Chess Approach to calculation …how to find the best moves

Chess Approach to calculation …how to find the best moves
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Try to find all the threats/forceful moves in a given position..
Methods to win a game:-
Mate the king
Win a piece
Promote a pawn
So Given a position, see what the opponent is threatening(opponent's forceful moves)..
Then see the what your forceful moves are… And then combine the threats/forceful moves to come up with a plan to win the game by one of the 3 above methods.

About forceful moves:-
A check to the king is the most forceful move that cannot be ignored...so look out for checks to the king.. Form a plan around this..
       b.  If there are no checks to the king, the next forceful threat would be attack the the Queen and Rook,( Knight/Bishop) in that order..

Method A:- Mate the king --- Techniques of mate….
There are many usual mating techniques…But the ones that are hard to find are the smothered mates..Where the king gets surrounded by its own pieces… Watch out for those.. Look for the number of possible squares that the king can go to..( for that matter any piece..)..Specially when a Knight  is involved.
Back rank mate…..always look out for that in a position…
Look for moves which will create a mating net..calculate backwards…Imagine the final position..and then calculate the moves to reach that position..
4.) Sometimes Queen Sacrifice  leads to mate. We generally don't calculate the lines involving queen sacrifice..

Method B:- Win a piece..
Plan 1:- Attack the defender..
Plan 2:- THE DARK KNIGHT:-   The power of a knight is forking…That is attacking two pieces simultaneously…If one of those pieces is a king…Its a forceful move + a fork..That wins you a piece..
Plan 3:-  Look for Pins…Bishops/Queen create diagonal pins.. Queens and Rook can pin on a file..
Plan 4: Weakness of the last move…Every move creates a weakness…identify that..
Plan 5:- Look for hanging pieces on the board…see..which pieces are unprotected ..and which are the pieces that can attack them..
When under attack, look for counter attacking moves….and then defensive moves..

Method C:- Promote a pawn
Pawn Theory:- How to stop an advancing pawn …By occupying the same square with your pawn..

Recognize the power of pieces:-
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Knights can control 8 squares at a time..and can fork..
Look for/create diagonals when you have bishops..
Look for/create open files when you have rooks.
Objective should be to either mate or winning a piece.. So your targets are King/Queen/Rook(Knight/Bishop)/Pawn in that order..


Positional Tips:-
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Activity is everything!
Open up the position when ahead in development
Close the position when behind in development..

GM Tips:- How to avoid blunders
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Warm up before the game:-
Tactical puzzles--- 10 SIMPLE positions
Visualizations  --- Without looking at the board think about the opening theories.. Visualize your winning games!!
Focus on CHESS --:-
Don't think about the result of the game..
Visualization..
Avoid Tactical openings when your opponent is better prepared!! How to know if the opponent is better prepared.?
He plays very fast..
He choses a variation..
If you are underprepared, chose closed game..
Ex:- If you are not sure about alekhine defense…move out of it!!
Keep track of your opponent's plans!!
Keep track of the opponent's move!
What is the idea about the opponent's moves..and what is he going to move next..

The secret of strong players:- GM Igor Smrinov
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Techniques of finding strong moves..
To take is a mistake!! Let the opponent simplify the position.. Keep the tension!
Exception:- If you can win material..then we should take..
Approach to thinking:- Offense is the best defense.. Being attacked, weak players think about defending..but strong players follow the rule..offense is the best defense..

All about Tactics:-
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Formula:- Exposed king && Unproctected piece = Fork!
Recognize patterns…and see what tactics  can be applied..
List of tactics:-
Double Attacks --fork
Pin
Skewer -- Opposite of Pin ..We attack a valuable piece and when it moves..we attack the piece behind it..
Discovered Attack ..Move the piece and unleash the attack of another piece..Discovery sac..and discovered check.
Decoy: Bring a piece to square to employ a tactic
Deflection:  Moving a piece from a square/file to enable a tactic..
Interference: Create bad communication between your opponents pieces
X-Ray :- Communicating through one of the enemy pieces..
Clearance Sacrifice..
Desparado
Zwischenzug
Windmill:- Relining the discovered check again and again
zugzwang:- if your opponent could pass, they will never win
Removal of the defender
Overloading

If you recognize the potential for a checkmate, or a queen..you have to consider calculating sac..there will be some tactics


Full Board awareness:-
Knowing the color of every single square…
know the brother square: -b2 g7, b4 g5
Know the diagonal  and the color of the diagonal:-- b1, c2, d3
Knight paths..-from b1 to say a8 ..how many moves..

Visualization Exercise 1:-
Knight on a1, Q on d5, move knight to all squares without stepping on a queen attacked square..
Exercise 2 :- Blindfold:- name the protected piece in a position
Exercise 3:- Analyse the line in the head..

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