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No im not acually looking for a mentor. im just looking for a player pref 1500+ who has a style similar to my own. i saw a video that said the best way to inprove was to find a player with a style like yours to study their games.

if you relate to my style please comment.

       I'm an Aggressive player that prefers open games.  also I prefer to have huge pawn advantages in the endgame so sometimes you may see me sacrifice a knight for 2-3 pawns. I hate using the roy lupez becuse it gives them 2 free pawn moves. i switch between the scotch, italian, and ponziani(just learnt, used it in one game and won with it, sloppy game however)

 

 

 

NOTE: do not look at any of my games today im on a huge losing streak from lack of sleep last night.

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Thomas...no offense but, the first thing you need to forget about is "style" 

Right now, the only style you have is hanging pieces, and missing simple tactics.

I did review some of your games, and you make typical beginner mistakes. 

You dont follow opening principles

You hang pieces

You miss simple tactics

First things first:

1. Learn the Opening Principles

Control the center

Develop towards the center

Castle

Connect your rooks

2. Tactics...tactics...tactics...

3.  If you would like help i would be happy to help.

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Diakonia wrote:

Thomas...no offense but, the first thing you need to forget about is "style" 

Right now, the only style you have is hanging pieces, and missing simple tactics.

I did review some of your games, and you make typical beginner mistakes. 

You dont follow opening principles

You hang pieces

You miss simple tactics

First things first:

1. Learn the Opening Principles

Control the center

Develop towards the center

Castle

Connect your rooks

2. Tactics...tactics...tactics...

3.  If you would like help i would be happy to help.

you must have looked at one of todays games i put a note to avoid that i got about 3 hours of sleep last night so my chess is lacking today. i need atleast 6 to perfrom at my best, but yes help would be much appreciated.

If you would be king enough to answer a couple questions i would appreciate it

1.At my level should i play ponzani or scotch

2.why do some players consider the bishop better than the knight when the knights skeywers can cause lots of damage.

3. Is it worth knowing any d4 attacks instead of e4 at my level

Thank you!

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Thomas9400 wrote:
Diakonia wrote:

Thomas...no offense but, the first thing you need to forget about is "style" 

Right now, the only style you have is hanging pieces, and missing simple tactics.

I did review some of your games, and you make typical beginner mistakes. 

You dont follow opening principles

You hang pieces

You miss simple tactics

First things first:

1. Learn the Opening Principles

Control the center

Develop towards the center

Castle

Connect your rooks

2. Tactics...tactics...tactics...

3.  If you would like help i would be happy to help.

you must have looked at one of todays games i put a note to avoid that i got about 3 hours of sleep last night so my chess is lacking today. i need atleast 6 to perfrom at my best, but yes help would be much appreciated.

If you would be king enough to answer a couple questions i would appreciate it

1.At my level should i play ponzani or scotch

2.why do some players consider the bishop better than the knight when the knights skeywers can cause lots of damage.

3. Is it worth knowing any d4 attacks instead of e4 at my level

Thank you!

I took a sampling of all your games.  We all started at square one :-)

1.  Opeings at your level are trivial.  Find a couple you like to play with white, and black.  Learn the basics of those openings. 

As far as what opening you should play?  That will be your decision.  But IMO, between those two i would play the Scotch.  But i would also study the basic king pawn openings - Ruy Lopez, etc. 

2.  Bishops are stronger in open positions, while knights are stronger in closed/semi-closed positions.  As far as "preference"? As you get stronger, youll start to understand that the posiiton dictates which is stronger. 

Beginners generally like bishops better because they are long range pieces.  While knights are short rtange pieces, and require a bit more finesse to play. 

3.  Sure its a good idea to learn some basic d4 openings.  Queens gambit, Colle, London, Trompowsky. 

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I took a look at some of the games you've won (none from today, like you asked). Here's some advice:

Don't move the Queen until you've moved both knights, both bishops, and castled. The exception being Qa4+/Qh5+, but ONLY if it is a fork that wins a piece (not pawns).

