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well nothing worked like i planed ---as usual !!!!  still in the bottom - i get to 30 moves then fall apart - it seems  those darn pawns always get in the way -- or maybe its my opponent always uses those pawns better than i can --- will try a few more this morning till i get exasperated and decide to quit once and for all -- i always say that - cause at the time i mean it -- but i think iam addicted to this game  cause i always relent and come back - so it just hot air coming out of me at my lack of patience and understanding that how i want to play the game is different from how i should play the game -- this problem i have had all my life - knowing that to follow the rules like very one else will get me a little way down the road -- but the to find the secret key  to this game as with any game their is a secrets way to play this game  - a cheat maybe its called - and i always think i can find that key /secret/ cheat- cause i never choose the long slow tried and true way to get better as all the other followers of game have  here -- its a fault thats deep in my core - to want to neep at the heels of the sheep herd (as a coyote does )  instead of be part of it or be the dog and lead it --  sad really - to know ones faults but be helpless to change 

wonder if there is  aaa for chess players ?    

Everyone gets frustrated. I'm 1300 at 3 minutes and often feel like throwing the computer out the window.  World Champ Magnus gets frustrated.  It's just part of the game... wins, losses, frustration. 

Ok, you played 7 games this morning. Know how many times you castled in those 7 games?  Twice.  I castle 99 out of 100 games. Have to protect your king!

In those 7 games, I noticed you're still breaking opening principles we discussed.

1) Don't move same piece twice in opening without good reason

2) Don't bring queen out early.

3) Castle early.

4) Control center with pawns.

5) Don't move rooks until castled and developed.

I'm telling ya, just follow those principles and the game becomes much easier. Why make it harder? Please, do it in just one game. I don't care if ya win or lose, just do it for me. For my own mental health.  I'm giving ya solid tips, use 'em. 

Give 'em hell Doker!!! 

last three posts i put up are not here - don't know why ?- friday sat posts all gone --

just about time to stop tonight sat night -- maybe a couple more just to beat into me that what iam doing doesn't work  -- tomorow i will just play bots i think less pressure - maybe only one piece in a one min game will work ? sunday morning here we come 

I noticed that too when I looked at thread. No idea. I thought maybe you or mod deleted them.  Apparently just a glitch since their back.

"maybe a couple more just to beat into me that what iam doing doesn't work"

Sounds like me when I'm occasionally hating chess. Hang in there! I have faith in ya.

couple games  this Sunday afternoon before my med nap - at 118 at least not in bottom 100 for a change -- need to play bots more trying different moves-- after my move 10-- that's where iam getting into trouble almost every game   thanks for the advice 

but being 1200 and lossing few  in a row and being 110 and losing  a few in a row are completely different things -when i lose a game i lose 10 percent of my score - when you lose very very little --mind you iam sure the sting is the same losing from 1200 to 1190  as i do from 110 to 100 - losing is losing -- its just you seem to right the ship quite fast as i seem to travel down the rabbit hole till i fall out of the other end into wonderland  and then still get beat by the mad hatter 

after nap "wow the meds are kicking fast today "-- i going to try another 5 minute game and see if i can improve my speed in those first ten moves then slow it down to see what you have been talking about in your advice about taking 30 sec moves and seeing the whole board -- - i never hate chess --- i just hate the way i play and the lack of trying to correct what i know is wrong -

hoping that secret door /magic key trick play  will reveal itself some day  and i can get out of the 100 club  and  bottom feeders society  

You have the key... use opening principles and take hanging pieces. That's it.

You had that game. Ya didn't take the free knight (even with 2 chances), but even then you still had a huge advantage with much better development - all you had to do was CASTLE! The chess gods love DEVELOPMENT & KING SAFETY!

In your next game - try to castle before move 6 or 7. Then start pushing pawns and repositioning knights/bishops. And capture hanging pieces!

