OPENINGS! MID GAME! HELP ME.
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I know some openings like Sicilian, Italian game, ruy Lopez but I don’t know what to do next. I make huge blunders in my mid game and I am so confused. What objectives should I have in my mind apart from control the centre?
Developing your pieces is very important
Also try the Urusov gambit explained @ https://youtu.be/dxUuueHFfFs
Thanks, but I try to develop pieces as well. How do I stop making small mistakes and blunders
CONCENTRATE BOI CONCENTRATE
grandmasterLeroy wrote:
Thanks, but I try to develop pieces as well. How do I stop making small mistakes and blunders
stop being human?
grandmasterLeroy wrote:
I know some openings like Sicilian, Italian game, ruy Lopez but I don’t know what to do next. ... What objectives should I have in my mind apart from control the centre?
It might be helpful to look at books like:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Discovering Chess Openings by John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Starting Out: The Sicilian, 2nd Edition by John Emms (August 2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Starting Out: Open Games by Glenn Flear (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232452/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen134.pdf
First Steps: 1 e4 e5
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9033.pdf
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/vincent-moret/
Starting Out: Ruy Lopez by John Shaw (2003)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024240/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen53.pdf
The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move by Neil McDonald (2011)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627022042/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen153.pdf
grandmasterLeroy wrote:
... I make huge blunders in my mid game ...
It might be helpful to look at books like:
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
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grandmasterLeroy wrote:
I know some openings like Sicilian, Italian game, ruy Lopez but I don’t know what to do next. I make huge blunders in my mid game and I am so confused. What objectives should I have in my mind apart from control the centre?
Actually you dont know openings. You dont follow opening principles, you miss simple tactics, and youre hanging pieces.
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?"
Middlegame Planning:
1. Expand your position:
a. Gain more space.
b. Improve the position of your pieces.
2. Decide on what side of the board to play.
a. Queenside: a-c files.
b. Center: d-e files.
c. Kingside: f-h files.
Compare, space, material, and weakness(es)
Play where you have the advantage.
3. DO NOT HURRY. Regroup your pieces, and be patient.
Thanks guys that was great help. One question, what does “space” mean? I have heard it being used before and in fisheyedfools’s post.
Does it literally mean like space?
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grandmasterLeroy wrote:
Thanks guys that was great help. One question, what does “space” mean? I have heard it being used before and in fisheyedfools’s post.
The farther advanced your pawns are, the more space you have.
In the example, white has more space on the queenside.
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "04/15/2018 05:31pm"]
[White "grandmasterLeroy (806)"]
[Black "ooobepis (776)"]
1.e4 d5 2.d3 d4 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bg5 f6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nh6 7.Be2 g4 8.Nh4 f5 9.Nxf5 Nxf5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Bxe5 Nc6 12.Bxh8 Nb4 13.Bxg4 Bg6 14.Bh5 Qg5 15.Qe2 Kd8 16.Bf6 Kd7 17.Bxg5 Re8 18.O-O Rxe2 19.Bxe2 Nxc2 20.Nc3 Nxa1 21.Bg4 Ke8 22.Re1 Kf7 23.Nd5 Nc2 24.Re7 Kg8 25.Re8 Bxe8 26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nxe8 Kg6 28.f4 Nb4 29.f5 Kxg5 30.h3 Nxd3 31.h4 Kxh4 32.g3 Kxg3 33.f6 {Black Wins}
[Date "04/15/2018 05:31pm"]
[White "grandmasterLeroy (806)"]
[Black "ooobepis (776)"]
1.e4 d5 2.d3 d4 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bg5 f6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nh6 7.Be2 g4 8.Nh4 f5 9.Nxf5 Nxf5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Bxe5 Nc6 12.Bxh8 Nb4 13.Bxg4 Bg6 14.Bh5 Qg5 15.Qe2 Kd8 16.Bf6 Kd7 17.Bxg5 Re8 18.O-O Rxe2 19.Bxe2 Nxc2 20.Nc3 Nxa1 21.Bg4 Ke8 22.Re1 Kf7 23.Nd5 Nc2 24.Re7 Kg8 25.Re8 Bxe8 26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nxe8 Kg6 28.f4 Nb4 29.f5 Kxg5 30.h3 Nxd3 31.h4 Kxh4 32.g3 Kxg3 33.f6 {Black Wins}
Ok thanks. But how do u add in games on here.
AntonioEsfandiari you’re not that funny...
Along the top of the input box is a list of options. The first one is a chess board symbol that (on some systems) will enable you to input a game.
Where is the input box
Is that the website or app
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