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#20
That is not really a tactical position, but just thinking concretely there and asking some basic questions.
The tactical replies are Be4 and Bf6, and all you need to do is calculate both.
Bf6 fails cause the f6 square is easy to protect (Qe6 or Nxd5)
Be4 attacks h7 and forces black to deal with the threat. it's also the best move.
We can see black threatens the fork on c2, and that is about it. he also has a weak c4 pawn. So after
1. Be4! h5 (forced or else the king side attack will break through)
2. Rd4 Bxe5
3. Rxe5 (and black is left with 2 hanging pawns and white wins one.
The tactical thought process is just a mindset. Do you want me to make a post explaining tactics.
That is not really a tactical position, but just thinking concretely there and asking some basic questions.
The tactical replies are Be4 and Bf6, and all you need to do is calculate both.
Bf6 fails cause the f6 square is easy to protect (Qe6 or Nxd5)
Be4 attacks h7 and forces black to deal with the threat. it's also the best move.
We can see black threatens the fork on c2, and that is about it. he also has a weak c4 pawn. So after
1. Be4! h5 (forced or else the king side attack will break through)
2. Rd4 Bxe5
3. Rxe5 (and black is left with 2 hanging pawns and white wins one.
The tactical thought process is just a mindset. Do you want me to make a post explaining tactics.
ty very much no it's ok
How to study an opening?
#24
A lot of people do the mistake of trying to memorize the opening and think that is all they need to do. Memorizing chess would not make it very fun.
How I think is the best way to learn a opening is break down the opening as much as possible. Here are some questions you should ask about your opening and these questions are also based on your playing style.
What pawn structures will I get from this opening?
How much theory will I need to learn?
Is this opening more tactical or more strategical?
What are the different strategical ideas of this opening?
Are there any opening tactics (traps)?
All Common ideas for your opponent?
Other than that you will need opening material.
Lichess Opening Explorer isn't bad, but only use it to reference a few lines. Then you'll need what I call your opening Hero. The person who plays your opening a lot and is a very strong chess player (usually a ex world champion or Current Grand Master).
OK so let me take a example.
Scandinavian defense
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Qxd5
3. Nc3 Qd6 (other popular line is Qa5)
4. d4 Nf6
5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Be2 Nbd7
or
5. Bc4 a6
6. Nf3 Ng4
Black has a very solid position and he is actually looking out at white's important ideas. In this structure white's ideas are Ne5 and to maintain a piece on e5 (Which is why black played the specific move order to prevent Ne5 for free.) Other idea for white is Moving the c3 knight and and playing c4 for more central space. These are the best 2 strategical ideas for white, but are hard to achieve.
And this is what we are playing at in the first few moves of the game, for us to prevent our opponents ideas and to make ours better. Black has ideas like ...c5 ...e5 ...h5 ...Nd5 and more.
Now lets find our chess Opening Hero Sergei Tiviakov a very strong Grand Master plays this line very often.
Lets look at 1 of his games.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=14003&playercomp=black&opening=B01&title=Sergei%20Tiviakov%20playing%20the%20Scandinavian%20as%20Black (for more of his games)
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Qxd5
3. Nc3 Qd6
4. d4 Nf6
5. Bc4 a6
6. Nf3 Ng4
7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Bg6
9. Ne5 Nc6
10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Be3 e5
12. d5 Na5
13. Qe2 Nxc4
14. Qxc4 b5
15. Qd3 Nxg4
16. O-O-O Nf6
17. f4 exf4
18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. Qxe4+ Be7
20. Bd4 f5
21. Qf3 O-O-O
22. Bxg7 Rhg8
23. Bc3 b4
24. Be1 g5
25. Qd3 Rgf8
26. Bf2 Kb7
27. Rhe1 Bf6
28. Qf3 Rfe8
29. Rf1 Re4
30. Kb1 Qe5
31. Qb3 a5
32. c3 Qd6
33. a3 Ra8
34. axb4 axb4
35. Rfe1 Rae8
36. c4 Rxe1
37. Bxe1 Re2
38. Bxb4 Qb6
39. c5 Qb5
40. c6+ Kb8
41. d6 Rxb2+
42. Qxb2 Bxb2
43. d7 Bf6
Now that we looked at some strategical ideas, we have our opening hero. We create our own theory by asking the question is what is the opponent's ideas. Keeping ones own chess opening in a book can be useful.
This opening is less tactical than positional and gives more positional battles.
The Pawn structure is ...c6 Vs ...d4 (Similar to Caro/Slav structures). *Note there are less than 20 opening structures one must know.
Common opening traps in this opening are sacrifaces, watch out for Nxf7, Bxe6, c4-d5. For black the d4 pawn defence, and practical king side attack chances.
Tell me the specific opening you want to learn and I'll give more detail on it.
A lot of people do the mistake of trying to memorize the opening and think that is all they need to do. Memorizing chess would not make it very fun.
How I think is the best way to learn a opening is break down the opening as much as possible. Here are some questions you should ask about your opening and these questions are also based on your playing style.
What pawn structures will I get from this opening?
How much theory will I need to learn?
Is this opening more tactical or more strategical?
What are the different strategical ideas of this opening?
Are there any opening tactics (traps)?
All Common ideas for your opponent?
Other than that you will need opening material.
Lichess Opening Explorer isn't bad, but only use it to reference a few lines. Then you'll need what I call your opening Hero. The person who plays your opening a lot and is a very strong chess player (usually a ex world champion or Current Grand Master).
OK so let me take a example.
