Don't lose your pieces. Don't worry when you lose and focus on learning from your mistakes
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marqumax wrote:
Don't lose your pieces. Don't worry when you lose and focus on learning from your mistakes
Ok! Thank you for your advice! I will make sure to keep that in mind!
Jun 25, 2021
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#4
Put pawns in the center of the board.
Control of the center affords you more space, and thus more territory to comfortably maneuver and mobilize your pieces, and has the exact opposite effect on your opponent.
Be sure to get your pieces out and have them actually be doing useful things.
For instance, don’t put knights on the edge of the board, or block off your bishop behind your own pawns, unless you have a very good and specific reason to do so.
Try to get castled as quickly as possible, and try not the move the pawns in front of your castled king, this is his “shield” so to speak, so you don’t want to weaken it unless absolutely necessary.
Don’t try bringing out your Rooks or your Queen during the opening phase of the game, development of the “minor pieces” i.e. Knights and Bishops is preferable in the majority of positions.
Welcome to Chess, and have fun! :)
Control of the center affords you more space, and thus more territory to comfortably maneuver and mobilize your pieces, and has the exact opposite effect on your opponent.
Be sure to get your pieces out and have them actually be doing useful things.
For instance, don’t put knights on the edge of the board, or block off your bishop behind your own pawns, unless you have a very good and specific reason to do so.
Try to get castled as quickly as possible, and try not the move the pawns in front of your castled king, this is his “shield” so to speak, so you don’t want to weaken it unless absolutely necessary.
Don’t try bringing out your Rooks or your Queen during the opening phase of the game, development of the “minor pieces” i.e. Knights and Bishops is preferable in the majority of positions.
Welcome to Chess, and have fun! :)
I would recommend learning how to counter openings like the wayward queen attack and 4 move checkmate. Those are openings with simple ideas that utilize the queen in the first few moves (which actually isn’t that good; you shouldn’t be hasty when using your queen). They are quite popular at beginner levels, and knowing how to counter them should save you a lot of games, as they are effective only if the person doesn’t know how to counter them.
I would also recommend doing puzzles everyday. They might be difficult at first, and improvement might be difficult if you don’t have premium chess.com, but just spending 10 minutes doing 3 puzzles everyday will help you recognize tactical patterns and will help you improve overall.
Like marqumax said, learn from your mistakes. You can do this by analyzing games that you have lost. The engine will show you where you made mistakes or blunders and show you the best moves. It is a really useful feature that you should utilize.
Finally, check out Gothamchess on youtube. He makes incredible and entertaining videos that helped/is helping me improve at chess.
Hope this helped 😄
I would also recommend doing puzzles everyday. They might be difficult at first, and improvement might be difficult if you don’t have premium chess.com, but just spending 10 minutes doing 3 puzzles everyday will help you recognize tactical patterns and will help you improve overall.
Like marqumax said, learn from your mistakes. You can do this by analyzing games that you have lost. The engine will show you where you made mistakes or blunders and show you the best moves. It is a really useful feature that you should utilize.
Finally, check out Gothamchess on youtube. He makes incredible and entertaining videos that helped/is helping me improve at chess.
Hope this helped 😄
If you want to improve, play games at least 10-15 minutes long.
Review your games after you play them and look at what the computer recommended moves are. Some of them, you will be able to understand why they are a good move, other it will be difficult.
Understand the value of the pieces. Queen is worth 9 points, rooks are worth 5, knights and bishops are worth 3, pawns are worth 1. This is a general principle for estimating whether a trade is good or not, in some situations you can disregard.
The first type of blunder to avoid is when you move a piece to a square where it can be taken by your opponent. Before you make a move, ask yourself, "Is my piece safe here?"
The second type is when your opponent attacks one of your pieces and you don't notice the attack. Always pay attention to your opponent's moves, don't get overly fixated on your own plans.
The third type is when your opponent has an unprotected piece and you fail to take it.
for the Scandinavian Defense, how should i respond if white decides to ignore my pawn on D5???
Jun 25, 2021
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#8
sleepyking69 escribió:
for the Scandinavian Defense, how should i respond if white decides to ignore my pawn on D5???
Take on e4 and enjoy the tempo.
BroiledRat wrote:
Put pawns in the center of the board.
Control of the center affords you more space, and thus more territory to comfortably maneuver and mobilize your pieces, and has the exact opposite effect on your opponent.
Be sure to get your pieces out and have them actually be doing useful things.
For instance, don’t put knights on the edge of the board, or block off your bishop behind your own pawns, unless you have a very good and specific reason to do so.
Try to get castled as quickly as possible, and try not the move the pawns in front of your castled king, this is his “shield” so to speak, so you don’t want to weaken it unless absolutely necessary.
Don’t try bringing out your Rooks or your Queen during the opening phase of the game, development of the “minor pieces” i.e. Knights and Bishops is preferable in the majority of positions.
Welcome to Chess, and have fun! :)
Control of the center affords you more space, and thus more territory to comfortably maneuver and mobilize your pieces, and has the exact opposite effect on your opponent.
Be sure to get your pieces out and have them actually be doing useful things.
