I've recently been playing opponents pretty much 1750+ and after a string of losses played a 1450 rated opponent... it is amazing how easy the game gets after straining to keep up for so long. I would also say that I have been doing some tactics training and I have been studying Modern Chess Theory by Ludek Pachman so maybe I have actually been improving. here is the game... I let myself get into a worse position so that I had to fight out of it.
- line 4: Unrecognised token 'Pd2d4'
- line 4: Unrecognised token 'Pc7c5'
- line 5: Unrecognised token 'Pc2c3'
- line 6: Unrecognised token 'Pe2e4'
- line 7: Unrecognised token 'Pd4d5'
- line 8: Unrecognised token 'Pc3c4'
- line 8: Unrecognised token 'Pe7e6'
- line 10: Unrecognised token 'Pa2a3'
- line 11: Unrecognised token 'Pd7d6'
- line 13: Unrecognised token 'Pb2b4'
- line 13: Unrecognised token 'Pe6xd5'
- line 14: Unrecognised token 'Pe4xd5'
- line 15: Unrecognised token 'Pf7f5'
- line 16: Unrecognised token 'Pb4b5'
- line 17: Unrecognised token 'Pa3a4'
- line 17: Unrecognised token 'Pa7a5'
- line 19: Unrecognised token 'Pg7g6'
- line 20: Unrecognised token 'Pf5f4'
- line 24: Unrecognised token 'Pg6g5'
- line 25: Unrecognised token 'Pf2f3'
- line 27: Unrecognised token 'Pg2g4'
- line 28: Unrecognised token 'Ph7h5'
- line 29: Unrecognised token 'Ph5xg4'
- line 30: Unrecognised token 'Pg4xf3'
- move 1 could not be played: Invalid PGN : Error converting move Nb8c6
[Black "Thomas (20 Washington)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.Pd2d4 Pc7c5
2.Pc2c3 Nb8c6
3.Pe2e4 Qd8b6
4.Pd4d5 Nc6d8
5.Pc3c4 Pe7e6
6.Nb1c3 Qb6b4
7.Pa2a3 Qb4a5
8.Bc1d2 Pd7d6
9.Nc3a4 Qa5c7
10.Pb2b4 Pe6xd5
11.Pe4xd5 Bc8d7
12.Na4c3 Pf7f5
13.Pb4b5 Nd8f7
14.Pa3a4 Pa7a5
15.Bf1d3 Nf7e5
16.Qd1h5+ Pg7g6
17.Qh5h3 Pf5f4
18.Qh3h4 Ne5xd3+
19.Ke1e2 Bf8e7
20.Qh4xe7+ Ng8xe7
21.Ke2xd3 Pg6g5
22.Pf2f3 Ne7g6
23.Kd3c2 Ng6e5
24.Pg2g4 Ne5xc4
25.Ng1h3 Ph7h5
26.Nh3xg5 Ph5xg4
27.Bd2xf4 Pg4xf3
28.Ng5xf3 Rh8h3
29.Nf3d2 Bd7f5+
30.Kc2c1 Rh3xc3+
31.Kc1d1 Nc4b2+
32.Kd1e2 Qc7e7+
33.Ke2f2 Nb2d3+
34.Kf2f1 Bf5h3+
35.Kf1g1 Qe7g7+
36.Bf4g3 Qg7d4+
Originally posted by trev33This is true to a point. You can mimick without understanding and still learn to play better chess. If all you see is people open with 1.a3, then you'll think that 1.a3 is really a pretty good and natural move.
not if you don't understand what you see...
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Originally posted by Eladaryou don't 'learn' to play better chess by mimicking, whatever opening you copy there comes a point in the game when you can no longer 'mimick' your moves, that's when your lack of understanding of what you have been doing comes into play and you soon realize that you actually have no idea why you just made those moves and most certainly have no idea what to play next. this where the understanding of the game come into play, if you don't understand what you just did you're in a hopeless situation for the rest of the game.
This is true to a point. You can mimick without understanding and still learn to play better chess. If all you see is people open with 1.a3, then you'll think that 1.a3 is really a pretty good and natural move.
Originally posted by trev33Yes, this is why I study my games afterward to understand the moves, even my own moves, better than I do before a game.
you don't 'learn' to play better chess by mimicking, whatever opening you copy there comes a point in the game when you can no longer 'mimick' your moves, that's when your lack of understanding of what you have been doing comes into play and you soon realize that you actually have no idea why you just made those moves and most certainly have no idea what to p ...[text shortened]... 't understand what you just did you're in a hopeless situation for the rest of the game.
Trev,
This is what I meant. If you play people who start out playing with their pawns and try to bring their rooks out first, then you'll mimick if you don't know any better.
Play people who bring out their knights and bishops and you'll learn to do the same.
You learn good moves by seeing good moves. Same thing works for tactics puzzles. Yes, you'll have a better understanding when you get your mind wrapped around it, but there is still a certain level of improvement simply seeing it demonstrated.
Here's another example of what I'm trying to say:
Play low level players and you may come to believe that bringing out your queen as quickly as possible is the best thing to do. You win your share of games doing it and other players you run into do the same thing and sometimes they beat you.
If you play higher rated players who you can't beat by bringing out your queen early and they never bring their queen out early you will adjust and copy how they develop and you improve your opening and therefore your options later on in the game.