anyone play chess?

It has been quite a few months since the last time I played a human player lol. My username in Chess.com is bibihang too.

Didn’t play a lot recently but only solve some puzzles under tactics trainer everyday. What is your current rating? Mine is around 1000 IIRC, don’t even know where to check for my own rating lol.

I am around 1600 blitz, 2000 correspondence

about 1600 over the board USCF rated

used to play there every day, until they took it away.

Sh*t you are good! Any suggestion for a beginner (like me) to improve quickly? :slight_smile:

I used to play often. I won my County’s School tournament in the 6th grade (ancient history now). I liked Chess Titans on PC but MS has dropped it. Not a good program but fun anyway. I still like playing and will never turn down a game, but I’m not really any good anymore. I used to play with a buddy over CB radio long ago, we got a lot of “what’s going on here?” questions from the peanut gallery.

Phil

30 minutes of tactics everyday - use chesstempo.com - its free for a basic account and you get unlimited puzzles.

Study openings as well - you dont have to memorize lines, but learn what the positional and developing ideas for structures you play often.

Doing these two things and playing some games regularly will help you improve - if you stick with it you should see 200+ rating points come your way easily within 6 months or so.

When I started playing competively in 2013 - I was about 1000-1200 on chess.com and 1100 over the board. So in only a few years I improved to where I am today. I dont spend a lot of time studying either… I have family/life/job etc :slight_smile:

the important thing to remember is to have fun :slight_smile:

Good advice, noted and thanks!

I only use the tactics trainer on chess.com these days, and as I only have basic account there I am only allowed to solve 5 puzzles per day, which is really insufficient.

I will check out that website tomorrow! :slight_smile:

Played for 8-9 months and my last game dates back to a bit more than 1 year ago.
Used to play on chess.com (mountainking7)
This has to be one of my sweetest wins :stuck_out_tongue:
Beating a 1700 player when I was 1200. I stopped playing at about 1300 rating.

Must try to get back on a new nick! Any pro can comment on the game?
Here it is
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54700356/boswarren22_vs_Mountainking7_2014_08_04.pgn

I meant to play you guys. Just have been busy. It's a crazy week this week. Maybe next week.

I have played on many, many diff servers. My curr fav is lichess.org. After ur game, u hv the option of getting lichess to commentate on ur game(s). Will tell u of ur inaccuracies, mistakes, and/or blunders. Can be rather useful once u figure out how to make use of those info.

Congrats on that win. And more wins against better and better players will come but only if u continue to play. :slight_smile:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3

4… dxc4 5. e4 b5 - you get a pawn in exchange for the center… makes his light squared bishop weird for most of the middle game… I would say black has equalized nicely here.

4… Bg4 5. Ne5 Nbd7

white would have gotten a big advantage here capturing your bishop… after 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nxd5 white has a good advantage… but he didnt soo…

6. h3 Be6

Just play bf5 here instead - be6 blocks your e pawn and will limit your chances to develop and castle.

7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qa4 a6 9. e3 b5 10. Qc2 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Nd7 12. f4 f6

12… g6 would be better to develop your dark squared bishop to g6 and castle king side - f6 allows with to get a huge attack

13. f5 Bf7 14. e6 Bg8 15. Nxd5 Rc8 16. Qe2
Ne5 17. a4

white should have played e4 here… instead he gave you a free piece… this guy is really rated 1757?

Qxd5 18. Kf2

losing move for white… Qe4 here is absolutely winning for black

18…g6 - ok not the best move but you are still easily winning this

19. e4 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qc2

Qb4 here keeps the pressure and opens up the file for your rook, trading queens would give away your advantage

21. axb5
axb5

Qxe4 needed to be played here… axb5 allows qxc2 rxc2+ be2 Kd8 (only move to avoid mate) then rhd1+ and white will win

22. Kg3 Qxe4

even game now

23. Qxb5+ Nc6 24. Bf4 Rb8

looses the rook… gxf5 was better - I assume you were getting low on time here perhaps?

25. Bxb8 Qe3+
26. Kh2 Qe4 27. Bc7 gxf5 28. Ra8# 1-0

interesting game

If I had to offer one piece of advice besides just suggesting moves it would be to develop each piece (moving it only once to the appropriate square) and then castle. Doing this will allow you to play a solid middle game, avoid traps, and use all your pieces and keep your king safe

Thanks jmpaul. In fact, this is a lost game. My best win was vs a 1500 player. Has been so long since I played and I forgot about the exact games I played. I’ll check the lines at home :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah. I agree with only moving a piece once. The general rules I read was to move a piece once only early, lighter pieces before rooks/queens, control centre, castle early and I forgot the fifth one! lol

there are of course exceptions to every rule… but you can greatly improve by just playing slow and “boring” chess (not trying for tricks)

I was able to draw Grand Master Roman Dzindzichashvilli (rated 2600+, former american champion) last year in an exhibition game by playing like simple, old man chess haha.

Seeing you guys discussing about the game I got a little excited and immediately I played a 30 minutes game in chess.com a moment ago (after 4 months from the last time I played a human player online lol) and here is the results:

[Event “Live Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2015.09.17”]
[White “VasileBucur”]
[Black “bibihang”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1048”]
[BlackElo “1010”]
[TimeControl “30|0”]
[Termination “bibihang won by checkmate”]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.O-O Bd6 8.g3 O-O 9.a3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Rf6 14.Qe1 Qe8 15.b3 Qh5 16.Kg2 Rh6 17.h4 Rg6 18.Qf2 Bxg3 19.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 20.Kxg3 Qg4+ 21.Kh2 Bxf3 22.Rg1 Qxh4# 0-1

I won by luck and I think I did not make some good moves, I think mostly when I was trying to attack white’s castled king. Can anyone analyze it for me or give some comments?

Try not to move pawns unnecessarily esp. those in front of ur King. While pawn moves grab space, they also leave behind weaknesses. Remember, unlike pieces, pawns can’t move back.