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Longdahl

Dear chess.com community,

I have been playing online blitz for some years, and started in a chess club in the spring. After playing a match i analyze it with assistance from an engine. Sometimes there a big mistakes that can be "easily" understood and the motifs learned, but often i find that my games are quite solid (here meaning no big mistakes, but rather many small inaccuracies. and the positions seem to be quite dull), and so i find it harder to learn from my analysis. Should i simply just play "better" chess: Understand all the small inaccuracies. Or does it have more to do with the type of positions i create, positions that are not very tactical in nature.

As an example I recently played the following game that ended in a draw:

https://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor?diagram_id=4594130

The game was played in a danish chess club match, i had the black pieces and both me and my opponent are rated around roughly 1600 rating. the time control was 1:30 hours, and an additional 30 minutes after 40 moves.

How could i have played differently to play for a win in that game, and perhaps in general.

Thanks a lot!


Sandor_Toth

Hello. Maybe try to learn Gambits, not only for playing Gambits, just see how it works. Learn endgames, help improove your playing skills, and solve a chess puzzles. 

Learn, learn, learn. If I was a 15 Years old Children have made it every day. Good luck!  happy.png 

Longdahl

Thanks, good advice! :-)

Longdahl

Great Assessment DeirdreSkye, most appreciated! I agree, pawn structure transformations is something i don't understand very well. During the game i thought the pawn on d4 would be weak point my opponent could attack. How do you propose i study these transformations?