For instance, don’t put knights on the edge of the board, or block off your bishop behind your own pawns, unless you have a very good and specific reason to do so.
Try to get castled as quickly as possible, and try not the move the pawns in front of your castled king, this is his “shield” so to speak, so you don’t want to weaken it unless absolutely necessary.
Don’t try bringing out your Rooks or your Queen during the opening phase of the game, development of the “minor pieces” i.e. Knights and Bishops is preferable in the majority of positions.
Welcome to Chess, and have fun! :)
This is the best advice in the comments actually, just focus on chess principles, if you don't know, a simple google search would do it and practice puzzles. As you get better, you can branch off into stuff like openings etc. But right now focus on the principles.
Play a lot and try to learn what you did wrong when you lose. I regret not really doing this.
Good luck, and have fun with our ancient game!
Everyone thank you for your advices. It is very helpful!
1. Know all the rules, chess piece moves, special moves like en passant and castling queen-side or king-side, pawn promotions, and of course results such as stalemate, draw, checkmate, time control, and resigning.
2. Know the popular checkmates, like the 4 move checkmate or the Scholar's Mate and how to defend against them.
3. Try to "activate" all pieces, like moving your knights and bishops and castling so you can connect your rooks.
4. Always defend your pieces with another piece, try not to leave pieces "hanging"
5. Know what your opponent is doing, whether they are attacking your piece or trying to checkmate your king.
6. Know special tactics such as "forking" 2 pieces such as forking a valuable piece such a queen or a rook with your knight.
7. Know how to pin your opponent with your bishop, such as pinning their knight, so if they happen to move their knight, they will lose their queen. This is called relative pin. You can also pin their king as well, so they can't move their piece at all. This is called absolute pin.
8. Play puzzles and try to figure out whether the puzzle is going for material advantage or positional advantage. Material advantage is winning a valuable piece such as a queen with a minor piece such as with a pawn or knight. Positional advantage is something like sacrificing a piece in order to checkmate your opponent and win the game.
Jun 25, 2021
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#14
I recommend learning the rules fully (things like en passant and castling in addition to simply how the pieces move) and then I'd look into chess "opening principles" because they help a lot and are foundational.
https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess
https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again
Have fun when starting out 
Probably the next thing I'd check out after these would be basic checkmates and theoretical endgames like Queen + King vs King checkmate or King + pawn vs King theoretical endgame; these will help your endgame confidence a lot and give you an idea of what kinds of endings you should try and steer the game into 
Good luck and have fun
p.s. Feel free to message me if you have any questions or want help/direction along the way too
Welcome to chess.com, ActressNanami
1. Do some of the chess.com lessons, they will teach the basic principles of chess and give you some puzzles to solve
2. Play games, but not bullet or blitz games because the time limit is too short to give you time to think properly about your moves. 15/10 games are quite good.
3. Try to do some tactics puzzles, they will be useful as you get better.
Jun 25, 2021
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#16
marqumax wrote:
Don't lose your pieces. Don't worry when you lose and focus on learning from your mistakes
Jun 25, 2021
0
#17
That Chess, always making friends with people. I tell you my advise is, don’t let Chess stay overnight- he’ll never want to leave.
But on a more serious note
1. Expect many losses but learn from them. It’s just a game and doesn’t mean you’re unintelligent by not winning at it.
2. Learn the rules of the game first. Online prevents you from making an illegal move but it won’t tell you “you can take en passant here!”
3. Learn all the Tactical motifs like pin, skewer, fork, discovered attack/check, and so on. Then practice by solving many many puzzles.
4. Play daily games for starters. Give yourself time to think before moving without the pressure if clocks.
5. Opening the game- focus on developing your pieces into the center and get your king castled to safety. Try to make sure any capture your opponent can do is equal material or better for you.
6. Learn the basic check mates- King and Queen against King, King and Rook against King. Learn when you can promote a pawn with the assistance of your king and when your opponent can stop you- and how.
7. Review all your games for mistakes and figure out why you missed the better ideas; post games and ask others to give you feedback.
But on a more serious note
1. Expect many losses but learn from them. It’s just a game and doesn’t mean you’re unintelligent by not winning at it.
2. Learn the rules of the game first. Online prevents you from making an illegal move but it won’t tell you “you can take en passant here!”
3. Learn all the Tactical motifs like pin, skewer, fork, discovered attack/check, and so on. Then practice by solving many many puzzles.
4. Play daily games for starters. Give yourself time to think before moving without the pressure if clocks.
5. Opening the game- focus on developing your pieces into the center and get your king castled to safety. Try to make sure any capture your opponent can do is equal material or better for you.
6. Learn the basic check mates- King and Queen against King, King and Rook against King. Learn when you can promote a pawn with the assistance of your king and when your opponent can stop you- and how.
7. Review all your games for mistakes and figure out why you missed the better ideas; post games and ask others to give you feedback.
Hello. My name is ActressNanami. I just started chess.com 2 days ago. Chess is hard at first but I'm getting the hang of it for now. Oh, and nice to meet you guys!! Can you guys maybe give me some helpful advice about playing chess and how to win? This would be very helpful. Thank you everyone and have a nice day!