You have a lot of games in progress, over 200. That is too many, no wonder silly errors
creep in. Finish what you have, do not take on any more and restrict it to 12 games
and take your time. You should find your results improving, no more silly blunders
and overall become a better player.
The most I have had is 40 games and I blundered a few times, once losing a
game in 6 moves.
Use the analysis board but do practice with it first as it can be a but misleading
(it takes illegal moves) so due to a finger slip you may be looking at a position
5 moves deep that does not exist. This has happened to me a few times.
I recall looking at a complicated sacrifice and went on for about 6-7 moves.
By mistake I moved a knight to an illegal square and a few moves later that Knight
played a key role, so I went back my game and sacced a piece. A few moves later
I was wondering why I did it?
@martinssaid There have been a number of games that I have lost due to a mistake/silly move/ incompetent move etc on my part.
To analise/see where I went wrong, is there a software program that I can input the state of play that will suggest the move I should have made?
Not interested in cheating (look at my rating).
If you google 365chess.com,and click opening explorer and then start engine analysis it gives a count based on the moves.
I'm not sure how far you can go before you have to subscribe though.
I sometimes type in the first few moves of my game into google when I'm not familiar with the opening and look at the scores it gives for various moves.
Again,I suspect it will only allow you to go so far without subscribing
Hope this helps
@venda I've used the openings explorer on 365chess for many years, and recently started using the analysis board there as well for my post mortem. No membership fee, though it does ask for a donation which if made will eliminate the ads. I am able to able to analyze each game from beginning to end.
Looking at one of your games rather than relying on chess software, why not perhaps
- learn some chess openings and principles
- practice chess tactics
- have a stronger player help you analyse your games
You can rise from 1200 by hundreds of points just by increasing your knowledge and not making moves that lose pieces or give the other player an obvious advantage.
Don't have hundreds of games going on at once, play a handful perhaps but ensure each move is a quality move where you think, look for threats etc.
I had a look at one the O.P's. most recent loss. Typical of this level the opening
is skipped through and it all happens in the middle game where the two move
tactic rules. That is where most of my notes are. Black lost but had a few chances
to trip their opponent up and later twice missed very good moves which a if they
had taken just a few seconds longer they would have spotted. An obvious Rook to the 7th.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 {Worried about Ng5. 3...Be7 develops a piece and stops Ng5.} 4. O-O Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. d4 Nf6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rg8 {0-0 and Black is fine. Rg8 was a miserable non-move.} 13. Rae1 {Kf7 and your h6 move has come in handy stopping Ng5+} 13... Nd8 {An awful move. Kf7 or Kd7 and Rae8 looks OK. Bring out of play pieces into the game.} 14. Nh4 {Now g5 and if Nf5 Rg6 Black is looking good.} 14... Nc6 {This is the 200 game load kicking in, you decided within a second you were going to 0-0-0.} 15. Rxe6+ Ne7 {Kd7 but right away I thought, good he has set a trap.} 16. Rfe1 {Now 0-0-0 and if White takes twice on e7 then Rd1 mates.} 16... Rf8 {It was not a trap just a bad move however.....} 17. Ng6 Rf7 18. c4 {0-0-0 and the weak white back rank trap is back. White cannot take three times on e7.} 18... Kd7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 {I'm sure White could have more of that position.} 20. Rg6 Bf8 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Re1 b6 23. g3 Kb7 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. a4 {That is bad. Rd2 and Black is winning.} 25... a5 {200 games is the reason you are missing basic tactics.} 26. Rb1 {Again Rd2 is winning. } 26... Rd6 27. Rg4 g5 28. Bd4 {Rc6 is the move here.} 28... c5 {I recognise this as a too many games blunder.} 29. Bxc5 Rc6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 {White should now play Rd1 and grab the open file.} 31. Rb5 {Rfc8 and Black is back in the game.} 31... Rf7 32. c3 {h4 was better it creates a target on h6.} 32... Rc5 {Rfc7 was the move.. Black has traded down into a very difficult most likely lost ending.} 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. f3 {h4 was the move.} 34... Rd7 35. Re4 Rd3 36. Re5 Kc6 37. Re6+ Kb7 38. Rxh6 Rxc3 39. Rh5 Rxc4 40. Rxg5 Kb6 41. Rg6+ Kc7 42. Rg4 {It's looking grim now try Rb4 and see if White blunders.} 42... Rc2+ 43. Kh3 {Now Kd5-d5 and push the c-pawn it might panic them into a blunder.} 43... Rc3 44. Rf4 Kc6 45. g4 Kd5 46. Kg3 Ra3 47. g5 Rxa4 {White took on a4 Black resigned.....this also wins....} 48. g6 Rxf4 49. g7
Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply; very much appreciated.
I have been laid up since early December and unable to do anything apart from play chess, hence my number of games. I am now recovering and will be drastically reducing my games as I am aware having so many on the go at once means I cannot give each game the attention it deserves. and I won't have the time anyway.
I have noted all your comments and again, thank you.
I'm probably guilty of too much blitz/bullet as well so chess has gone out of the window. There are some good chess principles of opening ie don't use your Queen eg 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 trying to look for a beginner mate etc (also learn to counter cheap shots like these).
Another good one is trying to control the centre, developing knights and bishops, Indian openings ie having a bishop on g2 or g7
Get a couple of chess books if you can Jeremy Silman has got a few good ones.
You mention to learn some openings and I agree one needs to know the basics.
However, and I have posted on this once before; there are so many variations it is impossible to learn/know them all.
For example look at the number of variations of the Sicilian defence.
It is almost as if every possible move is called such and such a variation; it is impossible to learn them all surely?
Just learn the basics ie in 2 games as black you are delaying Nc6
1. Italian game Giuconpiano
2. Four Knights game
3. Ruy Lopez
4. Pirc defense
5. French defence
6. Sicilian E4 C5 Nf3 d6 games of Nigel Short good ideas
The game above quoted by green pawn didn't start in the middlegame, the opening was not played to the best by both sides and king left in centre with a weak E6 pawn.
You mention to learn some openings and I agree one needs to know the basics.
However, and I have posted on this once before; there are so many variations it is impossible to learn/know them all.
For example look at the number of variations of the Sicilian defence.
It is almost as if every possible move is called such and such a variation; it is impossible to learn them all surely?
It's really not necessary to learn all the variations of the common openings unless you want to become a GM and have a really good memory!
Just follow the basic rules suggested above and try to work out what your opponent is planning and why they made their last move.
Players rarely make a move for no reason.
Great news health wise. Chess wise is easier to sort out. In the remaining games
where you are obviously lost resign. The game you are winning go for trade off's
to get into a simple won ending. the 50-50 games try and give at least two minutes a move.
Look for bank rank shots, unprotected pieces and do not be afraid to shed a
pawn or two or three to get an attack v King going. First to attack the King on RHP
usually wins because defensive blunders are so common. That is why I am so scathing
on preemptive defensive moves That Rg8. Honestly I'd rather let that pawn go than do
that to a Rook. If the idea was to play g7-g5-g4 then because of your game load
it was never played because when the game came around again you forgot about it.
Get the game load down, forget ratings, aim to get your win ratio higher than your
loss ratio. If you have a game where you cannot see how your lost, (mostly at the
moment they are one move blunders or missed chances as in Rd2 in the previous game.)
Post it here and ask why. There are loads of good players here and their adviceis usually spot on. Good Luck.
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20 Jan '24 04:51
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