How do I improve on chess as a beginner?
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I think Im decent at openings and endgame, but my mid game is horrible. I’ve started playing with in real life friends and now I’m starting chess.com. People told me to play more and do more puzzles, and do game analysis on where it went wrong, but as a beginner I honestly cannot tell what went wrong in the game. Please give me some advice.
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Here is a recent game.
So what was the point of 6 g5? I guess it was to attack the knight. I think you can reasonably suspect that your opponent will want to move it away from the pawn attack.
Where is it going to move?
Naturally, when there is a pawn that would be attacked 3 times and defended only once., it will move there. You practically forced your opponent to take your pawn.
You want to learn to think about those things before you make a move. Think about what your opponent will do if you make a move.
Think about why your opponent made his or her last move.
A couple of moves later, you moved your own knight to attack what?
Did moving your knight leave anything of yours open to attack?
You were quickly lost in the opening.
Going through the games afterward can help you spot the big blunders you have made.
Look mostly at the games you lost will help you the most.
Learning to spot the blunders before you make the moves is what you are hoping to learn.
Good luck.
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