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Hmmm, it never occurred to me to mock your intelligence. I began by trying to answer your question as to why not to use terms like “aggressive”. I went on to point out that you seemed to be debating the advice given rather than accepting it for the excellent advice that it was. Trust me, had I intended to mock your intelligence, I’d have done so in a manner unmistakeable to all.
Sep 21, 2018
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#23
The blunt facts are: you aren’t that great of a player and need to get that out of your head. Only when you do this can you allow yourself to fully learn the basics of chess and get over 1000
IMBacon wrote:
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
I currently have a rival who is about as good as me if not better. I have a few problems I have to fix if I want to defeat him though, he is a really aggressive player and loves to play white so first of i need to find the best way to beat him as black, also I'm a fairly good player but i sometimes make moves to fast without calculating and right after that move i see were i went wrong. plz help.
First piece of advice...STOP with using terms like "aggressive" The only style at your level is "blundering" Now to answer your question:
Opening Principles:
- Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
- Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
- Castle
- Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
The objective of development is about improving the value of your pieces by increasing the importance of their roles. Well-developed pieces have more fire-power than undeveloped pieces and they do more in helping you gain control.
Now we will look at 5 practical things you can do to help you achieve your development objective.
They are:
- Give priority to your least active pieces.
- Which piece needs to be developed (which piece is the least active)
- Where should it go (where can its role be maximized)
- Exchange your least active pieces for your opponent’s active pieces.
- Restrict the development of your opponent’s pieces.
- Neutralize your opponent’s best piece.
- Secure strong squares for your pieces.
Don’t help your opponent develop.
There are 2 common mistakes whereby you will simply be helping your opponent to develop:
- Making a weak threat that can easily be blocked
- Making an exchange that helps your opponent to develop a piece
Pre Move Checklist:
- Make sure all your pieces are safe.
- Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) as this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
- If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
- 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.
- After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
thx 4 the cheet btw
cheat sheet not cheet
Sep 21, 2018
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#27
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
at any level the only style is blundering just less so the further you go up the ranks. No human can master chess
Yeah, it's all relative, but there are certain habits and fundamental knowledge that's accessible to anyone and will push any player from beginner to intermediate.
Ok those words "beginner" and "intermediate" don't mean a lot on their own. Basically you can get to 1600 (or close to it) though experience (just playing games and learning some basic knowledge) and developing good habits (sounds easy, but these habits take a lot of time).
Good habits is the hard part. It's looking at what your opponent's last move threatened. Everyone does this sometimes, but your goal is looking for 100% of moves in 100% of your games. It's also checking to make sure your intended move doesn't immediately lose any material. Your goal is to never even blunder 1 pawn.
And the last habit is checking to see if you have a win after your opponent's last move. You have to calculate checks, captures, and threats. If one move order doesn't win material, try calculating a different move order. The stamina and flexibility to consider more than one option on every single move is difficult. Often new players talk themselves into a move that looks good without ever considering an alternative.
Ok some brief examples from your games. Hopefully I'll find some good basic knowledge and habits to talk about by looking at a few of your games.
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
plz help.
Have you tried some of the clubs for noobs? Or any of the lessons on chess.com(that would be a no)?
We are talking about you had a bishop on c4, a queen on f3, and then moved Qd3, after about 7 seconds of thought...vs a wide open f7. Total game was 7 moves, with you resigning one pawn down.
Sep 21, 2018
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#29
OP-maybe you think your opponent is “aggressive” when really they are just making sound moves ala IMBacon’s advice?
If your opponent crushes you/ gets easily the initiative as white, study his openings and try to figure out how to surprise him, share here some of your games so good players like IMBacon and others can help you (that in addition to the previous advice).
LouStule wrote:
OP-maybe you think your opponent is “aggressive” when really they are just making sound moves ala IMBacon’s advice?
1. he is not a chess.com user
2. this is an irl match/person
3. he has told me himself that he has not read any books videos etc.
it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me anylize more of my games. If not then it's your choose.
Sep 21, 2018
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#34
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me anylize more of my games. If not then it's your choose.
You can usually get free analysis from humans pretty quickly.
Take one of your games (not a game where you win easily, and preferably a game where you lost) and post it here
https://www.chess.com/forum/category/game-analysis
along with some of your thoughts and how you evaluated some of the positions / moves that were interesting or confusing to you.
whenever I play someone I "rival" with and that I play a lot, I will study a sideline or variation of the opening they play to throw them off. For example if they play the nizmo as white. learn how to the f3 in or sometime cause that isn't played often
Farm_Hand wrote:
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me anylize more of my games. If not then it's your choose.
You can usually get free analysis from humans pretty quickly.
Take one of your games (not a game where you win easily, and preferably a game where you lost) and post it here
https://www.chess.com/forum/category/game-analysis
along with some of your thoughts and how you evaluated some of the positions / moves that were interesting or confusing to you.
thx
Sep 22, 2018
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#37
thegoldenknight2003 wrote:
it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me anylize more of my games. If not then it's your choose.
You would be better served if you did your own analysis first. That way others will get an understanding of your thought process, and what your ideas were.
If the time is unlimited you can take your time
This thread has really great advise for me! Thanks Bacon and Farm and Cello!
and I'm not saying I'm the greatest chess player, not even close. to be honest i suck but i came here searching for constructive advice/criticism not Shock_Me's mockery