Get free chess tips by a 789 FIDE rated player

About the middlegame tips:

Basically what your aim is is the following. You want to play openings that you enjoy playing and that you understand very well. I dont mean you need to become a theory book but you have to understand the typical plans and motifs in your opening. For example if you play the french defence with black you should know over time how you can get play on the queenside and how you can undermine the white center with a well timed f6 move. i am talking about this french structure:

blacks play here is with c5 and f6, both make a lot of sense because c5 undermines the white center and f6 does the same by attacking the first pawn of the pawn chain. if white would take on f6 black gets more central control as he can later push e5 and if he doesnt take on f6 black can take on e5 himself which would weaken the e5 pawn. 

so in general you should play openings in which you know the middlegame plans. thats the reason why learning 30 moves long theory lines wont help you if you dont understand the plan behind them because if your opponents does not play your theory move you wouldnt know what to play.

let me just give you another example. the sicilian dragon.

this is the basic pawn structure:

Doesnt matter if you play this structure with white or black you HAVE TO understand the plans behind each side. black has the half open c file and whites king is on that file too so its obvious that black needs to put his pieces there. normally white has a knight on c3 so black would try to play b5-b4 to push it away. blacks light squared bishop can get to e6 where it attacks the a2 pawn, another weak pawn in whites queenside position. with a bishop on g7 the long diagonal is also dangerous for white as the bishop aims at the b2 pawn and can eventually get attacked again by blacks queen. blacks knights could also attack b2 via the squares c4 or a4. this is basically how to think in such a position. you need to find the right places for your pieces and attack the enemy where he is weak. 

from the white perspective it is also obvious what he has to do. first of he has to remove his king from c1 to b1 because on c1 the king is in the half open file and also the a2 pawn is unprotected. after he did this prophylaxis move he has to attack the black weaknesses himself. g6 is a target which white can make use of by playing h4-h5 and opening the h file. if he could exchange blacks bishop on g7 one key defender would be eliminated so white can double on the h file and mate black. whites knights can potentially jump to d5 or to g5 in the long term. 

Here the simple setup for black again in this sicilian dragon just for the visualization: (of course this doesnt mean you can just get this in every game but it just illustrates where you can place your pieces)

And believe me its the same with every other opening. for both sides there are different plans that both players need to understand. the side that understands his plans and the opponents plans better and is able to make these planks reality quicker will usually win the game or get the advantage. just always try to think of the characteristics of the opening position you got, look at the weaknesses and then play the plan that makes use of them. 

some plans in the grunfeld. well there are many lines but normally what black does is play on the queenside and undermine the white center, usually black has 2 vs 1 pawns on the queenside in most lines. white normally attacks on the kingside where he has one pawn more but its very hard to say because every specific line can be different.

thanks. and no i am not 13 years old brah. i am 789 years old, like my fide rating.

Brah Brahsen is right. Try Jerry from ChessNetwork (youtube). 

Or ChessVideos.tv for practice

My question is how did you get that FIDE rating.  Did you have to register or something? And how many rated games did you have to play?

you certainly have sincerely piqued my interest with post #22 - how about this then:

Black to play

would Black have any hope in turning this into her favor? my thoughts are (and please do correct them, and share yours):   

1) Black's Q-side pawn chain vs White's Q-side pawn chain

*not much to consider, even with the three on two, Black can't do much here?

2) Black's K-side pawn chain vs White's K-side doubled f-pawns and isolated h-pawn  

*the K-side pawns has a better chance in making a dent into White's camp?

3) Black's stalwart Rook on d8 has got the passed d-pawn's back(literally)

*since Rooks are best utilized when it's behind a passed pawn, not infront; would this be enough in a R + N vs R + B + N? 

(afterall White's Bishop has been pretty much....emasculated from the game)

thank you,

Johnny you get the fide rating if you play a certain number of fide rated otb tournament games. 

Now to your position lofina. I can share with you my thoughts about the position. My first instinct tells me white has to be better because he is a piece up and black has no direct compensation. Right now black has 2 pawns for the piece, f5 is hanging so if black takes it he would have 3 pawns for the piece which would at least on the paper mean equality. Of course Important is blacks d3 past pawn. A problem though is that the knight on b3 has no moves and black can not really do anything with his past pawn at the moment. Black would like to play c5 in general whivh would threaten to push c4 after which the past pawn would be a protected past pawn. So white would have to take which would make blacks missplaced knight on b3 better again. The thing is if black doesnt take on f5 he will only have 2 pawns for the piece which is definitely not enough. If he takes on f5 now though you would have to calculate exf5 Bxc7. After Rc1 white has Nd5 to protect the bishop and after ke6 after Nd5 white can take on d3 with rxd3 and hold every thing together probably. So considering this black should probably play 1... c5 after which white can take on e6 and then on c5 and would be up a piece for 2 pawns. He can then try to get his king to the past pawn and eventually win it after which it would be game over. Considering all These thoughts my evaluation is white is better or maybe even objectively winning. 

Sorry i am on my cellphone so i missed a pawn. Black actually is already 3 pawns up at the start. Anyway as mentioned above i still think white is better. Greetings i will be back home soon.

thank you for your insights

(I was White, and I lost)

Wow really? Can you post the game please i am really curious what happened. C u

Or at least tell how you lost ^^ and what time control

*yes, really. I see the dots, but.....I just can't connect them! I only started this crazy idea to try this crazy game out for fun(3 years ago in a library).....

and yes, I can post it, let me find it please

IamNoMaster wrote:

There are no FIDE ratings under 1000

Im looking forward to the game, I am at home now ^^. And yes there are fide ratings under 1000, mine is 789.

it's truly a forgettable game, embarrassing too

i want to see the game too:)

you are not 789 for sure - club level and above?

.......but this is definitely right up your alley, your playing strength....this was beyond me; hope you can have fun with this -

jengaias you just gotta eat very healthy food and focus while playing. and of course play good moves brah. and no i am not 2200 blitz, i just havent played enough games to be higher brah.