Chess Tips to improve your Game

Read these Chess Tips to improve your game. Just knowing chess strategies or chess tactics is sometimes not enough. There are things like chess ethics, your thinking procedure and food intake that have to be considered as well.

In Chess you should have the right attitude towards your opponent and the game and follow an effective thinking process. This is equally important.

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Some chess players think they win more games if they focus entirely on one particular opening with White. They play always 1.d4 and then the Colle System or as Black they play always the Dutch Defense against 1.d4.

If you do this, it will force your mind into a fixed way of thinking. Chess is not a fixed approach but far too complex and rich in possibilities to play just one opening system with White. You will narrow down your chess experience to a fixed perspective as you avoid other structures of opening play.

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To understand "the truth" in Chess you should vary your chess experience. What I mean is, don't play the same chess openings for the rest of your life. Especially if you play inferior openings all the time, such as the Colle System or the Skandinavian Defense, you will lose points in the long run. This is proven by game statistics, as you cannot possibly be as successful with inferior opening setups.

Use X-Ray-Vision in Chess

When you analyze your chess game it is sometimes hard to see all chess combinations that are hidden within a particular position. If you miss a hidden trap of your opponent, then you lose instantly a piece or a pawn or even worse, you might get checkmated. Or you miss a strong combination which would have won the game for you right away. For that reason, it is a big help, if you use X-Ray-Vision in your chess games.

To apply X-Ray-Vision in chess means, that you never look at the chess pieces but to their energy lines. If you see a knight then you visualize the squares in your mind that are controlled by this knight. But you don't look at the square, where the knight is placed itself, because this square is not controlled by the knight! It just sits on it, that's all.

If you use X-Ray-Vision here as White, you might find this difficult winning move. Re8+!! This move wins the queen and the game, as White has more material and the better position. The king in the middle will come under strong attack. 1.Re8+! KxR (the knight is pinned and can't capture!) Now 2.Bb5+ c6 3.QxQ and White wins the queen and sooner or later the game. (Budovskis, Inesis - Atars, Pablo, 1970)

White moves and plays 1.Nxd5! cxd 2.QxB! Great isn'it? (Bobby Fischer - Predrag Ostojic 1970)

X-Ray Vision does help you to discover hidden moves and prevent that you are running around mentally searching like a blind duck. Try it in your next games.

The first Thought - This is the most important of all chess tips.

After your opponent has moved, what do you think first? Many people think they are the center of the earth and that planet earth is evolving around them. They only think about themselves and in which way they can overrun the opponent. The opponent simply doesn't exist in their minds and they only worry about their own moves and plans.

Some players might even think how great they are and that they are going to win just because they have the higher rating. This arrogant attitude will be punished in a chess game in no time at all.

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If you think first about yourself and your own moves and possibilities, after your opponent has moved, then it is time to change this way of thinking completely or you will never become a good player. You are going to lose many games just because of your attitude. Learn from the following chess tips.

What is he threatening? What does he want? How can I stop his plans or at least reduce their effects on my position.

Make sure that you work out his plans or you might get into real trouble. He might threaten a fork and you see nothing or he plans a sacrifice that would destroy your kingside.

When you understand the move of your opponent completely, then you can think about your own moves and ideas.

Remember, you are not the boss in chess. What I mean is that your opponent is very important too. Chess is not just evolving around you. If you just think about yourself in a game you run right into a disaster. These chess tips can save you many games, please follow them.

Be a Fighter

Fight on move after move and don't play only half-hearted when you are in a bad position. If you lose heart you don't see your saving moves because your mental abilities are reduced. If you fight on, your opponent might make a mistake because he does not expect such hard resistance. In the long run such an attitude will save half a point here and there. Instead of losing, you might make a draw or even win, because he gets tired and makes a blunder.

Don't get into Time-trouble. These chess tips keep you out of stress.

If you are one of those players that get into time trouble on a regular basis then you should get this problem under control. Prepare your openings well and play the first 10 to 12 movesin just a few minutes.

Time trouble is like a disease for some players. They just can't control it. There are psychological reasons for getting repeatedly into time trouble in tournament games.

This makes you think twice about every move he does and you check constantly everything that happens on the board. You see dangers where there is nothing at all. You have hallucinations. Your mind is blocked by fear. You can't think properly. Because of that you rethink variations over and over to make sure that you have not overlooked something. This all costs time. Relax and forget about the opponent. It's just a game, you don't lose your life when you lose.

Just play your usual game. What can happen? Nothing much, you just might lose a game of chess, that's all. Your life is not dependent on that game. If you keep that in mind you stay relaxed and play well.

You don't like this variation at all or this whole setup. You don't understand the position and can't find a plan. This makes you think longer. Tell yourself mentally that this position is fascinating and that you love to find good moves.

You constantly think about it. This cost time and nerves and clouds your thinking. Tell yourself that you consider this game from now on as a completely new game and that what has happened a few moves before is not important anymore. You are going to play well from now on.

You might never find it and lose on time. Imagine how much time and energy you would need if you try to find the best move every time it's your move.

If you see a good move, check it and have a look around if there is a better one. If not, just move and then think on your opponents time.

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