yes... i felt about the same when i started, walking in unfamilier territory without any idea of what chess players call "a plan", as time progresses and you study chess the feeling dissapears and your understanding of chess grows...
Looking at the forest and the trees in a chess game
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I don't know how to say this. But when I look over a chess game where every move I make may have dire consequences, I see a whole forest coming toward me. And then I look at the individual trees, and follow one or two of them, but then it seems no matter what I do, there is something ready to trap one of them.
I'm working with the tactics trainer and reading two books on tactics. And I play different characters on Chessmaster 9000, but as I said on another thread, when I am stuck in Chessmaster, I click on the HINT button.
But when you are playing another person online, there is NO hint button.
It's hard for me to think 2 or 3 moves ahead and plan.
Maybe if I were to play some complete chess fool I could plan. But there are no chess fools here. And strange to say, that 's why I enjoy this site, because there are really fine chess players and thinkers here.
Books don't seem to help right now. It's all in my head - trying to find a good path in the forest.
Maybe this means I may be growing - even though it does not feel like it.
Anyone ever feel a bit like this?
stwils