Noob's lessons from losing streak and the fightback
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6. Always check to see if you are leaving a piece hanging
7. Don't play the Russian Game
LewisSkolnick wrote:
Stop using the word "Noob" and you will instantly add 20 points to your IQ.
Am new to the gaming community. Been more of a sportsperson, so am new to nerdspeak. But, okay, fair point.
NoDevilLivedOn wrote:
the best plan is to just be flexible. Also, try to look harder in advance for your opponents moves than your own.
For sure. It's a deathwish to make premeditated moves or being bent upon playing to a predetermined plan. Openings can go anywhere, but a broad plan of trying to control or defend the center seems to work.
8. Join my group: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/opening-improvement-group
-Maximus- wrote:
8. Join my group: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/opening-improvement-group
Lol. Killer move!
After identifying your opponent's threat look for ways to ignore it while continuing your own threats / plan.
Likewise, regardless of if your opponent tries to punish your move, or ignores your move and plays somewhere else, you should still like your candidate move.
Activity of the pieces (non-pawns) can compensate for a material deficit. Not losing material is important, but it's how hard your pieces are working for you that matters most. So they say beginners play by moving their good pieces, while masters play by moving their worst. i.e. if you're unsure what to do, find the piece doing least for you and improve its position.
-Maximus- wrote:
6. Always check to see if you are leaving a piece hanging
7. Don't play the Russian Game
whats wrong with the Russian Game?
Beginers often play this variation. Avoiding it alltogether is the best choice.
Make long lists of mindless rules of thumb, instead of actually studying and practicing the royal game? Duh?
"Study Brings Wisdom, Practice Brings Perfection," backcover, GM Hellsten, Mastering Chess Strategy (2010).
So Buy It, and Get With The Program. Very Simple. 
The amount of Opening System Blather in these forums is truly breathtaking.
waffllemaster wrote:
After identifying your opponent's threat look for ways to ignore it while continuing your own threats / plan.
Likewise, regardless of if your opponent tries to punish your move, or ignores your move and plays somewhere else, you should still like your candidate move.
Activity of the pieces (non-pawns) can compensate for a material deficit. Not losing material is important, but it's how hard your pieces are working for you that matters most. So they say beginners play by moving their good pieces, while masters play by moving their worst. i.e. if you're unsure what to do, find the piece doing least for you and improve its position.
Every suggestion here is a good one.
But it presumes you already have (fairly) decent knowledge of the game.
Thanks.
And you're right. The advice in lists itself isn't very useful compared to playing/studying the game. IMO it does help to organize beginner's thoughts though. I made a number of useless lists for myself when I was starting out heh :)
I think the 'useless' lists don't make you better by themselves, but having the knoledge compiled in them catalyzes the growth when you actually play.