How do you learn to attack better?

I often get positions with a large pawn storm in my game but most of the time my attacks fizzle out. I've been spending more time on tactics but it's not helping. Here is my last blitz game where I thought I had a winning attack.

And here is a classical game where I thought I had a good attack.



Is it just a case of me sucking at tactics? I've done over 2000 on here and don't seem to be improving.

Playing good chess consists of hundreds of abilities glued together with tactics. Tactics is important but not everything. „Chess vision“ in chess is paramount but tactics is only a part of it, probably a significant one. But knowing 100 (beginner), 10.000 (expert) or 100.000 chunks (master) counts a lot.

Not few can solve every tactics exercise world-wide but fail miserably against decent opponents.

it is not the attack that failed, it is your evaluation of the position that failed.
First game 20 ... Nd4- you have a great position. Yes your attack is stronger, but because of your pawn storm you got the better position, you have to switch the plans now (attack did not work you, but gave you another advantage)
Just play 21. ... a4-a3 22.b3 (I bet he would just do that) and then 22. ... e5! (typical dragon move actually)- if he continues the attack both yout knoguths are well positioned, Rh8, you are safe and better. You will win this for sure. If he takes, well Qf6->f4/b2....
2nd game: I have never seen your attack. Black was always better. E.g. move 15. ... Rh8. black has everything under control (even Rh8 is kinda active). You on the other hand have shitty pieces, your pawns are weak and that is all. If you start to defend, develop pieces and play normally maybe you have a chance. Instead you go berzerk, your own fault.
Let me put it in a methaphor- in basketball language- if all you can do is dunking, then it is easy to stop you. Even if you are the worlds best dunker, all the enemy has to do is to stay further back so you cannot pass. The harder you try it the more you fail. Instead you should take a shot then (different approach), because that is the reason he has to stay close and allow you the dunk attemt. Or another one is from Kasparov: "I want to play tactical positions, but my opponents did always jsut play the solid lines. So I mastered the positional play, so my opponents had to bring some chaos to the board, and that was the moment I could shine even more"

Thanks for the feedback. In game one I wanted to play a4 but because of b3 I decided against it as I thought that would shut things down. I think you're right, I need to calm down and not force an attack when there isn't one. e5 is a move I would have never thought of so will need to look at that more closely.

I saw a book on Amazon called the art of attack in chess have any of you read it?

In the first game, it looked like 24..Nb5 was the bad move to me. Otherwise I really liked ur attack. I didn't look at computer lines but just Rh8 jumps out to me and white can't really take your knight can he? Also Nf2, followed by Nhf4 looked interesting, just to distract the queen but maybe all these lines are nonsense

In the second game, how do you expect to mate him without opening the h-file? You gotta get h5 in somehow. Also, taking on c6 like that just sped up blacks attack a ton. He should have to sac a pawn to get a direct line to your king like that.

In my opinion it is best: play lots of training games, analyze with better player, engine or database and try to be better next time. Ad infinitum. That‘s the only way to develop a feeling where your pieces feel well.

In the first game 20...a3 as pointed out above.
In the second game 13 h5, the point is 13...Nxh5 14 Rxh5 gxh5 15 Qg5 with mate.
It is telling that twice you miss a pawn push.
Most of attacks start with pawns.
It is difficult of course to decide on the right move in such sharp positions.

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