how To improve from 1200? how to practice tactics.But no one tells how to implement this in games

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Siddhanth492

Puzzle situation never exist in games

my record in puzzle rush is 25

But i can't implement in actual matches

SoupTime4

Tactics practice is fine, but its just that...practice.  You need to learn to how create those tactics. 

If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Siddhanth492
SoupTime4 wrote:

Tactics practice is fine, but its just that...practice.  You need to learn to how create those tactics. 

If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Alright and that is exactly what I want to understand how to improve on these stuff

daxypoo
check out im daniel tapia’s “7 signs of tactics series”

basically, tactics will exist if 2 or more of the “tactical signals” are present in a position

(king safety, alignment, knight fork distance, overworked pieces, etc)
SoupTime4
Siddhanth492 wrote:
SoupTime4 wrote:

Tactics practice is fine, but its just that...practice.  You need to learn to how create those tactics. 

If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Alright and that is exactly what I want to understand how to improve on these stuff

So far all you play is blitz, and bullet.  So you tell me how you are going to create the circumstances i mentioned?  Find tactics?  And carry out those tactics when youre playing fast?

Siddhanth492
daxypoo wrote:
check out im daniel tapia’s “7 signs of tactics series”

basically, tactics will exist if 2 or more of the “tactical signals” are present in a position

(king safety, alignment, knight fork distance, overworked pieces, etc)

Ok i will check it in morning

RussBell

 

Start with "Play Winning Chess" by Yasser Seirawan......and continue as prescribed here...

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

and, as alluded to earlier...

Play Longer Time Controls...

For many at the beginner-novice level, speed chess tends to be primarily an exercise in moving pieces around faster than your opponent while avoiding checkmate, in hopes that his/her clock runs out sooner than yours.  Or being fortunate enough to be able to exploit your opponent’s blunders before they exploit yours.

There is little time to think about what you should be doing.

It makes sense that taking more time to think about what you should be doing would promote improvement in your chess skills.

An effective way to improve your chess is therefore to play mostly longer time controls, including "daily" chess, so you have time to think about what you should be doing.

This is not to suggest that you should necessarily play exclusively slow time controls or daily games, but they should be a significant percentage of your games, at least as much, if not more so than speed games which do almost nothing to promote an understanding of how to play the game well.

Here's what IM Jeremy Silman, well-known chess book author, has to say on the topic...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive

And Dan Heisman, well-known chess teacher and chess book author…
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http:/www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/dan-heisman-resources

and the experience of a FIDE Master...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-blitz-and-bullet-rotted-my-brain-don-t-let-it-rot-yours

bong711

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/post-your-best-miniatures-here-part-2

You will learn Tactics from actual games better.

SUf1199

شكرا لكم

kindaspongey

"... Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thinking it takes to plan, evaluate, play long endgames, and find deep combinations is just not possible in quick chess. … for serious improvement ... consistently play many slow games to practice good thinking habits. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

kindaspongey

Here are some reading possibilities that I often mention:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
https://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090229/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review492.pdf
https://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

drmrboss
Siddhanth492 wrote:
SoupTime4 wrote:

Tactics practice is fine, but its just that...practice.  You need to learn to how create those tactics. 

If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Alright and that is exactly what I want to understand how to improve on these stuff

 

First , Learn to understand Classic openings for

5 moves for 1200+

10 moves for 1600+

12 -13 moves for 2000+

 

Dont play 3. ....Nc6? ( suboptimal book move, not recommanded )It is not a good move,  e6, a6, b5, c5 is good positional plan.

 

Now you are out of control of centre and behind development. And subsequently you blundered like Nb4?? ( Ne5 is still playable)

 

Recommendation!!

 

Learn at learn at least 5 moves of opening! Then learn other stuffs!!

 

 

Siddhanth492

thank you everyone

Siddhanth492

drmrboss wrote:
Siddhanth492 wrote:
SoupTime4 wrote:

Tactics practice is fine, but its just that...practice.  You need to learn to how create those tactics. 

If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Alright and that is exactly what I want to understand how to improve on these stuff

 

First , Learn to understand Classic openings for

5 moves for 1200+

10 moves for 1600+

12 -13 moves for 2000+

 

Dont play 3. ....Nc6? ( suboptimal book move, not recommanded )It is not a good move,  e6, a6, b5, c5 is good positional plan.

 

 

Now you are out of control of centre and behind development. And subsequently you blundered like Nb4?? ( Ne5 is still playable)

 

 

Recommendation!!

 

Learn at learn at least 5 moves of opening! Then learn other stuffs!!

