I play a little, what do you want help with?
What are you doing at this moment?
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literally speaking I can play a match, but i’m awful at planning/strategy or the developed skills… so um everything
In that case same
i’m currently jealous of younger me, i’d be at school until 1930 every night so i’d do chess most nights and then play in comps with my friends (now i can do nothing
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Watching last night’s Yankees/Diamondbacks game
Waiting for my next meeting to start.
literally speaking I can play a match, but i’m awful at planning/strategy or the developed skills… so um everything
Always stick to basic opening principles. When I started doing that my game improved a lot. It's something Magnus Carlson is a big proponent of and it's the safest way of creating a strong opening and getting your king castled and well defended. Only when your king is castled can you start thinking about an overall plan of attack and the tactics to achieve it. Always have a strategy so you find your candidate moves more easily. A candidate move is one that at first glance of the board position looks like it might be the correct move to play and is the best way of eliminating moves that would be unhelpful and just focussing on a handful of moves that will win you material and/or improve your position. It's an effective way of organising your thoughts and forging a 'chess brain'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidate_move
My biggest downfall was attacking too early without the required backup which resulted in coming out worse off by losing material or creating a bad position for myself. By sticking to basic opening principles and only deviating from them if there is something concrete (guaranteed) I can get to a middlegame against much better players and that's when the fun starts.
https://www.chessstrategyonline.com...w-to-start-a-game-of-chess-opening-principles
Always have a plan and make every move count towards it but be flexible and ready to change plans if your opponent scuppers it. Always look at your opponents pieces and make sure their next move can't create a discovered attack, pin or fork all of which can win them free material. The most obvious one but biggest source of blunders is to always check your pieces for hanging pieces. A hung piece is a piece that isn't defended so the opponent can take it without losing anything in return. Against a player who knows how to defend and is unlikely to blunder just losing a knight or bishop and going -3 behind in material during the opening can spell disaster and your only hope is they blunder to even it out.
Watching tonight's Yankees/Diamondbacks game.
Which, since I have to get up at 5 tomorrow morning for work, I am probably going to have to defer.
Which, since I have to get up at 5 tomorrow morning for work, I am probably going to have to defer.
trying (and failing) to convince my friend to join this site
Good luck
Going back to bed as it's nice and warm.
Just got done watching VOY's "Hope and Fear"
riding a hobby horse of mine - clicking what people i like are doing right now
... i'm talking about you @Commander Troi
... i'm talking about you @Commander Troi
just finished ordering everything for my Heather Chandler cosplay 
Worked a short shift and took a long, hot shower.
Watching the Liverpool / Sheffield United match
waiting for it to stop hailing so I can go to the grocery store
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