Do chess.com puzzle battle
Here is a method for listing potential candidate moves and then choosing one to play.
ABCDE Method
Attacking, Blocking, Capturing/Check, Defending, Evacuation
www.fraserheightschess.com/Documents/ABCDE.pdf
ABCDE Method
Attacking, Blocking, Capturing/Check, Defending, Evacuation
www.fraserheightschess.com/Documents/ABCDE.pdf
I think there's a blunder check that you could do every move:
1. Do they have any checks?
2. Are your pieces hanging?
3. Is the piece you're about to move, defending something?
4. Will this result in a pin/ skewer?
1. Do they have any checks?
2. Are your pieces hanging?
3. Is the piece you're about to move, defending something?
4. Will this result in a pin/ skewer?
A late link
How to Avoid BLUNDERS
How to Avoid BLUNDERS
Angus Dunnington
Everyman Chess site
BLUNDERS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM: ELIMINATE MISTAKES FROM YOUR PLAY
Everyman Chess site
BLUNDERS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM: ELIMINATE MISTAKES FROM YOUR PLAY
@PepperyPawn and others who wrote similar things. Thank you very much.
But in principle I know what I should do and what I should look for. My problem is that in some circumstances, I forget all of this. Mainly under time pressure and sometimes under heavy positional pressure.
There fore I am looking for a method to *train* all of this stuff. To engrave it so hard into my unconscious thinking process that I won't forget it any more.
My current method for training is to play relatively slow games against LucasChess bots and try to focus on not blundering, sometimes with the help of a checklist. I'll continue with this for some months, if nobody has a better idea.
@SaltWaterRabbit
Special thanks to you for your many posts to this thread.
Ist it good, Dunnington's book? Especially in regards to the training aspect?
But in principle I know what I should do and what I should look for. My problem is that in some circumstances, I forget all of this. Mainly under time pressure and sometimes under heavy positional pressure.
There fore I am looking for a method to *train* all of this stuff. To engrave it so hard into my unconscious thinking process that I won't forget it any more.
My current method for training is to play relatively slow games against LucasChess bots and try to focus on not blundering, sometimes with the help of a checklist. I'll continue with this for some months, if nobody has a better idea.
@SaltWaterRabbit
Special thanks to you for your many posts to this thread.
Ist it good, Dunnington's book? Especially in regards to the training aspect?
@Alakaluf said in #36:
> Ist it good, Dunnington's book? Especially in regards to the training aspect?
I do not know. In the past, I did a Dunnington book (unknown title) and I was impressed with it . It contained good structure and clear explanations of things. I think that Neil McDonald is also a very good chess writer.
I think that reducing blunders is rather difficult -- sort of like when you first learn how to ride a bicycle or drive a car.
At first, you have to be very conscious of everything that you are doing and maybe do 'like verbal check lists' suitable for a situation.
After 1 or 2 years of experience biking/ driving, you do things much better and a lot of what you do is NOT verbal but rather unconscious and just something that you know how to do reasonably well. It takes time, effort and experience to get here.
My interest in Blunder Reduction: Myself, I returned to OTB chess after a very long absence. I was 1836 OTB when I left chess but had lots of 13xx performance ratings in my returning OTB tournaments. Many Blunders - super frustrating - often in very good positions.
My answer is that chess is a difficult games and mistakes and blunders are a part of it at every level. I did lots of training based on researching resources to reduce blunders and eventually just accepted that I had little immediate control over my appalling blunders / mistakes. This acceptance approach reduced my stress levels and sense of self doubt. I needed to be patient and realize that with effort, struggle and experience that I would improve. Now, I still blunder etc. but at a reasonable rate if such a thing exists!
Good luck and take care.
> Ist it good, Dunnington's book? Especially in regards to the training aspect?
I do not know. In the past, I did a Dunnington book (unknown title) and I was impressed with it . It contained good structure and clear explanations of things. I think that Neil McDonald is also a very good chess writer.
I think that reducing blunders is rather difficult -- sort of like when you first learn how to ride a bicycle or drive a car.
At first, you have to be very conscious of everything that you are doing and maybe do 'like verbal check lists' suitable for a situation.
After 1 or 2 years of experience biking/ driving, you do things much better and a lot of what you do is NOT verbal but rather unconscious and just something that you know how to do reasonably well. It takes time, effort and experience to get here.
My interest in Blunder Reduction: Myself, I returned to OTB chess after a very long absence. I was 1836 OTB when I left chess but had lots of 13xx performance ratings in my returning OTB tournaments. Many Blunders - super frustrating - often in very good positions.
My answer is that chess is a difficult games and mistakes and blunders are a part of it at every level. I did lots of training based on researching resources to reduce blunders and eventually just accepted that I had little immediate control over my appalling blunders / mistakes. This acceptance approach reduced my stress levels and sense of self doubt. I needed to be patient and realize that with effort, struggle and experience that I would improve. Now, I still blunder etc. but at a reasonable rate if such a thing exists!
Good luck and take care.
@Alakaluf said in #36:
> There fore I am looking for a method to *train* all of this stuff. To engrave it so hard into my unconscious thinking process that I won't forget it any more.
This can be also personality trait that very hard to fix. I am not attentive to small details in my daily task anyway so I blunder. Way more than you do. Obviously with rigor and repeated trainig it will get less of a problem but to mostly rid them is not doable for everyone
> There fore I am looking for a method to *train* all of this stuff. To engrave it so hard into my unconscious thinking process that I won't forget it any more.
This can be also personality trait that very hard to fix. I am not attentive to small details in my daily task anyway so I blunder. Way more than you do. Obviously with rigor and repeated trainig it will get less of a problem but to mostly rid them is not doable for everyone
A remark to the Dunnington book: One reviewer said this about it:
*The author really should have titled this "Blunders : See how rated players make them and gasp". I feel the "Avoid them : Eliminate Mistakes" portion is an outright lie.*
*The author really should have titled this "Blunders : See how rated players make them and gasp". I feel the "Avoid them : Eliminate Mistakes" portion is an outright lie.*
Take a look at this online book: archive.org/details/Chess_Mistakes/mode/2up?view=theater
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