Bad Days???

Submitted by Ziaphere on Wed, 10/31/2007 at 1:22pm.

I wonder sometimes, am I losing cause I'm having a bad day or do I just need to learn how to play chess? Today is one of those days for me. I lost several games today due to bad moves. Really bad moves.

Being that I'm still kinda new and I'm a nobody in the chess world I wonder who would read this. If you are reading this though, my objective here is to come up with some plan to improve my game. This is where I need your guys help.

I know how to move the pieces and that's about it. I truelly play freestyle if that's even what you would call it. I do try to plan moves in advance and normally can see 2 sometimes 3 moves ahead on most opponents. Other then that, I kinda suck. Most of my good games where won by the pieces happening to be in good places. I don't know of any openings nor do I know what good piece positioning is. I would love for some recomendations of what my next step should be. Please feel free to comment on my games too, espesially if I played you.

Thanks!

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Comments:

by Markle - 12 months ago
Buckhannon,Wv United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 258

Dont feel too bad, i have been playing chess for over 35 years and let me tell you we all have those days where no matter what you do it just isnt right all the way from beginners up to the best in the world. You just have to get past those days and keep trying to improve.

by Flipper - 12 months ago
SAN JAGHETTO United States

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 14

I think you are a worthy opponent but,what do I know I'm just a dogg

by Ziaphere - 13 months ago
New Jersey United States

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 26

Thank you for the recommendations! I will check out those two links and take a look at the free leason. Spike, thanks for the incouragement! Those daily puzzles are starting to open my mind.

by Spike_Mason - 13 months ago
United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 251

I know how you feel; I've had plenty of those days. My recommendation is to just entertain yourself with the daily puzzles. Some of them, you'll find, will be simple enough for you to figure out point blank.

Hell, you beat me, right?

by littleman - 13 months ago
Taree Australia

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1123

I believe one of the masters has a free beginners E- lessons that u can down load. So look it up mate. The best bet is to start with basics though control center usualy done with a pawn then develop all your pieces they say knights before bishops mostly and castle quickly and often. when making a move look twice and 3 time if needed to see if any piece can be captured on both sides. but like i said go look up the down loads or coaches files untill u find something to help u good luck in your future games mate...

O yes i like the yasser seirawan books for learning personaly eg play winning chess,winning chess strategies and winning chess tactics are a good start if your interestest..

by likesforests - 13 months ago
United States

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 3326

There's an old saying, "Diligence is the mother of good luck". It sorta means that the better the chess player, the more likely they are to get lucky.

If you want to improve, here are a couple good starting places:

1. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess is often recommended for beginners

2. Chesskids Lessons cover basic openings, tactics, strategy, and endgames.

As someone who's never studied chess before, you'll probably get the best results by looking a tiny bit at each phase of the game before you delve deeply into any one area. Tactical or endgame study would be the next logical step after that.

But do have fun! If studying becomes work, you won't do it for long. Good luck!

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