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Drew posted an update
I need help. I find when I’m playing games I cannot see tactics or understand the position that well. However, if I watch someone else playing it’s easy to see tactics or evaluate the position. I was just watching a game and I saw a tactic to sac a knight to set up a discovered check and win their queen. I am positive I’ve had similar tactis in my games, but for some reason I can’t spot them for some reason! Why can I see them in other games, but not my own games!?
Wesley H, Liezel and 2 others3 Comments-
Well chess isn’t just about spotting one tactic here and there, you need to keep track of a lot of different things at once. Not blundering checkmate, not blundering any pieces, what’s your plan going to be for the next few moves, etc. When you watch someone else, you probably don’t think about all that and just look at one thing “I wonder if there’s a tactic with the knight…” . Then when you play your own games you realize you need to think about everything and not as much attention is paid to the tactics. That’s my guess. I’d just keep going through the course and it’ll get better in time. Hope that helps!
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For me I have a hard time sacking piece in my games but when watching others I am always like why don’t you just sack your rook. Get over the fear that if you sack a piece you are lost. I now always look at opportunities to sack piece first and if I cannot see the outcome I move on to another safer move. Also doing lots of puzzles help me see patterns that I find in my games. I am not afraid to give up a high value piece if it opens up my opponents king. I don’t always win those games but I always learn a lesson.
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I’m a GM when I’m not playing. Lol
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