Your chess weakness
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My main weakness you would think should be easy to fix, but it's not for me.... I move too fast. I look at the board, see a move, then just make it. So many times, that move ends up being a ?? blunder.
i used to have that problem. Now when i play i sit on my hands, it stops me rushing into things =)
going up against the stonewall is such a drag. or the trompowsky.
I can never really develop like I want.
The Sicilian...(when I try, or when the opponent uses it against me)
I play too defensively until I'm behind, and then I lash out. Often I've gone back through games and seen where a wonderful attack could have started, but my play was too passive and I let my opponent get his/her own thing going
Baseballfan wrote: My main weakness you would think should be easy to fix, but it's not for me.... I move too fast. I look at the board, see a move, then just make it. So many times, that move ends up being a ?? blunder.
Exactly the same here. I'm like, "ooh a move, surely it has to be a good'un". I'll try the sitting on the hands.
yep, it works. All though you do look like a fidgety 5 year old
I used to let pieces hanging very often, but got better on it.
I'm still terrible at endgames and it's the last thing I'll learn because I think it's pretty boring. I still have a lot to learn about middle game and I'll focus on that on the near future.
definitely openings, the further the game progresses the more comfortable I get with the tactics.
My biggest weakness is not thinking about the position (strategy). I consider myself pretty good with tactics, but I often make moves that weaken my position too much. Also I often tend to force things when attacking, without thinking about all of my opponents responses.
I think too much about winning material, and too little about improving my overall position.
i get a couple of moves down the road on a tactic and miss a major option on the 1st or 2nd reaction.
hmm.... that's a tough one... cause there are a few!
and sometimes they change from game to game.... sometimes I get so involved in one thing, i completely blunder another...
Sometimes its lack of "opening" knowledge.... sometimes it's lack of "endgame" knowlege. Sometimes I just can't see more than one or two moves ahead.... (sometimes I can)
Feb 20, 2008
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neneko wrote: definitely openings, the further the game progresses the more comfortable I get with the tactics.
I've got this same problem, but my biggest weakness is probably that I get cocky... When I'm up in material, I tend not to be as protective of my pawns. Pawn structure starts going wacky, and soon I have only two pawns to their five, for example.
What's worse, I always think about it, and realize I'm doing it, but I can never seem to fix it...
H3 and H6
I tend to be too focused in one area of study at a time. Eg, for one month I focus completely on tactics, then the next I focus completely on endgames. For me, the key to mastery will be balancing all kinds of study.
Feb 20, 2008
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Baseballfan wrote: My main weakness you would think should be easy to fix, but it's not for me.... I move too fast. I look at the board, see a move, then just make it. So many times, that move ends up being a ?? blunder.
Exactly
swiss_chess wrote: i used to have that problem. Now when i play i sit on my hands, it stops me rushing into things =)
When I was a kid, my coach taught me to do that OTB, but for some reason, I never adopted it when playing online. Perhaps I should try it here too.
My weakness is not knowing what to choose from a Superior Middlegame or a very slight advantage in the end game.
just a place to post your weakness in chess. Can be as vague to as precise as you wish. maybe its an opening you hate, or a setup, or an opponents dominating piece.
Mine would probably be a crowded board. I can never think well when theres all the confusion and clutter around me. Normally i tend to do bishop knight and pawn sacrifices to help clear the area.
so what about you?