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Chess Noob ran out of time FTW? Chess Noob ran out of time FTW?

01-24-2013 , 11:15 AM
1.e4d5
2.e5f6
3.d4Nc6
4.f4g5
5.g3Nh6
6.h3Nf5
7.g4Ng3
8.Rh2b5
9.Bxb5Qd7
10.f5a6
11.e6Qd6
12.Bxc6+Qxc6
13.Nc3a5
14.a3Ba6
15.Nge2Nxe2
16.Rxe2h5
17.Qd2hxg4
18.Qe3gxh3
19.Kd2Qc4
20.Rh2Bh6
21.Qf3Qxd4+
22.Ke1Qg1+
23.Kd2Qxh2+
24.Kd1

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=440913557#

I'm black BTW! Its probablay a train wreck since I know very little about making the correct moves in chess. Like there was a point in the game when I coudn't move my Bishop out. lol How do I copy and paste the game in?


Last edited by Robin Agrees; 01-24-2013 at 11:31 AM.
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01-24-2013 , 11:32 AM
The site most of us use for showcasing games is here in this link at chessvideos.tv.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/

On the left, you'll see a link entitled "Game Replayer". Just follow the instructions there and paste the PGN text and your game can be easily viewed. They also have a Diagram Generator, which is very helpful too.
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01-24-2013 , 11:43 AM
Next move was G5 to G4 squeezing the queen.
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01-24-2013 , 01:16 PM
How long have you been playing? Do you want to play seriously and improve or do you play as a hobby? The reason I'm asking is your reply will help dictate the advice we can give on your game.
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01-24-2013 , 01:37 PM
I want to play seriously and improve.

Thanks
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01-24-2013 , 03:25 PM
Good deal. Welcome to the forum For someone just starting out, I have three main recommendations. Others will be able to chime in with more too, but I think these should get you going in the right direction.

1) Play frequently - at the early stages of development, you can make huge strides simply by playing games with no extra studying required. Play on chess.com as much as you can and after each game, take a few minutes to look over it and see if there are any moves you can find that you or your opponent missed during the game.

2) Study tactics -Tactics in chess refers to forcing moves that win something (usually material) with the use of a combination of some kind. There are several different tactical themes, and I'd recommend reading a book to familiarize yourself with those. This link has some good intro material.

http://www.chesstactics.org/

And this website is great for practicing tactics. If you do just 15 mins of these problems daily, I promise your game will improve drastically.

http://chesstempo.com/

3) Last but certainly not least, before you make your move, ask yourself "If I put this piece on this square, can my opponent capture it?" That will save you tons and tons of blunders at your level. Do that before every move and you'll improve drastically, and soon enough it'll become ingrained in your memory.

Hope that helps a bit to get you going in the right direction. If you ever have a question, just ask, there are some very strong players here that are extremely helpful.
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01-24-2013 , 08:06 PM
Seems like a dumb question maybe, but do you know the relative value of the pieces? I only ask because you could have taken his rook with your bishop for several moves in a row but you didn't and I don't know if that's because you didn't see it or didn't think it was worthwhile (and to anyone else out there, I didn't look at the game carefully so I don't know if it's actually best or not, but it's a move a beginner should be wanting to make imo).
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01-25-2013 , 05:04 AM
Yeah I seen that but thought it was a losing move since he could easily capture it and I didnt see an advantage to take it.
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01-25-2013 , 05:45 AM
Like others said, you need to start with the very basics. You can find links in other similar threads. For instance, on move 21 you could have played 21.-g4+ (discovered check with the bishop) and won his queen (what you played was pretty good too, but did you notice)
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