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nice! just don't give away any material for free and you should be in good shape!
Hence the age old saying "If at first you don't succeed; try, try again." Well done.
i hate that goddamned computer.
it has caused me more frustration in the past three weeks than i can express with words
RealMadridTheLegend wrote:
LeviAJones escribió:
after being squashed by the computer on chess.com on the easy setting several times, today i fought it to a draw... haha so, maybe i'm not as terrible as i was the first day i came here
does not matter. In chess, to win is to lose, so to lose is to win
Summer 2007 is in the ballpark, but this is not the oldest topic you could have bumped.
kopaljordan wrote:
HI fellow Chess nerds, how do i go from making a lot of mistakes in my play to making none?
Play a lot of games at slow time controls against players a little stronger than you.
Review those games for mistakes.
Now and then play over a few famous historical games.
Read books.
Solve tactic puzzles.
The list @imbacon has often posted has a lot of useful tips
Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
after being squashed by the computer on chess.com on the easy setting several times, today i fought it to a draw... haha so, maybe i'm not as terrible as i was the first day i came here