- Game after early queen trade. See Philidor opening for example:
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 *
- Color-square strategies. When and how? Masters mention it often, books and material cover only the early basics.
- Piece play - the art of. See certain Sicilians and again, early middlegames without queens and/or middlegames with static center.
How to determine what “chess personality” u have (aggressive, defensive, tactical, etc.) and what openings u should play / how u should play ur middle game. No clue if this is possible just seems cool
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LOL true story. I didn't notice the startdate until later. We need a Necro-post endgame tutorial.
Same 😂
Reply to my Gmail account: [email protected] and I will send you chess openings repertoire for black.
Yes. ND Hello
How to play solid until your opponent break or blinder.
How to scan the board? Most of us don't know what we should look for or prioritize
Hi!
Anyone out there have any suggestions for topics for future Chess Mentor courses?
The difference between hypermodern openings, the modern transpositional openings, and traditional openings. Hypermoderns like the Alekhine's, Pirc, KID, Zukertort, Nimzowitsch-Larsen, and KIA all aim to counter-attack the center rather than control it directly and are usually light on theory and heavy on imbalance, leading to lower draw percentages than other openings. Moderns (transpositionals) like the English, Reti, Modern, and Indian Game all look to transpose to a more favorable opening, essentially eliminating the possibility of playing an unfavorable opening (e.g. I didn't prep Sicilian, I play Reti, if 1... c5, we play Symmetrical English), and they all tend to counterattack the center while occupying it. Traditional openings like the Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, French, and Queen's Gambit all aim to occupy the center as much as possible and are usually heavy on theory and light on imbalance, leading to higher draw percentages than other openings. If you could explain "schools of thought" to the newer generations of chess, especially the most popular components and basic principles, but also the history if you feel like it.
I have a few that those of us below NM are bad at:
1. prophylaxis, including / stressing what the opponent is trying to do.
2. defense, which is hard to teach, not fun and hard to do.
3. Evaluating a position correctly and coming up with a plan.
4. handling transitions well
5. Pawn breaks
6,. defending in a difficult/pawn down ending
Beyond those, anything about practical endgame play would help most of us. -Bill
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I think "How to master chess" should also be one of the topic
idk im new to chess
I have no idea what is the rule of "pass pawn" here in Chess.com. It confuses me always in the game.
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