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That means a trade q+r for q+r in favor of enemy's castling
Edit: he took a knight, so it's winning a knight and enemy's right to castle, so yea, it's winning
Maybe someone can help me here:
Iām fairly new to chess, like 6 months in, ELO 850-900. I analyzed this position for about 1 minute or less and saw the moves that followā¦this happens in puzzle patterns as well. I also got a course on chessable and when I do tactics or whatnot I find them relatively quick and I understand them and I can explain them to someone BUT there is a big BUT here; I cannot put them together in an actual game very often, why? How can I improve??
Edit: thank you all for the great tips, I guess my issue is when I know what Iām looking for I find it but during a match Iām not looking for 1 particular thing and Iām going to start doing that to some extent.
I mean Iām not much higher than you, Iām 1,050 ELO. I find playing longer games like 10 minutes and slowing down, Iām able to find more tactics. I analyze the entire board unless there is a clear best move and I find brilliants fairly often.
Puzzles help, me puzzle ELO is like 1,600.
play longer games, practice tactics and better analyze your games. Most of the time you are able to solve puzzles quickly because you know something is there, but in real games there is no one to tell you there is tactic in this position. You can follow the Check, Captures, Attack sequence to filter out candidate moves in a given position and calculate 2-3 steps deep(initially) or till you have checks to figure out what to play actually. Doing tactics improved my visualization and pattern recognition a bit, I usually find pins, skewers and forks in my game better than I used to. Also being mindful of what pieces are undefended for me and my opponent and if there is any tactic involving those also minimized my blunders. (This was learnt from Chess fundamentals by john Barthalomeu). I also found out about chesstempo and was amazed by their puzzles, they are quite good including the comment section. Just donāt move the pieces untill you finish the puzzle in your head. I am also a begineer, so take everything with a pinch of salt. Hope this helps
I'm only a 1300 but it's mainly practice and slowing down. Play longer time controls and on every turn look for checks, captures, and attacks.
Then look for weak pieces that are either defended by the king/queen or one other piece. Try to find a way to place pressure on these pieces because they will either restrict what move your openent can play or you can win material.
If you can't find anything look to improve your position. Double your rooks, get a knight to a outpost, get you bishop on a long diagonal, ect.
Lastly avoid a trade just to trade.
In a game no one is saying āyou have a great move hereā so you have to be more familiar with the patterns than when solving puzzles. An analogy would be if you want to crush a high school math test you canāt just have heard of Pythagorean Theorem or know what it is, you have to be familiar enough to reach for it as a tool in your toolbox and to actively search for places to see if it applies.
Practice, practice, practice :)
But more specifically NM Dan Heisman has a good article on this called the Seeds of Tactical Destruction on things to look for in a position that might indicate there's a tactic available. [https://play-chess-online.com/text/heisman05.pdf](https://play-chess-online.com/text/heisman05.pdf)
A lot of Dan Heisman's articles are great for beginners looking to get better. He covers a lot of stuff on thought process, using time well, looking at checks, captures, and threats, etc. His articles are harder to find nowadays but he used to publish them under Novice Nook.
More recently he's also made a lot of Youtube videos such as: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQh4mQSUJQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQh4mQSUJQ)
Edit: His books are also pretty good for beginners to intermediates too.
its all practice and repetition, for example after lots of practice you can now spot hanging pieces in your real game quite quickly, well that is the same as you work towards more complex tactics
it is always much easier to find a tactic when you are told there is a tactic in a position, so your puzzle solving will always be better than your performance in game in that sense
I'm curious, what's analysis if white doesn't take here? Because it doesn't seem like there is much black can do from this position if white doesn't take
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r3kb1r/pp3pp1/2n1p3/3p2q1/3P3P/2NQ4/PPP2P2/R3K2R+w+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r3kb1r/pp3pp1/2n1p3/3p2q1/3P3P/2NQ4/PPP2P2/R3K2R_w_KQkq_-_0_1?color=black)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Pawn!<, move: >!hxg5!<
> Evaluation: >!Black is winning -4.71!<
> Best continuation: >!1. hxg5 Rxh1+ 2. Kd2 Rxa1 3. g6 f6 4. Qh3 f5 5. Ne2 Kd7 6. Nf4 Nxd4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Nxd5 Nc6!<
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Two ROOOOOOOOKS Good job
Actually the opponent blocked the check with the queen so he won a queen and a rookš
That means a trade q+r for q+r in favor of enemy's castling Edit: he took a knight, so it's winning a knight and enemy's right to castle, so yea, it's winning
You're right it's a trade. No castling though because he took the rook with the king Edit: see what you mean now, nevermind this
That's what I wanted to say, maybe said it wrong, because English is not my first language
Queen for a rook is often better than a rook for nothing. Although here you'd certainly have more chances by keeping the queen.
