If you're losing your queen quickly, that points to tactical weakness. As your tactical vision gets stronger, you 'see' most forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, etc. without even thinking about them. How can you improve your tactical vision? First you need to get good at spotting the basic motifs. "Winning Chess Tactics" by Seirawan or "Back to Basics: Tactics" by Heisman are both good for that. Then you need to get good at spotting combinations (where two or more motifs combine). For that, the chess.com Tactics Trainer is a good option since all the examples are taken from real games. Another option is software like CT-B or CT-ART from Convekta or Personal Chess Trainer.
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Jun 15, 2008
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My favourite tip to people in your predicament is as follows: Don't let your king get checkmated.
Sunshiny wrote: Are you pulling your queen out too early?
nope, i leave it there untill its needed or in danger. but my mom always seems to now how to trick me into getting it. she norm puts my king in check then takes my queen. sigh.
well, buy a chess book or hire a teacher, i hired a teacher that trained me once a week and gave me a tatics book, in a few months my chess increaced greatly.
petershaby wrote: Can you diagnose the problem so we can help with the solution? If not post a couple of games and annotate what your thoughts were for both you and your opponents moves. identical sentiments
amen!!
Jun 20, 2008
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arrowhead13 wrote: Sunshiny wrote: Are you pulling your queen out too early?
nope, i leave it there untill its needed or in danger. but my mom always seems to now how to trick me into getting it. she norm puts my king in check then takes my queen. sigh.
It sounds like she's getting you in a trap. Study the game and develop a defense against it.
petershaby wrote: Can you diagnose the problem so we can help with the solution? If not post a couple of games and annotate what your thoughts were for both you and your opponents moves.
thing is is that i dont know all those d5 and A3 notations and things. so i cant write out a game till i learn what on earth those dxn4 stuff means.
arrowhead13> thing is is that i dont know all those d5 and A3 notations and things. so i cant write out a game till i learn what on earth those dxn4 stuff means.
http://www.chesshouse.com/how_to_read_and_write_chess_notation_a/166.htm
thanks for the help. good read.
If you want a cool read, I reccommend The Tao of Chess, by Peter Kurzdorfer. It combines chess principles with popular Chinese philosophy!
Jun 20, 2008
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Check out Chess Tactics Explained in English: A Complete Tutorial at www.chesstactics.org. It will take you a number of hours to work through the material but it is probably the fastest way to rapid improvement for someone in your situation.
i am good at chess when im playing someone who has not played in some time but when i play someone who has their "chess legs" i get in big trouble. i always seem to lose my queen fast. i have been told to "see the whole borad" but i just cant seem to. do u have any tips about how i can improve my game?