Hi everyone,
I've looked through a few of my games and I feel that quite a bit of the time I end up at a serious disadvantage because I've positioned my pieces badly in the opening, quite often leading to cramped positions , and sometimes I feel as though I'm almost moving my pieces out at random.
Obviously I'm still a relative beginner and I know everyone says tactics are the only things to study at my level but has anybody been through this stage and if so what did you do about it?
Cheers,
lordgledhill
Yeah......learn the openings you want to play and the strategies behind them, then your pieces will be in the right places and tactics will come easier. probem with just playing moves with no plan is that out of the opening your pieces are not co-ordinated and youend up in poor positions.
Hi,
Played over a couple of your games.
You appear to play the openings OK, no really silly moves,
the trouble is you are not putting on kicking boots when you
get into a middle-game.
You were winning game Game 5515127 quite easily.
16...Qc6 looks very strong here.
16...Be2 is answered by 17.Nhf4.
You also had other good chances in this game based on shoving
the Kingside pawns and opening up the White King.
You delayed too long and when you did finally push them you
fell for White's only threat.
Check all checks, don't worry about saccing pawns if you are
opening up lines v an exposed King and don't delay.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Here are some ideas that have helped me.
Hi,
Played over a couple of your games.
You appear to play the openings OK, no really silly moves,
the trouble is you are not putting on kicking boots when you
get into a middle-game.
You were winning game Game 5515127 quite easily.
16...Qc6 looks very strong here.
[fen]2kr2r1/pppqb3/7p/4pppn/2Pn4/3B1P1P/PP1P1P1K/RNBQ2R1[/fen]
n't worry about saccing pawns if you are
opening up lines v an exposed King and don't delay.
1. Slow down!: Too many mistakes are made by moving too fast
2. Approach RHP just like correspondence chess with post cards:
Keep your moves on a paper scoresheet, and use 2 chess sets if you have them, one to set up the current position, and the other to anaylize with. (DON'T JUST STARE AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN!)
3. Use your resources: If you have Informants, New in Chess, ECO's etc. Use them as a guide. Just remember though, a chess book is a guide, NOT a gospel.
4. Start a database of games that reflect the openings you wish to specialize in: You can use computer discs, loose leaf notebook, or index cards for this. Just playing over these games will help.
5.Try to have a stronger player analize your finished games: I know this can be painful if you've lost, but you need to know WHY you've lost, so you don't keep repeating mistakes.
6. Read "Winning at Correspondence Chess" by Tim Harding: The amount of helpful information in this book is priceless!
7. Be paintent with yourself! Persistence pays!
Well...that's about all I know on the subject. Hope this helps.
bill718
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