♔ HIVE CHESS COACHING: Friday's Tournament (Lichess Study included!) ♟
♔ HIVE CHESS COACHING: Friday's Tournament (Lichess Study included!) ♟
Hey everyone! Especially to the members of the Hive Chess Community! I bring you another lesson of our traditional series of Chess Coaching for #HiveChess. I finally was able to upload this videos after trying several days, I hope you appreciate it.
So, in the video I go over a couple of games played last week in the Friday tournament hosted by @StayOutOfTheRZ. The first game is @AnomadSoul vs @agreste. Actually, there is not so much analysis about this game per se, but there is an important lesson behind it, especially for beginners or starterup players who incorrectly give priority to opening study over tactic study. So, hear my talk because is going to help you!
The second game is between @agreste and SchamanGerbert that illustrates very well the typical opening and middlegame strategy of the Leningrad Dutch, a sharp defense that is risky to play, but can also pay off if you get the hang of it. @SchamanGerbert treatment of it is very clean and instructive. So, you better take a look at it.
Of course, you can take a look a the public Lichess Study I created for this lesson. Feel free to join and download it if you wish.
The video is self-explanatory, so I hope you enjoy watching it. Don't forget to share the post and video and let me know what you think in the comments section.
Finally, I congratulate and thank @schamangerbert for his idea to organize thematic training tournaments on Saturdays. That's great for us to practice these ideas and improve, even when it is Chess 960. And with the same enthusiasm I want to invite everyone to join the weekend tournaments we are having, like the traditional Friday tournament with @stayoutoftherz and the new Sunday Chess Brothers League by @chessbrotherspro.
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Excellent video, these is good for the community especially us that wants to improve.
Thank you! I hope it's useful for you.
Very good video. I often wonder why those blunders. I don't remember these cases in particular, but it often happens to me that I notice the blunder before the opponent even capitalizes on it. Time has something to do with it, of course, but sometimes I think there is something wrong with my mental process. It is as if sometimes I am so focused on my next move when the opponent thinks that I don't take his move into account, as if inertia leads me to make the move I had in mind even when the opponent makes a move I hadn't taken into account. I will practice more tactics, thank you very much for the lessons!
Yeah, it happens. Training the chess thought process is not easy. As soon as your opponent moves, try asking yourself "what is he/she threatening?". That can help you be aware of their intentions. Unfortunately, it's not easy to do when you're short of time, but that's sort of the idea to fix that problem.
Yes, I have to do it until it becomes a habit. Thank you very much for the tips. See you at the next tournament.
Hi @agreste, very interesting comment and I feel compel to reply. I believe I understand your point, for me I call it tunnel vision. It is so severe sometimes I don’t even see my opponent pieces. (LOL) it like my opponent pieces are invisible.
One thing I learned from @eniolw coaching video alone with @samostically and @vjap55 is that they evaluate the opponent position and that can help make the opponent pieces visible. I have been attempting to do that with a little success as my rating has increased. **However I am still a blundering machine (LOL) **
Hi, @rodrook! Good to see you here. Yes, tunnel vision is a good description. It's a pretty dark tunnel, by the way. I'm trying to do both: evaluate my opponent's position and try to understand why he made his move. Of course, doing this consciously takes up a lot of my time. Then, at some point I realize that I'm running out of time and my position starts to collapse quickly. But I think this is the right way to go, even if at the beginning I end up losing more games than before (which is a lot). At some point, I hope, that process will become an almost unconscious habit and I'll make up for lost time. By the way, your progress is showing tournament by tournament, congratulations on that!
Very nice and instructive.I believe a better tactical knowledge is good for everyone. I solve tactics but not like before,I will go back to solving regularly.
Thank you @eniolw for taking your time to do this.
Yeah, we all blunder pieces and overlook moves from time to time, too. We have to brush up our tactical skills all the time. Thank you for appreciating.