Any good player willing to help me? - Chess Forums

Athanael

Mar 19, 2017

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#1

Hello there,

is there any good player around here (talking about 1700+ blitz/standard) that is willing to give me a hand in my trying to get better?

Thank you!

Skinnyhorse

Mar 27, 2017

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#2

I looked briefly at your games file. You are playing 3 minutes with a 2 second increment and 1 minute bullet. That is WAY TOO FAST to be achieving any improvement in your chess games.

IMHO, the fastest time control you should play is 15/10 or 10 minute chess; we need time to process the position on the board and to come up with tactics and good plans.

NM LogoCzar

Mar 27, 2017

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#3

Athanael wrote:

Hello there,

is there any good player around here (talking about 1700+ blitz/standard) that is willing to give me a hand in my trying to get better?

Thank you!

Here is some good advice:

Quit blitz and bullet.

Get used to playing slower games (adjust slowly if you must, for example:

5 0 to 7/0 to 7/7 to 10/5 to 10/10 to 15/10 to 30/0 to 30/5).

Try hard - analyze these. Find your mistakes, try not to repeat them.

Skinnyhorse

Mar 27, 2017

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#4

Here is a short analysis of one of your games.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Athanael"]
[Black "Sebastian_Hamilton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180+2"] 3 minutes plus a 2 second increment. WAY TOO FAST! WAY TOO FAST!
[WhiteClock "0:02:46"]
[BlackClock "0:02:32"]

1. e4 {2} d5 {4} 2. exd5 {2} e6 {1} 3. dxe6

{1 It can be dangerous to accept
this gambit (Icelandic Gambit I believe) in a blitz game.} (3. d4 exd5 {
and the game will take a more calm course.}) After the game use Game Explorer to check the opening.

3... Bxe6 {0} 4. d4 {1} Nf6 {1} 5.
Nf3 {2} Bd6 {0} 6. c4 {3} b6 {10} 7. Nc3 {10} O-O {1} 8. Bd3 {1} Re8 {5} 9. O-O
{2} Bg4 {2} 10. Bg5 {4} Nc6 {11} 11. Kh1

(dubious move, because it is not the position of your king that is causing trouble, it is the pin by the Black bishop on g4.)

({If you have enough
time you should be able to find} 11. Be2) ({or} 11. Be3 {and avoid the
troubles caused by the ...Bg4 pin.})

11... Nxd4 {3} 12. Qb1 ?

{There are better continuations for White in this position)
Sebastian_Hamilton won by resignation}

({If you have enough time to think you
can probably find this variation to help your game.} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4
Bxf3 14. Qd3+ Kg8 15. Qxf3 and White is better. )

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SAGM001

Mar 28, 2017

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#5

Also study Pawn Structures .

Amplebeee

Mar 28, 2017

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#6

It helps to know how , when and where, to develop your knights .

" enyclopedia of chesswisdom" you should read it.

i seen your games , and your knights don't ever look good .