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Strategy has a lot to do with - "How can I improve my position?" Check this out:
http://chessfox.com/the-2-most-important-thinking-methods-in-chess
Specifically look at the evaluation thinking method. When you play and you have already checked the tactics, ask yourself how you can improve the evaluation of your position. This will not make you a master, but it will put you on the right track.
Once you are sure that you do not have any tactics, or your opponent does not have one, place a piece to a more active place.
Take it one imbalance at a time. Study pawn structures, then the center, weak squares, weak color complexes, weak pawns, good bishop vs. bad knight and vice versa, open files and using them for entry squares or neutralizing the opponent's entry points, positional sacrifices, etc.
I'm currently working on piece coordination. I'll read the appropriate chapters in Strategy for Club Players then play through some of Karpov's games from his Edition Olms game collection.
Let's say you want to know prophylaxis, you'll read about it in My System, even reviewing just that part of the book, then the Prophylaxis chapter in New Art of Defence in Chess, then work through Dvoretsky's School of Future Champions 4, and in between books and after go through some of Petrosian's (or other masters with model games in this area) annotated games.
wikipedia website has good article's on chess opeings.experiment as many openings to see how you are playing.Therotically chess opening can be as long as 25 moves per side in pro games but the basic opening idea or strategy easy to understand if one wish to learn.dont take opening too seriously when you already have idea of basic principles such develop piece fast,not to many pawn moves earlier,quick castling etc.White should try to keep his first move advantage as long possible and black will try to neutralise it as we saw,
Just play and analyze over and over again.Creative strategy will not come from the book. Above all, before you play make sure your in a state of balance so that you can think clearly and solidly. As what the great Botvinnik said the goal of chess is to crush the opponents head.
I think its not good to think or remember too many principles while playing a game. I observed that great players simplfy their thinking; focusing on the matter that will gain greater result.
That's why you need to ingrain the principles as a natural part of your thought process. An organized and correct thinking system is critical and has been known since at least Steinitz. Sometimes however principles conflict and one must use judgment when comparing them:
Black has sacrificed the exchange on c3 with the idea of a king attack and reducing white's central pressure. Does white want to play Bc5 weakening himself on the dark squares, or is a defense principle (exchange off the most dangerous attacking piece) more important than a positional one here? 22.Bc5,Qc7 23.Bxe7,Kxe7 24.Qd4 seems unclear and feels forced. 23.Nb3 and 23.Bb4 work too.
One must also keep dynamics in mind, not just statics.
hi guy... thx a lot... anybody want to ply 3/2 with me?
