This is a game I lost. I hate it when I lose games like these. Always looking for revenge, I rematch, and lose again. I would go win, win, win, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose...until I quit. By that time, I have lost 50 rating points, and am quite angry.
How do you play more chess?
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It's not that I am a bad chess player... ok I am a bad chess player, but not like I play in blitz. When playing long games, I don't just randomly blunder queens. I can, and will play good blitz games, but I will run out of energy FAST
Nov 15, 2015
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You made very comital pawn moves trying to hem in his bishop with your pawns but it left you underdeveloped and he was able to take those pawns later on... I would say just avoid early pawn pushes like that and you won't run into a game like that again. I don't even see wny you thought you had to attack the bishop in the opening stage to begin with. it was already hemmed in by your pawn on d5, adding to that blockade is just simply asking to get nailed because pawns are the only pieces that you cannot move back to where they where before and when you move pawns like this in attacks that can be easily parried you make permenent weakness that may or may not be able to be exploited. in this case he was able to find a way to exploit one of your weaknesses you created. Generally only try to make 1 to two pawn moves in the opening, that's my advice. Only consider other pawn moves when you see it will create a permanent weakness in their camp, or if you see that the weaknesses you created cannot be attacked. If it's the latter only do it if there are pluses for you... Here in this example you didn't really gain any advantage that wasn't already there, (the bishop was already blocked by your pawn on d5) all you did was create targets for your opponent to attack.
See this is what I was talking about before in another thread you posted. You need to learn how to make "good moves" all the time. You can't get better at it by playing mostly blitz because you simply do not have enough time to think.
If you have been playing a lot of slow games and still do not get better than now is the time to pick up some chess books and hit the tactics trainer daily. I would also invest in a couple topical tactic motifs sets if I where you. I played chess for 12+ years and only got as good as I am now, which isn't very good at all. Playing must be occompanied by study to get good results. People have been saying 50/50 is a good mix of the two.
Daybreak57 wrote:
You made very comital pawn moves trying to hem in his bishop with your pawns but it left you underdeveloped and he was able to take those pawns later on... I would say just avoid early pawn pushes like that and you won't run into a game like that again. I don't even see wny you thought you had to attack the bishop in the opening stage to begin with. it was already hemmed in by your pawn on d5, adding to that blockade is just simply asking to get nailed because pawns are the only pieces that you cannot move back to where they where before and when you move pawns like this in attacks that can be easily parried you make permenent weakness that may or may not be able to be exploited. in this case he was able to find a way to exploit one of your weaknesses you created. Generally only try to make 1 to two pawn moves in the opening, that's my advice. Only consider other pawn moves when you see it will create a permanent weakness in their camp, or if you see that the weaknesses you created cannot be attacked. If it's the latter only do it if there are pluses for you... Here in this example you didn't really gain any advantage that wasn't already there, (the bishop was already blocked by your pawn on d5) all you did was create targets for your opponent to attack.
See this is what I was talking about before in another thread you posted. You need to learn how to make "good moves" all the time. You can't get better at it by playing mostly blitz because you simply do not have enough time to think.
If you have been playing a lot of slow games and still do not get better than now is the time to pick up some chess books and hit the tactics trainer daily. I would also invest in a couple topical tactic motifs sets if I where you. I played chess for 12+ years and only got as good as I am now, which isn't very good at all. Playing must be occompanied by study to get good results. People have been saying 50/50 is a good mix of the two.
I think my bad play in blitz comes with fast play. And by fast, I mean too fast. I play fine in 15|10 games, but I can't seem to find a good pace in 3|2.
When you say 50/50, do you mean one 3|2, one 15|10, or an hour of each?
And I have recently been doing more tactics. It seems to be helping in both long and short games. How long should I do tactics per day?
Thank you for your comment, I am sure it will help.
I am having trouble playing long sessions. I win some, but eventually I start on a 345 game losing streak, and I have to stop. How do you play for longer sessions? Because the more blitz games I have to analyse, the more I can laugh at myself, and the more fun I have.
Also, I always spell titles wrong. But is my grammar correct this time?
I will be posting games I play during blitz sessions, so I can see how long I go before my brain shuts down.
I thank you guys for any help given to me.