I was trying to get people to play chess in a discord community so I made a meme about my stuggles and I think its pretty good lol.

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I just recently got into chess and decided to use an analysis site. I moved kc6 but it said pawn to e5 would be best. Why? When knight can basically get a free pawn possibly 2. Which I did

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Inspired by a comment on another post, thought it might be nice to aggregate lemmy’s chess wisdom when it comes to general rules.

Could be related to the chess itself (e.g. rooks belong behind passed pawns) or more general (e.g. in classical think about concrete variations on your move, and plans on your opponent’s).

None of these are ever hard and fast, but are often useful if you’re at a loose end in a position.

A couple I’ve found helpful:

• the bishop pair together is generally worth about 7 pawns, rather than 6. Useful when evaluating exchange sacs quickly in blitz
• in closed positions, your play is generally in the direction the pawn chain is pointing for you (so in the French, black’s play is on the queenside and white’s on the kingside
• in a closed position, plans generally revolve around engineering a pawn break. Look for them and check each. No pawn breaks; no plan
• when in doubt, push the a/h pawn

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What was it like for you when you started to get past beginner elo ranges like 800 and higher?

Was it very gradual improvements or did anything help you jump up some notches or a mix of both?

Currently I'm just palying puzzles and chess.com bots until I can't go no more, presently I am able to sometimes beat 800+ elo bots but I can never seem to break 200 elo games against people

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[X-GNOME-BlackAI "HoiChess"] [X-GNOME-BlackLevel "hard"] [X-GNOME-ClockType "simple"] [X-GNOME-TimerIncrement "1"]

1. h4 e5 2. h5 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. h6 gxh6 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. Rxh6 O-O 7. Qd2 Kh8 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Rh5 Be6 11. f3 Nf6 12. Rh6 Ng8 13. Rh5 d4 14. Ne4 Bxa2 15. g4 Bd5 16. Nh3 f6 17. Bg2 Bf7 18. Rh4 Bg6 19. Rh1 Qc8 20. Qh6 Ng8e7 21. g5 Nf5 22. Rg4 Ne3 23. Rh4 Nxg2 24. Rg4 Ne1 25. gxf6 Nxc2 26. Rxg6 Rf7 27. Nh3g5 Qg8 28. Nxh7 Ne3 29. Nh7g5+ Rh7 30. Nxh7 Nf5 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Nf8+ Nh4 34. Rxh4# 1-0

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Iran's chess federation has been fined 25,000 Euros ($29,200) by the International Chess Federation over its decision to boycott a match against Israel during the 2024 tournament held in Hungary.

Does anyone know of good resources for the black side of Bf4 Pirc positions? Nothing on it in Moskalenko’s book (perfect Pirc modern), and it’d be nice to read something on the subtleties of this specific line, as it comes up often vs Jobava players.

I got badly tilted these last few weeks and lost about 400 points of rating, from 1150 to 750 (chess.com blitz). Although I could see that the lower I got, the more mistakes my opponents made, I still lost almost every game, and it took me a while to get back to playing correctly.

## 700-rated players aren’t complete beginners and can’t be beaten without thinking

That’s one of the main things that kept me tilted: the lower I got, the more I expected to beat my opponents easily and without thinking. That doesn’t work: these players know some opening theory, spot many tactics, know some thematic ideas. It’s clear that they’re invested in chess and have learned material. If you play badly you will lose.

Although I’m low-rated myself, I would say this applies to everyone when playing lower-rated players, whatever the rating difference is. For example, in his speed runs, Daniel Naroditsky sometimes gets in a worse position, has to spend some time thinking, and gets back on track by playing a crazy complicated idea.

700 rated players are terrible at endgames

The previous paragraph is true for everything except endgames: I almost always won badly losing endgames, for example, knight+pawns vs rook+passed pawns, or even pawns vs rook+pawns. Don’t be afraid of a draw and get into the endgame if you’re low on time or don’t see a way forward in the middle game.

700-rated players attack a lot, and sloppily

That’s another thing that kept me tilted: compared to higher-rated opponents, these players attack more, even when it doesn’t work. I often panicked and lost material, or even resigned thinking they were mating attacks. However they’re often unsound, and by not panicking and taking enough time to play precise moves I could get rid of them.

700 rated players blunder unprovoked

The more moves in the game the more likely it is that they blunder. So stay concentrated, and don’t be afraid to play waiting moves or slightly improving moves rather than something more aggressive when low on time: even if you don’t see a way forward a blunder will likely happen.

What I recommend to get better when at this rating

Play solidly, only play fancy stuff when you’re sure it works: Keep your pieces defended, develop before attacking, and don’t be afraid to be a little passive. Put your pieces on good squares, for example, rooks or bishops facing the opponent’s queen, even if there are many pieces in between. When you want to play a tactic, a sacrifice, take a little time calculating, and only play it if you’re sure it works, or at least you’re sure you won’t end up in a worse position or down material.

It’s OK if you don’t attack because your opponent will eventually make a mistake.

Learn practical endgame basics, and practice endgames: At this level, endgame play is so bad that you will be able to win consistently with minimal practice. Not only will practicing endgames help you win games that already get to an endgame, but you’ll also be more confident simplifying and winning games that currently end in the middle game.

What to practice: king + several pawns vs king, using your rook to help pawns promote, basic ideas of rook endgames (get your rook in the opponent’s camp, get your rooks on the 7th rank…), how to get passed pawns. You don’t need to learn things such as Philidor/Lucena or theoretical endgames yet, just simple ideas so you make progress rather than playing random/ineffective moves.

Keep your threats in mind and check for your opponent’s mistakes: you might have a check, see a pawn that is only defended by a piece, your rook on the same column as the opponent’s queen. Don’t do anything yet (unless you see a working tactic!), but play solidly, and your opponent will eventually make a mistake, or a tactic will appear (he will move the defender, or you’ll end up able to fork rather than just check…)

Don’t do one-move threats: Don’t waste time with these. Just get your piece to a better spot. For example, when your rook is attacked by a bishop, don’t move it to attack the bishop back. Move it to a good square. Not only you will get it to a better spot, but also you won’t risk blundering by moving the piece multiple times without thinking much.

Don’t panic: When low on time, play safe moves that don’t require too much thinking. When down material keep calculating and playing solidly. Many times you’ll be able to get back on your feet. And don’t forget your opponent will likely play worse in these situations: when you’re down on time he might play quickly to flag you, when you’re down on material he might think he has already won and concentrate less.

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As it necessary? 👀are people no longer playing for the sake of tactic and strategy? Are they into playing perfect moves only until they win? I'm asking because I have received almost 17 resigns this week from fellow random chess players.

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FEN = 8/2N1p3/2ppR3/Qn2P3/B1k5/1N2K3/8/8 w - - 0 1

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