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re: Favorite Chess openings?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 5:52 pm to PEEPO
Posted on 11/8/20 at 5:52 pm to PEEPO
I tried one bullet game. Failed miserably. I'd assume it's because the moves are not automatic for me yet. I have won quite a bit lately after studying for a week and doing chess.com puzzles and lessons. Went from 600 and realizing I had no clue what I'm doing to 830 now and won 13 of the last 15 games. Goal is to get over 1k by December if I can. I wish I had gotten into chess earlier in life though.
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Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:54 pm to Gatorbait2008
quote:You and me both.
I wish I had gotten into chess earlier in life though.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:55 pm to Gatorbait2008
Bullet games are impossible to play without a ton of regular chess experience. You need to develop pattern recognition which takes tons of practice. Your playing without even really thinking or analyzing. You have to quickly be able to see basic patterns and tactics at a superficial level (1-2 moves deep) immediately. You have to play many real games with analysis to develop those mental muscles. There's alot of meta considerations as well. Bullet games are hyper aggressive, terrible pointless attacks are better than playing passively. In other words bullet games are not good for learning how to play or good chess practices in general.
For a noob bullet games are not going to be productive at all IMO, outside of maybe just having fun.
For a noob bullet games are not going to be productive at all IMO, outside of maybe just having fun.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:01 pm to Gatorbait2008
If you're that low rated don't try to memorize openings outside of a few moves. One mistake beginners make is trying to memorize opening lines but that's not really how to improve.
Understand what the opening principles are and why they exist and with that knowledge alone you'll play most openings at least OK.
At the very, very low levels chess is about blunders and simple tactics.
Low level games are filled with gigantic gaping blunders, if you cut those out you'll beat the people who don't.
After that you win a lot of games off basic tactics, simple pins, forks, discovered attacks, etc.
You should also learn the basic check mating patterns. You should know how to easily checkmate with say 2 rooks (rook roll), a lone queen, or a lone rook. Many extreme beginners achieve simple won endgames but then have no idea how to deliver checkmate.
Understand what the opening principles are and why they exist and with that knowledge alone you'll play most openings at least OK.
At the very, very low levels chess is about blunders and simple tactics.
Low level games are filled with gigantic gaping blunders, if you cut those out you'll beat the people who don't.
After that you win a lot of games off basic tactics, simple pins, forks, discovered attacks, etc.
You should also learn the basic check mating patterns. You should know how to easily checkmate with say 2 rooks (rook roll), a lone queen, or a lone rook. Many extreme beginners achieve simple won endgames but then have no idea how to deliver checkmate.
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