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Hey! I would love to know the same thing! I’m thinking it’s because of all the theory behind it. Sometimes a move I think is amazing blunders checkmate in 3! ;)
I think it's a little difficult without knowing what puzzle rating you are trying to solve and seeing examples of the ones you are having difficulty understanding.
1. Don’t take if it’s a mistake
2. If there is an opponents piece in your side of the board you need to neutralize it.
3. Attacking moves are the best (ask yourself: Can I counterattack?)
4. Don’t blunder.
From the interwebs.
2. If there is an opponents piece in your side of the board you need to neutralize it.
3. Attacking moves are the best (ask yourself: Can I counterattack?)
4. Don’t blunder.
From the interwebs.
Three instructive annotated games collections:
Targeted primarily to the beginner-novice player - clear, amateur-friendly explanations of the why's and wherefore's of the chess moves. Every move is explained):
"A First Book of Morphy" by Frisco Del Rosario (I suggest to read/study this first)
"Logical Chess Move By Move" by Irving Chernev
"Chess The Art of Logical Thinking" by Neil McDonald
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Congratulations! You've just discovered why we'll never be better at chess than robots are. Sometimes the best move makes absolutely no sense, even after you look at the follow-up. We mere mortals simply do the best we can.
It’s a good question. Sometimes I find you have to play “the man” more than the board, to get the best moves. But generally my advice is to really pay attention to your analysis, until you see the patterns that are finding you success.
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
Congratulations! You've just discovered why we'll never be better at chess than robots are. Sometimes the best move makes absolutely no sense, even after you look at the follow-up. We mere mortals simply do the best we can.
True. However, some grandmasters may look and say: "Oh, the computer wants to, after 6 moves, make a positional sacrifice," or something like that.
Don't worry if engine logic feels alien sometimes. You're building chess intuition one position at a time. The question you’re asking ("Why not that move?") is exactly the mindset that leads to growth.
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
Congratulations! You've just discovered why we'll never be better at chess than robots are. Sometimes the best move makes absolutely no sense, even after you look at the follow-up. We mere mortals simply do the best we can.
This happens extremely rarely. In the case of chess.com's puzzles, these kind of bizarre puzzles appear less than 1 on 100, and pretty much all of them are rated over 3000.
I think the key point is that the OP isn't looking at the engine analysis at all. Probably he is stuck trying to use "Game review", but that is hopeless.
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Hey everyone!
I've been recently having a lot of trouble with puzzles and analysis in games. I play lichess a lot, and at times when I do make the wrong move, I can't help but wonder why not that move, or why I should play what the algoritm considers "correct"? I would love to figure out why pro chess players play these moves.
Thank you so much in advance
God bless
- Mythyx