Tired of sucking at chess!!!!

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AutisticCath

Enough said. I need help and I need a coach!!!! Help me find one!!!

fieldsofforce
newengland7 wrote:

Enough said. I need help and I need a coach!!!! Help me find one!!!

                                                                         ________________________

I looked over your games.  You are not ready for a coach yet.  First you have to change 3 perspectives in your approach to playing chess.  The first is you have to realize that Chess is Siege Warfare in the form of a game.  I guarantee you that once  you have changed all 3 perspectives and start applying the 3 strategies of restrain, blockade and execute the enemy; within 1 month your play willl be much stronger.  There is no charge.  The system is not difficult to explain or apply.                                                                  

pdve

A coach can teach you many useful things. Apart from openings they can give you insight into what you are weakest at. Like my coach told me that I should play more tactically and I always kept that in mind.

AutisticCath

"I looked over your games.  You are not ready for a coach yet."

That is freaking nonsense. Everyone needs a coach so they can improve. If someone wants to improve and mentions they need a coach, they need a coach.

If my games are bad, I need a coach. The question is not "if" one is ready for a coach but whether one needs one. I need a coach to improve.

I am aware of the system in chess, I need no explanation of the system. I did not say I need an explanation of the system. I said I needed a coach.

If you want to comment further here, you need to give me tips on finding one or offer to be one or you will be blocked.

llama

When I had a coach, he gave me useful homework, and some tips, but the hard part, the improvement part, comes when you're by yourself, sitting quietly doing analysis, practice, study, etc.

So if I were a person's coach, and they said they can't improve by themselves, I'd definitely want to know what they've been trying... in other words, maybe you need to learn how to go about the process of learning itself.


An activity needs a goal, and afterwards, you have to be able to error check it. Tactic puzzle is an easy example. Goal is to solve, and you can check with the solution.
Visualization practice is easy too. Goal is to visualize future position, you can check by moving the pieces afterwards.
But what about playing games? I see you have played tons of blitz, which is fine, I'm not going to whine about that, but do you play with a goal? How do you check yourself afterwards?

I guess a goal I usually have for blitz is I want the general middlegame plan I choose to be correct. Lets say white pawns on e4 and d5, and I have black pawns on d6 and e5. Lets say in the game I play f5 and go for kingside play and the engine liked f5 as the 3rd best move. Ok, not bad. But it liked c6 with queenside or central play as the #1 best move. So analyzing the position trying to understand why would be the improvement process. Then a few games later I might play c6 in a very similar situation, and now the engine likes f5 instead. Ok, now you have to pull up both positions. Look at your old analysis. Make new analysis for the new position. Try to understand why the positions are different. etc.


When you read a book, it's not just about looking at a move the author says is good, and then saying to yourself, oh yeah, that's good. You have to be more combative / involved. Even if a move really is obviously good to you, find at least 1 alternative. Would that alternative move distract you in a real game? Is the alternative move bad? Do analysis, try to understand the position.

AutisticCath
Username333 wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

So go get yourself a coach.  It's your money.

 

coach me for free pls

Username333 has been blocked for his insults to religion and overall obnoxiousness. He will not be able to bother people on my posts again.

Thee_Ghostess_Lola

I mite be able2 sorta help. But since ukinda hate me from years gone by....well, let's just say Im willing to little birdie u outta olive branch - that is, if u accept. 

 

AutisticCath
Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

I mite be able2 sorta help. But since ukinda hate me from years gone by....well, let's just say Im willing to little birdie u outta olive branch - that is, if u accept. 

 

I accept! I need help. Even if it is my worst enemy who helps me.

Thee_Ghostess_Lola

Calling us frenemy's (who could go either way) feels more appropo.

AutisticCath
Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

Calling us freneny's (who could go either way) feels more appropo.

That sounds good. I appreciate the help grin.png

Thee_Ghostess_Lola

....baby steps happy.png .

Destiny

I have a great coach. He told me that if I pay him $25 then he can make me a GM in a year. If I pay him $50 then he can make me a GM in 6 months!

AutisticCath
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

 Hey, you're getting coached by Morticia!

Morticia is better than no one!

Tetra_Wolf

this person lies about an FIDE of 7617

Tetra_Wolf

he doesn't deserve to be coached

president_max
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

Morticia is better than everyone!

especially when she speaks french

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president_max

also looks like op needs a mortician more than morticia

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