Do you have any suggestions for improvements? Also what would my ‘performance’ in the game be (according to you)?
Some of my favourite books are:
The complete book of Chess strategy by Jeremy Silman(Positional ideas, Openings and Endgames)
Silman's Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman(All common Endgames)
The mammoth book of the world's greatest chess games by a bunch of people that I'm too lazy to add here(Best games by advanced players)
Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Sterrin(Most common openings)
Other good way to improve are creating an opening repertoire for yourself(make sure you choose an opening for every common response), looking at master games(I would recommend only looking at games from one person, like Capablanka, Fischer, Kasparov, ETC.) and lastly analyzing your games after you play them. After you finish a game on lichess you can just press on Analyses Board and then press the blue button that says Request A Computer Analyses.
I literally copy pasted that from lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/books-for-getting-better?page=4#33
The complete book of Chess strategy by Jeremy Silman(Positional ideas, Openings and Endgames)
Silman's Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman(All common Endgames)
The mammoth book of the world's greatest chess games by a bunch of people that I'm too lazy to add here(Best games by advanced players)
Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Sterrin(Most common openings)
Other good way to improve are creating an opening repertoire for yourself(make sure you choose an opening for every common response), looking at master games(I would recommend only looking at games from one person, like Capablanka, Fischer, Kasparov, ETC.) and lastly analyzing your games after you play them. After you finish a game on lichess you can just press on Analyses Board and then press the blue button that says Request A Computer Analyses.
I literally copy pasted that from lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/books-for-getting-better?page=4#33
Hi, at this stage you should be looking to consolidate some principles before going into more advanced stuff, so here's a great short article that will help you navigate the opening stage.
www.chessstrategyonline.com/content/tutorials/how-to-start-a-game-of-chess-opening-principles
Also I believe you should avoid playing anything other than 1.e4 until you reach higher grounds, 1.c4 / 1.d4 can be extremely hard to navigate even for the most advanced players, 1.e4 is often simpler in terms of the plans and ideas, d4 c4 openings can lead to closed structures which generally requires a bit more understanding of the position because there's lots of maneuvering to be done and pawn breaks to achieve and this is too advanced at the moment.
1.e4 will often present easier positions to play where you can apply fundamental knowledge, and this is what you need at this point, reinforce your fundamentals. Try to play symmetrical openings, for the very same reason I described above, this means if your opponent plays 1.e4 you answer with 1..e5, 1.d4 you answer with 1..d5, and look at some basic ideas of some simpler openings such as the Italian Game for white and Petroff for black (for example).
Lichess also has a great feature where you can learn some chess fundamentals such as typical attacks, common endgames and tactical motifs.
lichess.org/practice
I strongly recommend you keep doing puzzles, don't rush with your moves and force yourself to pause and try to see as far as your can before moving, and only move when you're sure that's the move you want to play.
lichess.org/training
And lastly play a LOT of games, blitz is not great since you don't really have time to stop and really think, if you're looking to improve rapid or slower is ideal. Have fun and good luck !
www.chessstrategyonline.com/content/tutorials/how-to-start-a-game-of-chess-opening-principles
Also I believe you should avoid playing anything other than 1.e4 until you reach higher grounds, 1.c4 / 1.d4 can be extremely hard to navigate even for the most advanced players, 1.e4 is often simpler in terms of the plans and ideas, d4 c4 openings can lead to closed structures which generally requires a bit more understanding of the position because there's lots of maneuvering to be done and pawn breaks to achieve and this is too advanced at the moment.
1.e4 will often present easier positions to play where you can apply fundamental knowledge, and this is what you need at this point, reinforce your fundamentals. Try to play symmetrical openings, for the very same reason I described above, this means if your opponent plays 1.e4 you answer with 1..e5, 1.d4 you answer with 1..d5, and look at some basic ideas of some simpler openings such as the Italian Game for white and Petroff for black (for example).
Lichess also has a great feature where you can learn some chess fundamentals such as typical attacks, common endgames and tactical motifs.
lichess.org/practice
I strongly recommend you keep doing puzzles, don't rush with your moves and force yourself to pause and try to see as far as your can before moving, and only move when you're sure that's the move you want to play.
lichess.org/training
And lastly play a LOT of games, blitz is not great since you don't really have time to stop and really think, if you're looking to improve rapid or slower is ideal. Have fun and good luck !
I would at least switch to 5 minutes instead of 3 minutes.
That 1800 played really weird. Maybe he was tilted or something or tired.
I think you play around 1,000 - 1,200. Just one thing, if your in a winning position i.e. queen, rook, knight vs rook, rook, knight and equal pawns. Then, the only way to lose is probably a knight fork.
A lot of time you only got one way to lose, if you find yourself in that position then you need to actively avoid it.
That 1800 played really weird. Maybe he was tilted or something or tired.
I think you play around 1,000 - 1,200. Just one thing, if your in a winning position i.e. queen, rook, knight vs rook, rook, knight and equal pawns. Then, the only way to lose is probably a knight fork.
A lot of time you only got one way to lose, if you find yourself in that position then you need to actively avoid it.
@simpsimp said in #4
> That 1800 played really weird. Maybe he was tilted or something or tired.
Yeah kinda strange imo
> That 1800 played really weird. Maybe he was tilted or something or tired.
Yeah kinda strange imo
@AlexanderNiLaUsEn Looked at your recent games you keep doing exactly all the same stuff, not following principles (specifically this line where you play Be3, f3 and so on, it's just really bad), playing complex openings (c4, sicilian, etc) and 3+0, your improvement journey is gonna be much longer than necessary, if you're really aiming to improve you're on the wrong path.
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