Scandinavian defense
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Qxd5
3. Nc3 Qd6 (other popular line is Qa5)
4. d4 Nf6
5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Be2 Nbd7
or
5. Bc4 a6
6. Nf3 Ng4
Black has a very solid position and he is actually looking out at white's important ideas. In this structure white's ideas are Ne5 and to maintain a piece on e5 (Which is why black played the specific move order to prevent Ne5 for free.) Other idea for white is Moving the c3 knight and and playing c4 for more central space. These are the best 2 strategical ideas for white, but are hard to achieve.
And this is what we are playing at in the first few moves of the game, for us to prevent our opponents ideas and to make ours better. Black has ideas like ...c5 ...e5 ...h5 ...Nd5 and more.
Now lets find our chess Opening Hero Sergei Tiviakov a very strong Grand Master plays this line very often.
Lets look at 1 of his games.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=14003&playercomp=black&opening=B01&title=Sergei%20Tiviakov%20playing%20the%20Scandinavian%20as%20Black (for more of his games)
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Qxd5
3. Nc3 Qd6
4. d4 Nf6
5. Bc4 a6
6. Nf3 Ng4
7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Bg6
9. Ne5 Nc6
10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Be3 e5
12. d5 Na5
13. Qe2 Nxc4
14. Qxc4 b5
15. Qd3 Nxg4
16. O-O-O Nf6
17. f4 exf4
18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. Qxe4+ Be7
20. Bd4 f5
21. Qf3 O-O-O
22. Bxg7 Rhg8
23. Bc3 b4
24. Be1 g5
25. Qd3 Rgf8
26. Bf2 Kb7
27. Rhe1 Bf6
28. Qf3 Rfe8
29. Rf1 Re4
30. Kb1 Qe5
31. Qb3 a5
32. c3 Qd6
33. a3 Ra8
34. axb4 axb4
35. Rfe1 Rae8
36. c4 Rxe1
37. Bxe1 Re2
38. Bxb4 Qb6
39. c5 Qb5
40. c6+ Kb8
41. d6 Rxb2+
42. Qxb2 Bxb2
43. d7 Bf6
Now that we looked at some strategical ideas, we have our opening hero. We create our own theory by asking the question is what is the opponent's ideas. Keeping ones own chess opening in a book can be useful.
This opening is less tactical than positional and gives more positional battles.
The Pawn structure is ...c6 Vs ...d4 (Similar to Caro/Slav structures). *Note there are less than 20 opening structures one must know.
Common opening traps in this opening are sacrifaces, watch out for Nxf7, Bxe6, c4-d5. For black the d4 pawn defence, and practical king side attack chances.
Tell me the specific opening you want to learn and I'll give more detail on it.
Thx for the response. I Have one more question for you. What can i do to improve at chess. Should i solve more tactics? Should i study more theory? Should i read more books?
#26
I'll do a study program for you, just give me at least 2 links to games you've played over 20 mins, I need to understand your playing style and your weaknesses.
I'll do a study program for you, just give me at least 2 links to games you've played over 20 mins, I need to understand your playing style and your weaknesses.
el.lichess.org/l3uiHfdOvdC9
el.lichess.org/Ptln9UFBibGE
Unfortunately i mostly play bullet games on this site, so i have few games in longer time controls. As white i play e4 and as black against e4 i play the Sicilian and against d4 the King's Indian Defense.
el.lichess.org/Ptln9UFBibGE
Unfortunately i mostly play bullet games on this site, so i have few games in longer time controls. As white i play e4 and as black against e4 i play the Sicilian and against d4 the King's Indian Defense.
#28
Sorry for the late reply I was busy during the weekend.
Note: Playing to much bullet and blitz will not improve your chess, it makes you play faster and can make you play worse, considering blitz thought process and standard thought process are different.
Since the 2 games didn't go to endgame, I'll consider you a bit weaker in the endgame and recommend studying Silman's complete endgame course. It's a very good book for people to start learning the endgame or getting good at the endgame. Dvorestsky's endgame manual is more a reference book for certain endgames, but very good to have.
As for tactics, just refining your tactics seems fine. Forcing chess moves and a large tactics book seems fine. Also there is a tactical thought process as well, but you'll need to work on your own.
Based on those games, I'll consider players like Kasparov and Fischer to the games of players you should study.
The opening was nearly perfect, so I recommend just getting more into developing your own system. (Actually creating your own database.)
Your strategical play seems fine, but just studying your favorite player and actually analyzing their games in detail can be enough.
It would be hard for me to recommend more, cause I would need more detail, I do not know your thought process. I do not know your skill in the endgame, I do not know if you get into time trouble, and many other things. But you can use this as a base to start with.
Sorry for the late reply I was busy during the weekend.
Note: Playing to much bullet and blitz will not improve your chess, it makes you play faster and can make you play worse, considering blitz thought process and standard thought process are different.
Since the 2 games didn't go to endgame, I'll consider you a bit weaker in the endgame and recommend studying Silman's complete endgame course. It's a very good book for people to start learning the endgame or getting good at the endgame. Dvorestsky's endgame manual is more a reference book for certain endgames, but very good to have.
As for tactics, just refining your tactics seems fine. Forcing chess moves and a large tactics book seems fine. Also there is a tactical thought process as well, but you'll need to work on your own.
Based on those games, I'll consider players like Kasparov and Fischer to the games of players you should study.
The opening was nearly perfect, so I recommend just getting more into developing your own system. (Actually creating your own database.)
Your strategical play seems fine, but just studying your favorite player and actually analyzing their games in detail can be enough.
It would be hard for me to recommend more, cause I would need more detail, I do not know your thought process. I do not know your skill in the endgame, I do not know if you get into time trouble, and many other things. But you can use this as a base to start with.
If the purists are so insistent that chess 960 is not “real chess”, why did we let computers rule the analysis of classic chess? When did that become acceptable?
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