I would like to know if it is not to much trouble any strategies or tips, i am open to a game if thats wat it takes, i have recently joind my school chess club(im 13) and i have challenge by another school i was wondering if there is anything i could do that wouldhelp me. Thank you.
My tip is (and I don't always follow it myself, but hey):
Always try and play someone better then yourself. Pay close attention to the way they play. Even if you lose, try and learn something from every game.
Also, never set your strategy in stone - i.e. don't decide you are going to play an attacking game before you have made your first move.
I'd be happy to give you a game, anytime, but I'm at my limit at the mo! Keep posting Open Invites!
the following checklist from chesswise.com will serve you well ( i need to adhere to it more myself!!)
1) It's your move, but if it were your opponent's move right now, what would it be? This is what computer chess programmers call a null-move and it forces you to see threats. What if he had two more moves in a row? Don't wait until his plan is unstoppable! Does he have something nasty you have to react to ASAP? Most mate-in-ones were mate-in-threes at some point. The only literally forcing moves are checks and hitting you in the head with the clock, so try the null-move method and see how rarely you get mated.
2) Do you have a forcing, crushing move? Strategy-schmategy, when there's a tactical shot on the board positional play can go out the window. Don't get so caught up in your grand strategic plan that you miss an easy opportunity to nail your foe to the wall. Letting your opponent off the hook after he blunders is just as much a blunder on your part.
3) I'm sure you think your bishop, rook, or whatever is going to be just great on its new square, but what was it doing on its old square?! Was it protecting a crucial pawn? Blocking a nasty check? Holding your entire position together? Don't get so caught up in what it will be doing after you move it that you forget what it was doing before you moved it! Who knows, you may actually have placed it there with some plan in mind. It's pretty rare that you hang the very piece you moved, right? But how often have you hung the piece that the piece you moved was defending before you moved it? (That sentence makes sense if you read it backwards.) Around a million times, I bet.
Well, the thing I always do when my opp moves, is mentally asking myself: where is he heading? What does he mean by that move? And, the more senseless his move seems, the more carefully you should analyze it. If the opp loses a figure, it might as well be a sacrifice. Or probably he opened a line for a Bishop?
Game 860233
For example, in this game on move 24 white made a beautiful sacrifice, moving their pawn - it almost seemed that my opponent simply blundered and didn't see I can take his Rook. Thank God I (after happy "WOOOW! he forgot about my Bishop!"😉 thought twice and saw a unavoidable checkmate in two (24. d5 Bxb8 25. Rxb8 and then 26. Qxh2).
And never, never take your opponent as weaker than you even if he seems to be; play every opp as if he was at least as strong as you.