You have the time, just be systematic.
Go through every oponent move before clicking the 'submit'.
Start with the pawns left to right, then the bishops, then knights, queen white square, queen black squares, rooks, king.
Pay extra attention to every possible capture.
You have the time, just be systematic.
Go through every oponent move before clicking the 'submit'.
Start with the pawns left to right, then the bishops, then knights, queen white square, queen black squares, rooks, king.
Pay extra attention to every possible capture.
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No one ever lost a game by playing the right moves.
The idea is to reduce your mistakes, both in scope and frequency. The degree to which you can do that, you get stronger.
Very few people actually play chess well. For most, playing it less badly will be very satisfying.
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I saw about 10 of your live games and you are really not bad at all.Of course you do blunder(understandable for your rating) but your game is not totally irrational and you seem to understand the basic positional principles.
At first I was really surprised but when I tried to see your on-line games I understood why is that, there aren't any.You play almost only 10 minute live games.That is a "chess improvement" suicide my friend.For your rating, blitz is ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN.
You play only blitz? How will you ever learn to think?You need to devote 10 minutes a move not a game.Every game must be a lesson , do you feel you learn anything from 10 minutes game?Blitz is to relax or maybe have the chance to play some quick games with a new line you want to test . it's not to learn.NOONE learned chess playing blitz and even if someone is so naive to tell that he did he would have learn 10 times better and faster with long time-limit games.I wouldn't even allow you to play with a clock(not even with 2 hours a game) if you were in my club.
Would you ever start learning driving lessons blindfolded?Would you ever try it?
Trying to learn by playing 10 min games is like trying to learn driving blindfolded.
Thank you very much sir reviewing my games also thanks for the advice... i hope to improve my games in the future...
I don't like the stereotype that "playing long games improves calculation". Most important for learning from short and long games alike is to find out from your losses and some of your draws where it was that the game spiraled out of control and why it did.
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I don't like the stereotype that "playing long games improves calculation". Most important for learning from short and long games alike is to find out from your losses and some of your draws where it was that the game spiraled out of control and why it did.
Thank you very much...
Most games between lower level players are lost because of obvious blunders. If you play long games neither side will make these mistakes (well not as often) and you can start to really use everything you've learnt, like tactics and endgame techniques. Practicing these will make you better at chess.
On the question of slow versus fast games, Dan Heisman's recommendations make most sense to me: http://home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Lessons/chess_lesson.htm (see section "Four Homeworks").
He says to use 55% of the time you have for chess for playing, and "Of the Play time, use 85-90% of your time to play long time control games slowly and 10-15% for speed games with the same increment as your important slow games."
To the original poster, who asked about how to avoid the wrong moves, see Heisman's articles, The Secrets of Real Chess, and An Improvement Plan. If you like those, I highly recommend his book, A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook. That book alone has helped me more than any other 10 chess books combined.
Closeau741, the difference between "spend 100% of your play time on slow games" and "spend 85-90% of your play time on slow games" is one of degree. They are both arguing for the position that slow games are far more important for improvement than fast games. The difference is whether slow chess should be ALL or just ALMOST ALL of your playing time.
Start by reducing the losing materiel mistakes. Then reducing position disadvantage mistakes.
stay away from blitz for a while. 20/20 or something nice and long that will allow you to think or plan. learning with 5-minute chess isn't going to help much.
this is the one thing i love about chess .com people are always willing to help well done to all. im only a 1400 player but the book that is helping me at the moment is Dan Heisman book a guide to chess improvement its got very good advice on everything . ive ad the book 3 weeks now and im enjoying chess more because im looking at the board and thinking better about my moves a very good buy.
I envied you people, you can easily buy those Chess books. Have fun and learn.
I found a great article, "The Seeds of Tactical Destruction" on Novice Nook, that might help you avoid blunders. It gives a list of things to look for that could be indicators of tactical weaknesses on both sides.
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I am always a victim of my wrong moves and that makes me lose the game...please help!!!