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TheCrazyPersonnel

PGN:

If you don't mind, are you able to go through a short step by step the process of what I really did wrong and point out some critique comments? Please criticize this game intently for this is one of the stupidest game I have ever played. (Besides being Fool's mated). Thank you very much!!!

SujanShadrak

I really can't say anything cuz I am a lower rated player than you or your opponent. You just missed a few things here and there.

DiscipleOfKeres

I think your problem is that you are hanging pieces and are trying to go for super ambitious plays while forgetting that chess is a game for two people. 

One good way for you to improve is to learn opening principles. The big ones are:

-Develop your pieces to good squares

-Try not to move pieces twice

-Get your king to safety as soon as possible

-Fight for the center

-Try not to move unnecessary pawn moves

-Don't bring your queen out early. 

-Remember that while you have your own plan, your opponent will probably have their own plans as well. 

4...Nc6 was okay. I would have preferred 4...Nf6

Don't be so concerned about pawns in the opening. Speedy development is more important, so try not to go for things like 7...Nxd4. You cannot really do anything until your pieces are off the back rank. 

Before every move, a couple main questions you should ask yourself:

-What is my opponent planning?

-Is this playable?

-Which pieces are defended? Which are attacked?

-Are there any pins, discovered attacks, forks, skewers? 

At the end of the game, maybe you could have tried 12...Ne4, since anything can happen at beginner levels, and after 13...Qxb7+ Kf6, you could try to bluff the double rook sacrifice. I am honestly skeptical of this line. 

You also need to anticipate that your opponent does not have to play what you want them to play. 

I suggest studying master games. Masters like Morphy, Rubinstein, and Steinitz should be a good start. 

 

IMKeto

 

Opening Principles:

  1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
  2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
  3. Castle
  4. Connect your rooks

Tactics...tactics...tactics...

 

Pre Move Checklist:

  1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
  2. Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) as this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
  3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
  4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
  5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"


 

Chessflyfisher
DeirdreSkye wrote:

Why you need someone to critiscize you?

On move 7(7...Nxd4) you take a pawn and you miss that white queen protects it.

Forget all the rest , focus on that and fix that. You have to answer an important question. Why you missed it?

Can you answer that?

If you can't answer that it's probably because you are not thnking and you are not thinking because you play blitz.

     It was not the game stupid. A player in your level playing only blitz and expecting to improve without many stupid games, is stupid.

Do you want to improve? Start playing long time control games and start thinking.Analyse your games , find the mistakes and the reasons. Fix one tiny little thing after every defeat(sounds easy , but it's not , it's doable though). That's enough to be an expert in 4-6 years(you can accelerate this if you study a bit). 

    When you play thinking chess you can identify your deficiencies. Diagnosis is the most important in chess. You have to find where you are "sick". How will you do that if you play non- thinking games that mostly have non-thinking mistakes? The same type of mistakes will be repeated again and again.

      

Great advice, as usual.

BISP247
ilovesmetuna wrote:

12....d4!!!! a killer!

Agreed it is. - Yoda

dankalpacas

lol is this a joke...you just explained your mistakes to yourself in the commentary

TheCrazyPersonnel

I have read every single comment and would like to appreciate everybody who have contributed into criticizing me (calling me stupid tongue.png). This has helped me so much and I will make sure to post another one of my games, where I do really bad (or somewhat bad).

Just some simple questions, how can I familiarize myself with different openings quickly? How can I improve my critical thinking skills in chess? 

TheCrazyPersonnel

Deirdre Skye. I really appreciate your impact on helping me out to become a better player. Please check out this next game I played, not blitz but standard, as I had more time to analytically think, hence, performed better. I felt like the domino effect was going to occur after the move 9. ...Rb8. But my opponent stuffed up and I got on top of him. If you would take the time to really look into this game and directly criticize my mistakes, this will really help me out. Again, thank you for the response. (btw, you're not a jerk, more like a teacher wink.png )

IMKeto
TheCrazyPersonnel wrote:
 

Deirdre Skye. I really appreciate your impact on helping me out to become a better player. Please check out this next game I played, not blitz but standard, as I had more time to analytically think, hence, performed better. I felt like the domino effect was going to occur after the move 9. ...Rb8. But my opponent stuffed up and I got on top of him. If you would take the time to really look into this game and directly criticize my mistakes, this will really help me out. Again, thank you for the response. (btw, you're not a jerk, more like a teacher  )



Rat1960

6. ... black to play. I guess you did not like the look of 7. Nc7+
I would have played either 6. ... Rc8 or 6. ... e6 because there is no threat.
6. ... e6 7. Nc7+ QxNc7 8. BxQc7 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 BxQd2+ 10. KxBd2



IroncladFist

Ignore all those people who are giving strategy advice... The way I see it, pick up a good tactics book with mate in 2,3,4. Then another one with just tactics that win a piece,exchange etc. You clearly have trouble seeing simple threats and strategy requires seeing more than a capture of a piece in 1.