What's the best way to help an 11 yr old to improve at chess? - Chess Forums

elenaguttormsen

Apr 28, 2016

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My 11 yr old son began playing about 1 yr ago, and already made a lot of progress. Though, he's not as skilled as some of the other kids in his chess club, who began playing several years ago. His problems are that he's not aggressiv enough in endgames, especially against higher rated or older players, has limited experience with learning chess openings and gambits. Any tips?

notmtwain

Apr 28, 2016

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elenaguttormsen wrote:

My 11 yr old son began playing about 1 yr ago, and already made a lot of progress. Though, he's not as skilled as some of the other kids in his chess club, who began playing several years ago. His problems are that he's not aggressiv enough in endgames, especially against higher rated or older players, has limited experience with learning chess openings and gambits. Any tips?

I see you play too. Have you stopped beating your son? :-)

(Are the games in the account his games or yours?)

kindaspongey

Apr 28, 2016

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Possibly helpful:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

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

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/

Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf

Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm Emms (2006)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

Diakonia

Apr 28, 2016

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elenaguttormsen wrote:

My 11 yr old son began playing about 1 yr ago, and already made a lot of progress. Though, he's not as skilled as some of the other kids in his chess club, who began playing several years ago. His problems are that he's not aggressiv enough in endgames, especially against higher rated or older players, has limited experience with learning chess openings and gambits. Any tips?

1. What is his skill level?

2. What do you mean by "agressive enough"?

3. What is his study routine?

This is already sounding like another one of those "Im an agressive player" posts, where the player is still dropping pieces, missing simple tactics, and not following Opening Prinsiples.

SilentKnighte5

Apr 28, 2016

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#5

Post some of his games, especially losses.

elenaguttormsen

May 1, 2016

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notmtwain wrote:

elenaguttormsen wrote:

My 11 yr old son began playing about 1 yr ago, and already made a lot of progress. Though, he's not as skilled as some of the other kids in his chess club, who began playing several years ago. His problems are that he's not aggressiv enough in endgames, especially against higher rated or older players, has limited experience with learning chess openings and gambits. Any tips?

I see you play too. Have you stopped beating your son? :-)

(Are the games in the account his games or yours?)

I just play for fun, I'm really bad at chess and haven't beaten my son at chess for about 8-9 months. Have no chance playing against him :) The games in the account are mine.