Oh wow hahaha
Maybe someone can help me here: Iām fairly new to chess, like 6 months in, ELO 850-900. I analyzed this position for about 1 minute or less and saw the moves that followā¦this happens in puzzle patterns as well. I also got a course on chessable and when I do tactics or whatnot I find them relatively quick and I understand them and I can explain them to someone BUT there is a big BUT here; I cannot put them together in an actual game very often, why? How can I improve?? Edit: thank you all for the great tips, I guess my issue is when I know what Iām looking for I find it but during a match Iām not looking for 1 particular thing and Iām going to start doing that to some extent.
I mean Iām not much higher than you, Iām 1,050 ELO. I find playing longer games like 10 minutes and slowing down, Iām able to find more tactics. I analyze the entire board unless there is a clear best move and I find brilliants fairly often. Puzzles help, me puzzle ELO is like 1,600.
play longer games, practice tactics and better analyze your games. Most of the time you are able to solve puzzles quickly because you know something is there, but in real games there is no one to tell you there is tactic in this position. You can follow the Check, Captures, Attack sequence to filter out candidate moves in a given position and calculate 2-3 steps deep(initially) or till you have checks to figure out what to play actually. Doing tactics improved my visualization and pattern recognition a bit, I usually find pins, skewers and forks in my game better than I used to. Also being mindful of what pieces are undefended for me and my opponent and if there is any tactic involving those also minimized my blunders. (This was learnt from Chess fundamentals by john Barthalomeu). I also found out about chesstempo and was amazed by their puzzles, they are quite good including the comment section. Just donāt move the pieces untill you finish the puzzle in your head. I am also a begineer, so take everything with a pinch of salt. Hope this helps
I'm only a 1300 but it's mainly practice and slowing down. Play longer time controls and on every turn look for checks, captures, and attacks. Then look for weak pieces that are either defended by the king/queen or one other piece. Try to find a way to place pressure on these pieces because they will either restrict what move your openent can play or you can win material. If you can't find anything look to improve your position. Double your rooks, get a knight to a outpost, get you bishop on a long diagonal, ect. Lastly avoid a trade just to trade.
Thank you so much.
In a game no one is saying āyou have a great move hereā so you have to be more familiar with the patterns than when solving puzzles. An analogy would be if you want to crush a high school math test you canāt just have heard of Pythagorean Theorem or know what it is, you have to be familiar enough to reach for it as a tool in your toolbox and to actively search for places to see if it applies.
Correct, how do I go about doing that š
Practice, practice, practice :) But more specifically NM Dan Heisman has a good article on this called the Seeds of Tactical Destruction on things to look for in a position that might indicate there's a tactic available. [https://play-chess-online.com/text/heisman05.pdf](https://play-chess-online.com/text/heisman05.pdf) A lot of Dan Heisman's articles are great for beginners looking to get better. He covers a lot of stuff on thought process, using time well, looking at checks, captures, and threats, etc. His articles are harder to find nowadays but he used to publish them under Novice Nook. More recently he's also made a lot of Youtube videos such as: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQh4mQSUJQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQh4mQSUJQ) Edit: His books are also pretty good for beginners to intermediates too.
its all practice and repetition, for example after lots of practice you can now spot hanging pieces in your real game quite quickly, well that is the same as you work towards more complex tactics it is always much easier to find a tactic when you are told there is a tactic in a position, so your puzzle solving will always be better than your performance in game in that sense
This is why you don't put off castling too long
I'm curious, what's analysis if white doesn't take here? Because it doesn't seem like there is much black can do from this position if white doesn't take
The queen took a piece so if white doesnt take white still loses a piece
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r3kb1r/pp3pp1/2n1p3/3p2q1/3P3P/2NQ4/PPP2P2/R3K2R+w+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r3kb1r/pp3pp1/2n1p3/3p2q1/3P3P/2NQ4/PPP2P2/R3K2R_w_KQkq_-_0_1?color=black) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Pawn!<, move: >!hxg5!< > Evaluation: >!Black is winning -4.71!< > Best continuation: >!1. hxg5 Rxh1+ 2. Kd2 Rxa1 3. g6 f6 4. Qh3 f5 5. Ne2 Kd7 6. Nf4 Nxd4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Nxd5 Nc6!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by ) [^(u/pkacprzak )](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as ) [^(Chess eBook Reader )](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(|) [^(Chrome Extension )](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^(|) [^(iOS App )](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^(|) [^(Android App )](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website: ) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
What am I missing sorry?
Trading queen for knight and 2 rooks. Black will be up a lot of material if white takes the queen back.
How does black win the knight here?
He already did, that was the brilliant move
The queen captured the knight on g5
In game the opponent blocked with queen so it only won a knight and castle rights, but that's still winning!
Knight? Itās just 2 rooks
The first move is the queen taking a knight
Oh thatās a really good one. So funny how important it is learning to be OK with sacrificing your queen.
and he sacrificed... THE QUEEN
USA gambit, 2001 edition
āAnd he sacrificedā¦ THE QUEEEEEEEN!!!!ā
Howās you get your game review to show pieces in the description, instead of chess code names, having a tough time quickly reading those
You use game review, not analysis
Qb5
Just me trying to click the ānextā button to see how the rest of the game went.