Control the center. After 1.e4, if your opponent doesn't make a claim at the center by playing e5, c5, or d5, take the opportunity to play 2.d4 and take the center.

Don't move the same piece twice in the opening.

Bg5 to pin the knight to the queen is pointless unless the enemy king has castled kingside. 

Castle Early.

Move knights before bishops, it's more flexible.

Don't sac pieces for pawns until the endgame when enemy pawns threaten to promote.

There is no point in putting the enemy king in check. Only do it if it helps with something else. In fact, in the opening, it is counter-productive to put the king in check because it helps your opponent develop.

Out of the openings you listed, I'd say the scotch. However, I'd recommend the King's Gambit instead. It's extremely aggressive and requires precision from white. At first you'll probably lose quickly, but eventually you get the hang of it and your tactical vision will become better.

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Charetter115 wrote:

I took a look at some of the games you've won (none from today, like you asked). Here's some advice:

Don't move the Queen until you've moved both knights, both bishops, and castled. The exception being Qa4+/Qh5+, but ONLY if it is a fork that wins a piece (not pawns).

Control the center. After 1.e4, if your opponent doesn't make a claim at the center by playing e5, c5, or d5, take the opportunity to play 2.d4 and take the center.

Don't move the same piece twice in the opening.

Bg5 to pin the knight to the queen is pointless unless the enemy king has castled kingside. 

Castle Early.

Move knights before bishops, it's more flexible.

Don't sac pieces for pawns until the endgame when enemy pawns threaten to promote.

There is no point in putting the enemy king in check. Only do it if it helps with something else. In fact, in the opening, it is counter-productive to put the king in check because it helps your opponent develop.

Out of the openings you listed, I'd say the scotch. However, I'd recommend the King's Gambit instead. It's extremely aggressive and requires precision from white. At first you'll probably lose quickly, but eventually you get the hang of it and your tactical vision will become better.

thank you for  excelent comments

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Just play games when you are concentrated and go over the games you lost and try to figure out what mistakes you made and then try to stop doing those mistakes

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Diakonia wrote:
Thomas9400 wrote:
Diakonia wrote:

Thomas...no offense but, the first thing you need to forget about is "style" 

Right now, the only style you have is hanging pieces, and missing simple tactics.

I did review some of your games, and you make typical beginner mistakes. 

You dont follow opening principles

You hang pieces

You miss simple tactics

First things first:

1. Learn the Opening Principles

Control the center

Develop towards the center

Castle

Connect your rooks

2. Tactics...tactics...tactics...

3.  If you would like help i would be happy to help.

you must have looked at one of todays games i put a note to avoid that i got about 3 hours of sleep last night so my chess is lacking today. i need atleast 6 to perfrom at my best, but yes help would be much appreciated.

If you would be king enough to answer a couple questions i would appreciate it

1.At my level should i play ponzani or scotch

2.why do some players consider the bishop better than the knight when the knights skeywers can cause lots of damage.

3. Is it worth knowing any d4 attacks instead of e4 at my level

Thank you!

I took a sampling of all your games.  We all started at square one :-)

1.  Opeings at your level are trivial.  Find a couple you like to play with white, and black.  Learn the basics of those openings. 

As far as what opening you should play?  That will be your decision.  But IMO, between those two i would play the Scotch.  But i would also study the basic king pawn openings - Ruy Lopez, etc. 

2.  Bishops are stronger in open positions, while knights are stronger in closed/semi-closed positions.  As far as "preference"? As you get stronger, youll start to understand that the posiiton dictates which is stronger. 

Beginners generally like bishops better because they are long range pieces.  While knights are short rtange pieces, and require a bit more finesse to play. 

3.  Sure its a good idea to learn some basic d4 openings.  Queens gambit, Colle, London, Trompowsky. 

Tank you for answering my Q's... Ive Always prefered knight ov bishops becuse i gets of skeywers with them

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