Introduction To Chess Thinking

Hello dear chess friends! As I promised, from today I will create lessons in this club. You can find more informations about me here. Today I will share with you a very important lesson. You might have heard the question "How To Think In Chess?". Well, it looks like a beginner question, but I will tell you, it is not! I've seen some even 2000 rated players who miss some easy moves, because they have a bad chess thinking. Today I will show you the method of thinking correct in chess. Let's start!

1. The first thing you have to do is to examine the changes in the position on files, ranks, diagonals and L-shapes. You have to look for all of these. I will give you an example, because you learn more by this.
2. After looking at the changes, are we in A or B situation? You are in A situation if your opponent has a threat which annoys you, like mate, trade, forcing draw, controlling a square or everything that annoys you. You are in B situation if your opponent doesn't have any threat, just develops, manouvers, or something like this.
3. If we are in B situation we can continue our plan. If we are in A situation we have to think about some canditate moves. If my opponent threathens something these can be: counterattacks, capturing the attacking piece, defending the treath, running away, or playing a move which makes the threat harmless. There are some other reactions you always have to look for. These are: checks, captures, attacks... Remember checks, captures, attacks. We also have a rule here: For a good attack you have to use at least 2 pieces. Just think can you checkmate a king with only a queen? No! You have to go with the king too.
4. And after doing all of this you choose the option which you think it's the best.

Have you ever heard of this method? If not, I would recommend to use it. Try to play longer time control games, because playing a lot of blitz games can result in playing a fast move in rapid which loses. I would give you the advice to spend at least 5 seconds on each move. Was it a helpful lesson? Tell me in the comments!

Regards,

David