I suck at chess, what should I do?
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Well.... who doesn't suck at chess? I know I do!
On the surface, Chess is 99% tactics. You should be doing some form of tactics everyday.
All the positional skill and endgame skill will be wasted if you can not see the board visually (refer back to tactics) Learning the middle game and the end game are a MUST!!!!
Once in a blue moon I play someone who is very good at tactics, but doesn't know the opening phase (Opening a game with junk like 1.a3 is like trying to box with one hand tied behind your back... IT doesn't work. The opponent hangs till the middle game looking for a combo that never happens. From that point happily wanders into a bad position and looses. You will need to book up on openings at some point.
Now what those openings are, that should should be dependent on your style of play and how mow much time you can devote to the game.
Nov 16, 2024
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#5
it is about memorization, it really is, people say it is not, but they are wrong, all you do is read books, watch videos and games played by top GMs all day, you memorise the positions and winning moves in those positions, and thats it, you cannot learn chess, by just playing it, cause inevitably you're gonna run into players who actually have memorised stuff, this is why chess is so boring these day, especially in the beginning, there are a lot of people who play boring antichess style games, where they just hunker down, protect everything and dont even try to attack, and just wait till their opponent makes a blunder or mistake trying to attack from the getgo, and that is the computer way of playing, it is boring and slow
i kinda like that style of chess------hunker down ---protect everything-- and wait till the other player makes a blunder or two ----- i think i have been going at this all wrong till i read this -- its going to be my new mantra -- hunker down protect every thing and wait till they make a wrong move ---- thanks for the hint no wonder i am at still 100
As a beginner, the best investment of your time would be to read and study several books on basic chess principles. Rather than play blitz or bullet games for a week, read some of the classic instruction books. Reinfeld, Chernev, Horowitz. Pandolfini, Lasker , Rozman. etc. This should immediately be worth at least 500 or 600 Elo points.
Then, when you return to play, use slower time controls so you can think about and implement what you have learned. After a game, try to understand why you won or lost. Analyzing your games will be worth another 200 or 300 Elo points.
Dont try to memorize openings. Don’t play blitz. Those will only slow your progress.
Good luck
@LOSTATCHESS
I’d advise you to focus on keeping your pieces safe but not to “hunker down”- you need to be keeping your pieces active and I assure you, it is much easier to attack than defend (and to many, more fun). Don't be concerned about the game result so much as improving your play and learning from each game. You'll lose thousands of games over time, the question is will you always be learning from them.
I’d advise you to focus on keeping your pieces safe but not to “hunker down”- you need to be keeping your pieces active and I assure you, it is much easier to attack than defend (and to many, more fun). Don't be concerned about the game result so much as improving your play and learning from each game. You'll lose thousands of games over time, the question is will you always be learning from them.
Nov 16, 2024
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#9
You should know all the openings such as the Wayward queen attack and how to counter really aggressive plays. I can show you some puzzles that make you go big brain if you want.
Hey there.
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Just practice my guy
Nov 18, 2024
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#12
Listen to the comments above me. Don't listen to the guy named Janko as he will say chess elos are rigged, which is ridiculous.
Nov 18, 2024
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#13
Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.
Greetings, friend. My name is NOT Janko. I am not Janko. I and Janko are different person.
Now listen to me very carefully. Something fishy happens around this game. You must understand that this is not your fault. When you think that you did a bad move, it was not you. It was them. Who swapped the reality. See, there are endless copies of our universe with different events. There are certain, let's say, beings, that detect games of chess and in an organized way manipulate the outcomes. In simple words, this game is rigged. And you cannot win because of that. If you want to break free, you need to train your mind and your spirit in a very special way.
Nov 18, 2024
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#15
Do the puzzles and play the bots at a level twice that of your daily chess rating. If the ~ 1400 bot beats you then find the highest bot that you can beat every time and try to get your accuracy over 90%. Once you do that then go on to the next higher bot.
magnumsicecream111 wrote:
like how?
Practice if you haven't played enough yet you should play a couple hundred games first then see where your skill level is at once you know about how good you are (you should analyze anyway) but start thinking about analyzing your games and why/how you made a mistake you should also try to focus on pattern recognition and ways to come up with better ideas
basketstorm wrote:
Greetings, friend. My name is NOT Janko. I am not Janko. I and Janko are different person.
Now listen to me very carefully. Something fishy happens around this game. You must understand that this is not your fault. When you think that you did a bad move, it was not you. It was them. Who swapped the reality. See, there are endless copies of our universe with different events. There are certain, let's say, beings, that detect games of chess and in an organized way manipulate the outcomes. In simple words, this game is rigged. And you cannot win because of that. If you want to break free, you need to train your mind and your spirit in a very special way.
Ok janko
Ps:I will out you every single time
And yes it's your fault you suck(not really if you don't know what your doing of course you suck but you can get better )
JBarryChess wrote:
Do the puzzles and play the bots at a level twice that of your daily chess rating. If the ~ 1400 bot beats you then find the highest bot that you can beat every time and try to get your accuracy over 90%. Once you do that then go on to the next higher bot.
I would recommend playing against stockfish then the bots are consistently dumb in certain ways so when you actually play against humans it's a completely different playing style
Nov 18, 2024
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#19
Leetsak wrote:
it is about memorization, it really is, people say it is not, but they are wrong, all you do is read books, watch videos and games played by top GMs all day, you memorise the positions and winning moves in those positions, and thats it, you cannot learn chess, by just playing it, cause inevitably you're gonna run into players who actually have memorised stuff, this is why chess is so boring these day, especially in the beginning, there are a lot of people who play boring antichess style games, where they just hunker down, protect everything and dont even try to attack, and just wait till their opponent makes a blunder or mistake trying to attack from the getgo, and that is the computer way of playing, it is boring and slow
If that is the case there is no point playing it. That comment has opened my eyes to what a waste of time chess is. It's addictive, and hard to give up, but I think it's a good reason to let go and find something better to waste my time on.
BigChessplayer665 wrote:
basketstorm wrote:
Greetings, friend. My name is NOT Janko. I am not Janko. I and Janko are different person.
Now listen to me very carefully. Something fishy happens around this game. You must understand that this is not your fault. When you think that you did a bad move, it was not you. It was them. Who swapped the reality. See, there are endless copies of our universe with different events. There are certain, let's say, beings, that detect games of chess and in an organized way manipulate the outcomes. In simple words, this game is rigged. And you cannot win because of that. If you want to break free, you need to train your mind and your spirit in a very special way.
Ok janko
Ps:I will out you every single time
And yes it's your fault you suck(not really if you don't know what your doing of course you suck but you can get better )
i'M NOT JANKO I TOLD YOU. I DON'T SUCK YOU DIDN'T EVEN PLAY AGAINST ME GO ON CHALLENGE ME IN 3|2 WE WILL SEE WHO SUCKS