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re: Favorite Chess openings?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:01 pm to Gatorbait2008
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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Posted on 11/9/20 at 8:26 am to PEEPO
This is great advice.
If I had to recommend an opener I would probably second the London system/accelerated London, but I’m by no means an expert.
I found that just brute force crushing out puzzles helped me increase my expertise more quickly than anything. If you find yourself struggling with a particular scenario/pattern maybe do a targeted study of it to help get you over the jump.
If I had to recommend an opener I would probably second the London system/accelerated London, but I’m by no means an expert.
I found that just brute force crushing out puzzles helped me increase my expertise more quickly than anything. If you find yourself struggling with a particular scenario/pattern maybe do a targeted study of it to help get you over the jump.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 7:58 pm to PEEPO
True. I just lost 4 of 5 with the English because I was confused on what I was trying to accomplish with it.
So I watch a ton more videos and will give it another shot.
So I watch a ton more videos and will give it another shot.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 1:58 pm to PEEPO
I seem to be able to work Knights very effectively. I have found ways to get the Queen in the last three games with forks on the King. I'm probably finding smart pawn play the most challenging to be honest. I forget they exist in a lot of games or let the other guy get more advantageous positions with their pawns. I'm trying to force myself to play pawns more and use them more.
One big question I have..I see analysis of games scoring me for not using a knight or bishop to attack a center pawn at times and it confuses the shite out of me as to why I should lose 3 points to 1 and how to spot when that is actually worth doing?! It's crazy.
One big question I have..I see analysis of games scoring me for not using a knight or bishop to attack a center pawn at times and it confuses the shite out of me as to why I should lose 3 points to 1 and how to spot when that is actually worth doing?! It's crazy.
Posted on 2/7/21 at 7:41 pm to PEEPO
Watching people like Andrew Tang play hyper-bullet (30 seconds) with near precision in complicated positions is always very impressive. And then you see them play it with a blind board and your jaw drops.
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