Hi, my name is Travis Patay, and I'm an official Chess.com Coach here. I think you've made great progress already, and I'm happy that you're really enjoying chess!
I found some time tonight to annotate your most recent game. I think you would definitely benefit from focusing hard on anticipating your opponent's response to your planned move. For example, in the game I annotated, you missed a way to win your opponent's Queen with a discovered attack because he could still block the check with his Queen, thus saving it from attack.
I also recently gave this advice in another Beginner Forum Thread, which I think you could really benefit from:
I've taught chess to students from the age range of 4 to adults, and I have the same simple advice:
"Don't jump to think. First simply Look!"
When looking at a chess position, you're already thinking! That's how the mind works. See what is possible on all 64 squares, and don't get consumed by a preconceived notion or thought. Look at your opponent's last move and their position, and ask yourself, "Is there a threat?" If there is no immediate threat to your chess position, then look for active possibilities for yourself.
Things to look for are:
- Hanging pieces or pawns (Loose Pieces Drop Off or "LPDO" is an easy way to remember to look for this).
- Pulling a defender away from their duties; a combination may be possible to win material.
- A weak or open King position for your opponent; there may be an immediate tactic to gain material, OR you may be able to launch a successful checkmating attack.
I'll try to find some time tomorrow to analyze a game that you've lost and look hard for some more weaknesses in your chess game.
hello,
I initially posted this in game analysis but didn’t get any response and maybe because it was the wrong place to put it since im new to chess
2 and a half months ago i have started my chess journey from learning how to castle and move pawns To now trying to learn openings and improve my gameplay.
I have just gotten over 1300 elo and with some suggestion for my study in the next week or two hopefully could contribute to reaching 1400 elo
Im kindly requesting more experienced players to look into some of my games and maybe give me some tips or point out my mistakes during game play and maybe could tell me few things to improve.
I am currently playing games constantly, at the same time using few openings as my main and looking to dive deeper into them, while also learning to counter some other openings that deviate from my main .
My schedule:
I use some 3 to 6 hours on average to play chess daily and also spend 4 to 6 studying chess , with puzzle solving from time to time.
If i get some tips i would really appreciate as i would know what some of my weaknesses are and i will focus on correcting them .
To give alittle of how i have been focusing
My main openings are: vienna opening, caro kann opening ,
abit of study and focus on queen pawn opening responses, alapin sicilian.
I notice I blunder alot and Im working on it, I have started to work on protecting my pawns better and try to not exchange unless I get advantage but obviously I don't always successfully do this