you move your pieces
IMKeto

The amount of material has nothing to do with the final score of a game.  Its not how much material you have.  Its what you do with the material you do have.

A chess game is won in the following manners:

Checkmate.

Resignation.

Forfeit.

Time.

nexim

The object of the game is to checkmate (threaten with inescapable capture) the opponent's king. You should probably do some basic lessons here on chess.com to understand the rules of the game.

LeeEuler

I think you are confused on the rules. 2 pawns can beat a full army. I would like at some resources on here on elsewhere to get a better grasp on the rules

MARattigan
nexim wrote:

The object of the game is to checkmate (threaten with inescapable capture) the opponent's king. You should probably do some basic lessons here on chess.com to understand the rules of the game.

That is what the FIDE laws say, but your opponent can foil that by immediately resigning, which terminates the game before you can reach your objective.

LeeEuler

Meant look not like. Some of the most picturesque games end after a series of piece sacrifices 

Antonin1957
IMBacon wrote:

The amount of material has nothing to do with the final score of a game.  Its not how much material you have.  Its what you do with the material you do have.

Yes indeed. The only thing that matters is checkmating the opponent's king, or forcing him or her to resign because their position has become hopeless. Some of the most beautiful games in chess history have been won by brilliant players who can analyze the board, see developing patterns, and actually sacrifice enough of their own pieces in order to put themselves into an unbeatable position with the pieces they have left. 

Most of us will never reach that level of genius. But we can play out their games and enjoy them. happy.png

Xavierdavis1

Look up chess strategies on wikipedia.

Here are some in order of complexity.

pins, forks, skewer, batteries, discovered attacks (especially discovered checks), zwischenzugs, deflections, decoy, sacrifices, underminings, overloading, and interference

The more advanced the strategy one applies during the game, the higher probability of winning regardless of anything else!

 

sahlti
ro win