What the BEST and WORST tip or advice you've ever gotten about chess?

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Avatar of polydiatonic

This is an expansion of another thread that only asked about the "best"advice...

Have fun...

Avatar of eXecute

Worst? Hmm... "worst tips" are harder to think of.

"Don't make pointless moves, make aggressive moves"-- sure if you want to fall into a trap, or lose a piece. Pointless moves (try to convert them to positional moves) > aggressive moves (unless you have a plan with the aggressive move).

Avatar of polydiatonic

Well Okay I guess I'll say:

Best:  look at the Whole Board...

Worst:  avoide doubled pawns, they're always bad.

Avatar of Lherzolite

Best: make sure you close off opportunites for your opponent before launching some crazy attack

Worst: don't castle so your king is in a good position in the end game

Avatar of Parakeetcage

best:  look at all the pieces and their effects

worst: dont give away pieces

Avatar of malibumike

Best:  Learn your endgame.

Worst:  Study MCO.

Avatar of Genghis_McCann

best: same as padman

worst: don't worry about pawns. They're only footsoldiers.

Avatar of Crazychessplaya

Best: if you follow the general rules ("develop your knights before the bishops" etc.) you may become a good player, but the great players assess every position independently, and break the rules when needed

Worst: 1...e5 is the best answer to 1.e4.

Avatar of nuclearturkey

Best: A bad plan is better than no plan at all.

Worst: Play chess, the chicks will really dig you.

Avatar of knightdropFTW

PUT HIM IN CHECKMATE!!!!!!!

 

This is both the best and worst advise I've ever gotten.

Avatar of malko

Develop your king...

Avatar of thejoeman

im not sure about the best, but the worst:  do anything to avoid closed positions 

Avatar of ItalianGame-inactive

I can't say for sure what the best tip was but here are the worst

Just win!

Watch that back rank!

If at all possible, play with  the sun in your oppoennet's eyes.

Avatar of polydiatonic
David-Neff wrote:

I can't say for sure what the best tip was but here are the worst

Just win!

Watch that back rank!

If at all possible, play with  the sun in your oppoennet's eyes.


Really, "watch that back rank" is bad advice!?  That's great advice...

And, you're lifting the "sun in your eyes" idea from Ruy Lopez!

Avatar of baronspam

Best advice, from Bruce Pandolfini, "Its called thinking, you do it with your head."

 

Worst advice:  Just move something!!

Avatar of dmeng

I like baronspam's "best advice," I should really remember that one.

Worst advice I've seen: don't mess up.