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So I just played a random game against stockfish 5 which I won, I evaluated the game (

https://lichess.org/0hJLaQLi

) and I was surprised that I was winning at around move 29 to move 32, because that was the point where I was the most clueless about as to what to play, in fact I thought I was losing because I thought my opponent would be able to form some sort of attack and win my d5 pawn, I thought their pieces were more coordinated and more well-placed, and while sure I was up a pawn, my rook was stuck on f1, I had a random rook on e3 that is basically useless, and my bishop and queen were kind of just there defending the d-pawn. While the opponent's king was open, I didn't see any possible way of how I could start any attack of some sort, I couldn't really see any threat my opponent had, but I thought I was just missing something. I also have 0 clue how to defend anything and I couldn't think of a move, so I just kind of went with f3 because it would have allowed some imbalance that might've allowed me to come back from the game (remember I thought I was losing), though in reality I knew that move was kind of hopeless and probably wouldn't have done anything...

Basically, how do I tell if I am actually hopeless in a game, or if my opponent is hopeless? How do I find out what to play in positions where it's not the most clear on what to play?

Criticize any other bit of inaccuracies I have made, though keep in mind I basically played this game while I was tired and probably didn't play the best.

Thank you

So I just played a random game against stockfish 5 which I won, I evaluated the game (https://lichess.org/0hJLaQLi) and I was surprised that I was winning at around move 29 to move 32, because that was the point where I was the most clueless about as to what to play, in fact I thought I was losing because I thought my opponent would be able to form some sort of attack and win my d5 pawn, I thought their pieces were more coordinated and more well-placed, and while sure I was up a pawn, my rook was stuck on f1, I had a random rook on e3 that is basically useless, and my bishop and queen were kind of just there defending the d-pawn. While the opponent's king was open, I didn't see any possible way of how I could start any attack of some sort, I couldn't really see any threat my opponent had, but I thought I was just missing something. I also have 0 clue how to defend anything and I couldn't think of a move, so I just kind of went with f3 because it would have allowed some imbalance that might've allowed me to come back from the game (remember I thought I was losing), though in reality I knew that move was kind of hopeless and probably wouldn't have done anything... Basically, how do I tell if I am actually hopeless in a game, or if my opponent is hopeless? How do I find out what to play in positions where it's not the most clear on what to play? Criticize any other bit of inaccuracies I have made, though keep in mind I basically played this game while I was tired and probably didn't play the best. Thank you

potatothing

#2

Responding to my own post to bring it back up as I have no responses (13 hours), I do apologize for being impatient however I just don't want my post to disappear without an answer.

#4 The problem with such a list is that it doesn't really mean too much by itself. It's clear that all those things are elements...but you have to learn to combine them (and figure out which is most important in any given situation).

Akbar2thegreat

#6

@potatothing
Read: https://chessmood.com/blog/evaluate-chess-position

@potatothing Read: https://chessmood.com/blog/evaluate-chess-position