Develop as a low rated player.
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Mar 2, 2018
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#2
Do tactics and make sure you don’t blunder. That should get you to at least 1250
Hi cellomaster 8,
Thank you for the suggestion, sounds like a good idea
MitSud skrev:
Learn basic tactics, don’t hang pieces, should get you to about 1200
Thank you for the suggestion
Play long games so that you have time to think before you move.
DragonPhoenixSlayer skrev:
Play long games so that you have time to think before you move.
Yeah that sounds like an good idea. I have as I stated played rapid/bullet. But I think as you confirm now, that you should do some games where you have more time for thinking over your moves.
Mar 2, 2018
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#8
I have the same problem as you. I have found that I fare better in 15-10 or longer games than the bullet/rapid games.
Vegito_ZA skrev:
I have the same problem as you. I have found that I fare better in 15-10 or longer games than the bullet/rapid games.
indeed
I think that you need to work on your opening
In my opinion, you should start developing your stronger pieces before moving many pawns. Like, you should bring your knights and bishops out, castle, and then work on the pawn structure. If you want to improve your game, I would recommend completing the study plan in the lessons category.
Mar 2, 2018
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#11
Hello Anders
The best way is always to play people face to face. In a chess club. It truly is.
Are there any chess clubs near you?
try tactics and leave the blitz for a while, start playing slower games, also if you want I am giving a free lesson via skype, just message me if you want
Mar 2, 2018
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#13
Play slower — double and triple check every position for a checkmate or a free piece. Doing this will bring you up 400 points from where you are easily.
When you find out, let me know. I can barely stay in the 900s.
Thank you for all the suggestions guys. I will start up with some tactics and do some longer games. 🙂
"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think.
One isn't better than another. Having fun playing bullet is great stuff, while 3-0 and 5-0 are also ways to get your pulse pounding and blood pressure leaping off the charts. But will you become a good player? Most likely not.
Of course, you can do both (long and fast games), ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive
Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
Mar 3, 2018
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#17
The main thing is to take the time to look at all your and your opponent's possible moves and obvious combinations and tactics - especially in daily games where you can forget something you were monitoring on the last move. That helps eliminate blunders, which we all make from time to time!
Hi fellow Chess-players!
I have very much fun playing chess, but I'm really not good at the game(Struggling for defeating people with around 800 (chess.com rating), and I do now want to do an effort for improving my game. Not for any master-level at all, but at least improve my game. Since I'm very low rated player I wouldn't think that it would take long time to improve my game. I Do some blunders here and there and ends up loosing a game where I have had a better position. To this post I have included some games that I have played. I want to hear with you guys what is an OK to develop as a player, the question will not only be for the one correct way, but a way. One thing I know is not helping me is that I do play some rapid/bullet and for thinking chess I would think that is not helping for a low rated player.