Originally posted by diskamylno kidding diskamyl, i thought about this for ages at the time when going through the chessmaster lectures and concluded that i was too dim to understand it and gave up, this statement here, 'we aim to remove what is preventing us from preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals, and so on." if you can explain it in simple terms, i for one, would be quite grateful, for it has always remained elusive.
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieGot this covered:
no kidding diskamyl, i thought about this for ages at the time when going through the chessmaster lectres and concluded that i was too dim to understand it and gave up, this statement here, 'we aim to remove what is preventing us from preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals, and so on." if you can explain it in simple terms, i for one, would be quite grateful, for it has always remained elusive.
Work backwards....
achieving our goals... (Lets say checkmate in this case.)
preventing us from achieving our goals...(lets say my knight would deliver mate but it would be pinned in some variation)
preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals...(knowing this would happen before-hand I prevent the pin from ever happening by moving my king in some new spot)
preventing us from preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals...(my opponent saw this and made a move which prevented my king from moving which will force my mating piece to be in a awful pin...shucks)
remove what is preventing us from preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals (i saw all this in advance so i gave up chess, learned tai chi, and removed my opponent altogether)
These are some of the tips that I've picked up over time:
Get your pieces (knight and bishops) out onto good squares.
A good square could be (among other things) one that is not easily attacked and controls a lot important space such as a file, a diagonal, the center and/or territory around your opponents king.
Aim to dominate the center - if you control the center you should have more piece mobility.
Castle to protect your king.
Centralise your rooks.
Use tactics to win materiel and get your pieces onto good squares.
Try to get your knights onto outposts - an outpost is a square that is supported by a pawn and cannot be attacked by your enemies pawns. Knights in the centre have more influence (attack more squares) than knight on the edge.
If you are ahead in pieces aim to exchange pawns.
If you are ahead in pawns aim to exchange pieces.
If you have a material advantage then exchanging materiel will make that advantage more significant...e.g. I am a rook ahead so if we trade of everything else I have a rook and king verses your king.
Bring all the pieces you can into the attack.
The more material advantage you have the easier it should be to checkmate (so long as your king is safe)...with a small advantage you could look for ways to promote a pawn.
Learn and practice the basic tactics: pin, skewer, fork etc.
Learn and practice the basic checkmates - rook and king versus king, back rank mate, etc.
Learn some typical mating patterns
Learn the principles of "opposition" - how to win in a king and pawn versus king endgame.
Study your own games - wins and losses, to try and find improvements for both sides.
Originally posted by ResigningSoon🙂 I think that was very accurate and funny.
Got this covered:
Work backwards....
achieving our goals... (Lets say checkmate in this case.)
preventing us from achieving our goals...(lets say my knight would deliver mate but it would be pinned in some variation)
preventing our opponent from preventing us from achieving our goals...(knowing this would happen before-hand I prevent the pin fr ...[text shortened]... saw all this in advance so i gave up chess, learned tai chi, and removed my opponent altogether)