Give 'em hell Doker! You got this, bro!

have tried all day to get on to play a game so far it saids servers all tried up come back later 

at  least there is the bots to play  

well back on the site its up working for me now  b

just no use in complaining today lost a few  games --will  more than a few in a row so - nothing is working tried  all my openings and nothing is working -- going to try something new  next few games see if i can stay out of basement 100 score today --- fat chance !!!!!!

i wonder how many people use engines to play 10 min games and up--- not that i accuse any of using engines i am  so bad that using a engine against me would be audacious use of power- but i wonder when you get that frustrated (others iam sure feel like me ) that some would use a second computer to run a offline engine  and then play the game --- just wondering - maybe it would help -- to learn -- i am  sure there is a way to get caught- but then again - wonder what it be like to win say five games in a row --- hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!   

Doker, you played 14 games today... and castled 0 times. Why do you hate to castling?  King safety is important and easy to do. 

"Don't move the same piece twice in the opening." I've said that over and over. By now, you have to know you shouldn't do it, yet let's take a look at today's game:

I've made it my mission to see you get to 500, so please follow some advice.  Just one game.... for me:

1) Castle early

2) DON'T MOVE SAME PIECE TWICE UNTIL CASTLED

well when i first started i  would  castle after four moves then i always got caught on that side by their queen or bishop sometimes in tandem -- so i stopped castling --- keeping the king in the middle  where i could defend from both sides -- i should revert to castling again i will try that next game -- don't move the same piece twice till castling our king eh? ok i try that too 

some thing strange has happened last 35/40 games  when i play a fellow with say 100 to 115 i starting to see how badly they play  sometimes even worse than me -- but i see how they leave pieces dangling -- i just wish i could see my own moves --  i see how their development  of   pieces  fail and  some times i even win -- but not because i see their moves two moves ahead or so--i just get lucky  and win -- but it is a new development i starting to see the board better i guess -- its not much of a improvement in my play  but i see it more clearer now than before   one more game before the meds take over i have a good cup of strong tea to keep awake for a little while -- smells really awful some kind of root healing far east herbal store  loose strand tea bought for me a a xmas present -- tastes not so bad - hope it keeps the meds down -- ok off to one or two more games -- playing 5 min. games right now  

thanks as always for your insight 

off to sleep now - one win one loss  but i did what you said about castling and not moving my queen till then and  not backwards etc  the win was not very good he missed my queen twice with his pawns -- he left alot of hanging stuff i could have had him sooner -- the loss was two mistakes in row by me left me open and  he got with my pants down so to speak-- i will try tomorow again to stick to the castling and not moving queen till then and backwards  will see how it goes 

by the way the tea doesn't smell after you take a taste of the tea------ strange!!!!!!

I knew you'd start noticing opponents doing all those wrong things I keep preaching about. Like bringing out queen too early, hanging pieces (or dangling as you say : ), and moving same pieces over and over again instead of developing.  Take advantage! Do the right things and the game is easier.

As for "getting caught" by their queen and bishop, after castling early... easy fix - good development. Which I suspect you weren't doing back then. Now if they try that, you'll have squares around you king defended.  Along with a huge development advantage!

Looking forward to seeing your games over the next few days. Give 'em hell Doke!

tuesday morning started on a good track winning a couple then poof!!!!!!! lose lose  to  same tactics 

get ting up to 137 then back into the basement again 

the not moving my queen till castling king is right as you said --  just have to get faster at doing it need to get it down to 5 seconds for all four moves -- fingers are old and full of arthritis so its hard on these tiny keys - have to practice that all as one move to get it smooth

then you can tell me what i should do next i know its about the knights moving - but need to get a exact fix on what next then practice it 

i await your instructions 

You developed and castled. I love it.

Remember - don't want to move pawns in front of king unless absolutely necessary. Pawns help protect the king!

Work on developing ALL your knights and bishops quickly. That last knight didn't get off the back row til move 19. That's a bit late.

And when developing knights.... try putting them on their "natural square" towards center, rather than the rim.

You let a few hanging pieces slip by, but for the most part you did fine. Well played sir!

well this  tuesday afternoon before my med's  nap i played 3/4 games won 2 lost 2 -- net zero -- but i guess thats not the point right now -- worked on my first five moves done quickly -- still needs work on next five moves -- confusion at best with those  score down but its ok -- i got a goal today -- 

that game up above you sent -- was a one off-- i tried doing something i saw on you tube -- but it confused me won't try that again- back to tried and true -first five moves then work from  there -- don't move the queen till castle the king  move right pieces to left side  when black when white opposite - i work on that when i wake up