It looks like the "Think!" advice is the first advice for chess.
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i think its bad advice for a beginner to formulate a strategy; running before you can walk, though it is good advice to get them to take their time on long games.The Most important piece of advice is to try not to hang your pieces. Just obey the opening principles and don't hang pieces. Then, get better at tactics, then don't hang your pieces. The best way to get better at tactics is either/or puzzles, or play attacking chess. get a gambit repertoire. But remember, attacks fail if you don't develop enough pieces!
Lots of good comments already: drop the opponents name in the future. You didn't disparage the person, but they might be embarrassed just the same.
Otherwise you provide a lot of good suggestions.
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Nice examples!
Guacaipuro wrote:
As beginning chess players (sub 1300), we're often too concerned with the notion of attack. That is, mindless attacking drives; we make moves that serve only one purpose, and as such, they're easily recognized and shut down by a stronger opponent. One of the main reasons for such a mentality is a lack of patience from our parts; we don't want to think of potential future moves, we want to attack and do it now!
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I agree!
But I think there's more to it too. When we first begin, all possible move seem equally playable, so we have to come up with our own criteria for distinguishing between moves. If all you know are the movement and capture rules, then the only way to differentiate between moves is if it attacks or captures something... so these are the moves absolute beginners will play.
After learning opening ideas like development, it gets beginners into the middle game where again, eventually most available moves look equally plausible, so again it's time to make attacking moves.
It's not really fair to admonish a beginner for not looking at their position to make a plan... because planning means you're able to evaluate the position in the first place. It is good for them to hear that idea though "make a plan"
Nice-play !! i would only add as a advanced beginner you should learn to play with the ROOKS. games on that level the 2nd most powerful piece the rooks are usually ignored, learn how and when to open files for them they MUST become a part of your arsenal !! It takes time but soon it will come naturally TAKE-CARE
As beginning chess players (sub 1300), we're often too concerned with the notion of attack. That is, mindless attacking drives; we make moves that serve only one purpose, and as such, they're easily recognized and shut down by a stronger opponent. One of the main reasons for such a mentality is a lack of patience from our parts; we don't want to think of potential future moves, we want to attack and do it now! This is, consequently, the first barrier encoutered by an aspiring chess learner, and if he fails to recognize it, he'll be staying in the beginner zone for quite a while.
Overcoming this barrier is quite simple: take your time. Unless you're playing bullet chess, I suggest you take at least a few seconds to think about your position, formulate a plan based upon it, and execute it through your hard-learned tactics (you're not playing chess if you don't know the main tactics). Don't suicide pieces; if you captured an opponent's piece and this attacks it back, retreat it (or place it in a square where it can threaten something else)! You don't have to suicide it like most beginners do. Finally, try to make your moves serve at the very least two purposes, whether they be offensive, defensive, positional, developmental, etc.
Here's a pair of illustrative games that demonstrate the aforementioned concepts.
Have fun guys.