 

 

Doesn't ne5 immediately loses the knite?

kindaspongey
drmrboss wrote:
Siddhanth492 wrote:
SoupTime4 wrote:

… If you want tactics you need to have at least 3 of the following:

Material advantage.

Space advantage.

Better piece activity.

Weakness in the opponents position.

Alright and that is exactly what I want to understand how to improve on these stuff

First , Learn to understand Classic openings ...

Perhaps it would be a good idea to start with Discovering Chess Openings, a book about opening principles.

"... For beginning players, [Discovering Chess Openings] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

llama44
Siddhanth492 wrote:

Puzzle situation never exist in games

The exact position will (nearly) never exist in your games.

But root patterns of a tactic happen all the time.

Pay attention to the themes like forks, pins, and discovered checks. You should be thinking in terms of that during your games.

And tactics train you to calculate forcing moves. If one more order doesn't work, you calculate a different move order to see it that works. That is also something you should apply to your games.

Tactics train some basic analysis skills. In a tactic when one move order works, you doubled check it by considering different moves for the other player that might make your solution false. This is also something you should apply to your games.

Siddhanth492
llama44 wrote:
Siddhanth492 wrote:

Puzzle situation never exist in games

The exact position will (nearly) never exist in your games.

But root patterns of a tactic happen all the time.

Pay attention to the themes like forks, pins, and discovered checks. You should be thinking in terms of that during your games.

And tactics train you to calculate forcing moves. If one more order doesn't work, you calculate a different move order to see it that works. That is also something you should apply to your games.

Tactics train some basic analysis skills. In a tactic when one move order works, you doubled check it by considering different moves for the other player that might make your solution false. This is also something you should apply to your games.

Can u please check my previous game... Other than last move blunder... What wrong i did in terms of position...cause i had very bad position

drmrboss
Siddhanth492 wrote:
 

Doesn't ne5 immediately loses the knite?

No, he cant take  your Knight due to Bishop bin to the queen.

If white remove pin to Queen by

Qa4+ Bd7 (just in time to attack back his queen) , he cant take your kt. happy.png

Siddhanth492
drmrboss wrote:
Siddhanth492 wrote:
 

Doesn't ne5 immediately loses the knite?

 

No, he cant take  your Knight due to Bishop bin to the queen.

If white remove pin to Queen by

Qa4+ Bd7 (just in time to attack back his queen) , he cant take your kt.

Ohh right

llama44
Siddhanth492 wrote:
llama44 wrote:
Siddhanth492 wrote:

Puzzle situation never exist in games

The exact position will (nearly) never exist in your games.

But root patterns of a tactic happen all the time.

Pay attention to the themes like forks, pins, and discovered checks. You should be thinking in terms of that during your games.

And tactics train you to calculate forcing moves. If one more order doesn't work, you calculate a different move order to see it that works. That is also something you should apply to your games.

Tactics train some basic analysis skills. In a tactic when one move order works, you doubled check it by considering different moves for the other player that might make your solution false. This is also something you should apply to your games.

Can u please check my previous game... Other than last move blunder... What wrong i did in terms of position...cause i had very bad position

In the opening you lost control of the center. The queen's gambit accepted can be sharp so be sure you know some moves. You played 6...Nb4 which loses the knight to the basic tactic 7.Qa4+ If you keep playing this opening that can mean some good lessons in the future, but also consider playing the queen's gambit declined. When white is playing d4 + c4 the queen's gambit declined is just d5 e6 Nf6 Be7 0-0 and at some point in the middlegame you will try to play c5.

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c5 (at some point, not necessarily the opening) is normal in most 1.d4 d5 games actually, so your 4th move 4...Nc6 is... it's not bad but I think it makes the position harder for you to play because it blocks the c pawn. Consider playing, for example, 4...e6 and then 5...c5. This will lead to a more normal kind of position and should be easier to navigate too.

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14...Qxf3 was shows you were very distracted by making threats and capturing material Not many strong players would even consider this move. They would play Be7 and 0-0 without giving it much thought. The f3 pawn is not only weak (you can probably win it later) but it's part of a doubled pair (so capturing it doesn't really change anything). It's like winning half a pawn instead of castling which is silly tongue.png

Castling, as I'm sure you know, is a big part of the opening. Develop quickly and castle. Develop quickly and castle. Develop quickly and castle. It's very important! But this game you didn't castle at all. That's a big problem if you're doing this in many games.

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Other than that, your position was actually fine half the time. If you'd focused on opening principals in the beginning (the center, development and castle) then the middleagme would have been a lot easier for you.