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Tips for improving accuracy?
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Nov 3, 2020
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LeftFarm wrote:
Hello.
Ive not long started playing chess, maybe a week or so? I started playing when i registered to this site. I had a few games with my son before hand so knew the basic rules and watched a few videos before joining and playing so had a rough idea.
Anyways, i have been watching John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals playlist, he has some really good lessons on there. I have been following it teachings as well as some others - undefended pieces, planning a route, always think about why your opponent made the move they did, what vulnerabilities may they have found, or was it a nothing move etc... The moves i make here whilst in a game follow those basic principles and every move i make is either to protect a piece or to prepare for my next move but when the game ends, win or lose, my accuracy is so low!
Going through the analysis, i understand the possible missed wins etc as im new and not grasped the full concept of thinking x moves ahead, but i dont seem to be getting that many mistakes, and the blunders seem to be the moves i set up for my next move or to protect a piece. Complicated system.
Any advice on how to improve this? Ive started playing 30min games so i can take more time to think about my moves, but it doesnt seem to be helping, in fact, it seems to be getting worse.
Hello, first of all welcome. 
I wrote an article for beginners, as I was and still kinda am in those shoes. As I did manage to somewhat improve my chess here are all the tips I have at the moment:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
Nov 3, 2020
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#4
LeftFarm wrote:
Any advice on how to improve this?
Sit on your hands. That tip added about 100 points to my over-the-board rating.
LeftFarm wrote:
Hello.
Ive not long started playing chess, maybe a week or so? I started playing when i registered to this site. I had a few games with my son before hand so knew the basic rules and watched a few videos before joining and playing so had a rough idea.
Anyways, i have been watching John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals playlist, he has some really good lessons on there. I have been following it teachings as well as some others - undefended pieces, planning a route, always think about why your opponent made the move they did, what vulnerabilities may they have found, or was it a nothing move etc... The moves i make here whilst in a game follow those basic principles and every move i make is either to protect a piece or to prepare for my next move but when the game ends, win or lose, my accuracy is so low!
Going through the analysis, i understand the possible missed wins etc as im new and not grasped the full concept of thinking x moves ahead, but i dont seem to be getting that many mistakes, and the blunders seem to be the moves i set up for my next move or to protect a piece. Complicated system.
Any advice on how to improve this? Ive started playing 30min games so i can take more time to think about my moves, but it doesnt seem to be helping, in fact, it seems to be getting worse.
Stop hanging your pieces for no reason. I checked over your last few games. You just let your opponent take your pieces with pawns, etc.
i started playing daily chess, and it's much more conducive to my learning than trying to learn chess on rapid.
Apr 24, 2021
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IMBacon wrote:
The OP hasn't been back in 2 days. I doubt they are serious about improving.
The appear to be a parent, so they probably have other time commitments. I see that they are on every few days or so.
Feb 5, 2023
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One tip I'd give if you play bullet or blitz, time scrambles can absolutely destroy that score if you aren't careful. I would notice in game reviews, even of games I won, that I'd have a very good score up until that started, and then I'd make 9 or 10 blunders in a row because I'd just throw random pieces around. To the point that I would occasionally draw by insufficient material because I gave away ALL my pieces. Instead of that, you can just shuffle some peices around, not doing anything crazy, and most of those will be "good" because they won't alter the eval much, instead of outright blunders. And considering you may make nearly a dozen moves in a time scramble, that part of the game makes up a good portion of your total moves. So if you can keep the blunders down there it goes a LONG way to improving CAPS.
Regular practice will make ypu perfect
LeftFarm wrote:
Hello.
Ive not long started playing chess, maybe a week or so? I started playing when i registered to this site. I had a few games with my son before hand so knew the basic rules and watched a few videos before joining and playing so had a rough idea.
Anyways, i have been watching John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals playlist, he has some really good lessons on there. I have been following it teachings as well as some others - undefended pieces, planning a route, always think about why your opponent made the move they did, what vulnerabilities may they have found, or was it a nothing move etc... The moves i make here whilst in a game follow those basic principles and every move i make is either to protect a piece or to prepare for my next move but when the game ends, win or lose, my accuracy is so low!
Going through the analysis, i understand the possible missed wins etc as im new and not grasped the full concept of thinking x moves ahead, but i dont seem to be getting that many mistakes, and the blunders seem to be the moves i set up for my next move or to protect a piece. Complicated system.
Any advice on how to improve this? Ive started playing 30min games so i can take more time to think about my moves, but it doesnt seem to be helping, in fact, it seems to be getting worse.
Just practicing and try to do right move
Hello.
Ive not long started playing chess, maybe a week or so? I started playing when i registered to this site. I had a few games with my son before hand so knew the basic rules and watched a few videos before joining and playing so had a rough idea.
Anyways, i have been watching John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals playlist, he has some really good lessons on there. I have been following it teachings as well as some others - undefended pieces, planning a route, always think about why your opponent made the move they did, what vulnerabilities may they have found, or was it a nothing move etc... The moves i make here whilst in a game follow those basic principles and every move i make is either to protect a piece or to prepare for my next move but when the game ends, win or lose, my accuracy is so low!
Going through the analysis, i understand the possible missed wins etc as im new and not grasped the full concept of thinking x moves ahead, but i dont seem to be getting that many mistakes, and the blunders seem to be the moves i set up for my next move or to protect a piece. Complicated system.
Any advice on how to improve this? Ive started playing 30min games so i can take more time to think about my moves, but it doesnt seem to be helping, in fact, it seems to be getting worse.