1)Well you don't really seem to have a plan.
Chess is not only about moving pieces, you got to get some kind of direction. So think of a kind of development for your pawn and pieces before you start and then have at least a couple of possible attack, so if one failed (and it will) you can bounce on something else.
2)Leave your Queen alone: you don't need to get her moving really before like 10 moves. I know that beginers think it's the Letrhal Weapon because it's so powerful, but it's not if it's badly used. It's more important to have a strong pawn structure than a traveling Queen, and if a pawn is well used, it's 10 times more dangerous than 5 clumsy queens out there.
3)You move too much for not a lot of advantage (wandering queen in your "Scandinavian drunk queen"opening)
4) Think before you play, if your move doesnt have a purpose, its useless. Usually you loose at chess because you are one move short to checkmate the oponent. Making one useless move can cost you the game.
5) Play play play and watch other play
Your first mistake was at move three, Q-d5, never bring out the queen so early, it just becomes a target and the opponent gets free moves because he develops a piece to attack your queen and you have to move it so that effectively gives the opponent a free move, and he got a number of free moves just attacking the queen so you start out behind from the opening. Just remember, get the knights out first after a pawn or two up in the center and then bishops and then try to castle and not even then bring the queen out unless you see a real attack because the other guy will use your queen move to get a free move (its called Tempo) if he can.
As others have said, you need to work on the basics. First thing to look for is one move threats, i.e. is my opponent threatening to checkmate me in one move or take any of my pieces in one move. Check for this every single time, and also try and work out why your opponent made his last move.
Originally posted by Caro KannIt's not pathetic,it's called making your first steps on the chessboard.I'm sure we all made the same mistakes when we played our first games even though we may not remember or want to remember.
You didnt even try in that game. To be quite honest dropping pieces like that is pathetic.
I'll try to annotate.
1. e4 d5 (though the opening is good I'm not sure it's a good choice for a beginner since it breaks one of the "golden chess rules" which you ought to be learning at this stage,namely: don't bring out the queen too early)
2. Nb1c3 dxe4
3. Nc3xe4 Qd8d5
4. d3 Bc8f5
5. c4 Qd5e5 (I think here your troubles start cause you make your queen a target to be hunted down allowing your opponent quick development.Instead maybe this: 5....,Qd8 6.Ng3,Bg6 7.Nf3,Nc6 8.Be2,e5 with the idea of hitting white's backward d-pawn and later making use of the d4 square as a knight outpost)
6. Ng1f3 Qe5e6 (this allows 7.Nd4,Qe5 8;Nxf5 trading knight for bishop which I think is good for white.I'd prefer 6.Qa5+)
7. Qd1e2 Qe6a6 (I like 7.Nc6 here,developing a piece)
8. Nf3h4 e6 (I still want Nc6,development is our main worry here and,contrary to what others said here,the bishop isn't really hanging cause: 9.Nxf5,Qa5+ 10.Bd2,Qxf5)
9. a3 e5?? (an obvious blunder,the bishop is now lost and black,with absolutely no counterplay,is doomed.Not much to say about the rest of the game except that you lost some more material too easy.But your position was difficult and the game allready lost)
10. Nh4xf5 Bf8e7 11. Nf5xg7 Ke8f8 12. Qe2g4 Qa6g6 13. Qg4c8 Be7d8 14. Qc8xd8 Kf8xg7 15. Qd8xc7 Ng8h6 16. Qc7xb7 Nb8a6 17. b4 Rh8d8 18. b5 Nh6g4 19. bxa6 Kg7h8 20. Ra1b1 f5 21. Ne4c5 Rd8g8 22. d4 e4 23. d5 f4 24. Bc1b2 Ng4f6 25. d6 e3 26. Rb1d1 Qg6c2 27. Bb2xf6 Rg8g7 28. Qb7xg7 1-0
My advise: stop discriminating your minor pieces.They all want to play,not just the queen 😉
Hope it helps 🙂
...And keep the same plan/idea all the way through
Let's assume you know what you're doing 😉
1b. d5 is a pretty agressive answer to e4
so after
2w. Nc3
continue in the same logic with
2b.d4
then wherever the white knight goes, protect/develop pawn with e5 or c5.
The main advice here is "no matter what you play, make your oponent believe that you know what you're doing" 😀
Originally posted by I14U2NVI am sorry but this game is hardly worthy of comment.
Would anyone like to comment on my play game 2342269?
I know my move #9 black was a blunder.
It is bad! bad! bad!
You need to learn basic opening principles.
1. Control centre with Ps and open lines for your minor pieces.
2. Develop N and Bs to support your centre.
3. Castle (on the safest side).
4. Bring Rooks to open files or files that you indend to open with P push.
5. Support your attack with Q but don't expose it to attack.
Only exchange pieces if they will give you a strategic or material advantage. Strategic advantages can include control of open files with Rooks, isolated or doubled (opponents) pawns, weak (opponents) squares (nice to put Ns on), passed pawns, control of white or black squares by appropriate exchange of Bs (or N for B). Remember a B is not always stronger than a N. A N can be much stronger if a Bs manouverability is affected by P placement. Rs on 7th or 8th rank (especially if doubled) will often be decisive.
Once you have got the principles right work on your favoured openings in more detail.