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jjjjjkkkkkkkok
Hey I am stuck at 200-400 ELO. I can play the opening quite well and get an advantage however towards the end of the midgame when there is a lot more space and possible moves, the opponent always ends up making a comeback, and then wins in the endgame.

How can I keep my advantage.
CoachBucci

Look for your worst place piece and improve it, before you make a move triple check that you aren't just hanging anything in one move. If you get those under lock, you'll be way ahead of anyone at your elo range.

Compadre_J

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ChessMasteryOfficial

Active pieces win games. Keep your rooks on open files, bishops on long diagonals and knights in the center.

Bk_Semere

I'm only commenting to get an achievement

Bgabor91

Dear Jjjjkkkkkkok,

I'm a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one given way to learn and improve.

First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames) and if you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

If you would like to learn more about chess, you can take private lessons from me (you find the details on my profile) or you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics (openings, strategies, tactics, endgames, game analysis). I'm planning to upload at least 4 new videos per week, so you can get 4-8 hours of educational contents every month. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day which are available with a FREE subscription.

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games! happy.png

SGP_Chess2

Nice! BTW, Why have you written "Dear jjkkkkkkok"?

Bgabor91
SGP_Chess2 wrote:

Nice! BTW, Why have you written "Dear jjkkkkkkok"?

Thanks. happy.png Because he was the one who asked for help. happy.png

SGP_Chess2

Why don't you advertise all of this in my club?

Bgabor91
SGP_Chess2 wrote:

Why don't you advertise all of this in my club?

I've just done it. happy.png

Ishaanisachampion

Hi

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I agree with a lot of people here like if you have a very active piece look at it and see if it can make a good move or not, if it can't than look for what you think would be your worst piece and try to make it better.

vamsim7
didnt mean to send this
vamsim7

One advice that really helped me was that each move should have some form of improvement in your position. Don't make risky one-move attacks because of course your opponent will negate that threat. Make your position good and then go on the attack - don't attack and take risks willy-nilly.