Chess Vibes | Keith F | Activity

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:09:52 -0600

Looks like after Qg2, black could play Qxc3+ which forks the rook at a1. I guess white could save the rook with Be3, but then that loses the bishop.

In reply to - Keith posted an update

While analyzing Nelson’s recent stream, it was white to play and he said he couldn’t stop R-d3 after his next move. Wouldn’t Q-g2 allow white to defend from there with R-f3 to block a […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:17:36 -0600

I’ve had a bad week playing too for some reason. Just making more mistakes than usual. Hopefully I can get it turned around…

In reply to - Fred T posted an update

OMG. The capital Blundertown, population me!

Just when I think I’ve got the hang of this, everything I’ve learned went out the window today! Arrrgh. I think I need to walk away from […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:16:45 -0600

I took a few notes as I went through for areas that were more challenging for me. I plan to rewatch some of those videos.

In reply to - Fred T posted an update

Having gone through the lessons, I still need to better cement in my mind what is being taught. I’ve decided start over. Should I go over each lesson one by one, or is there […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 20:26:08 -0600

If you haven’t gotten to it yet, check out the Avoiding Blunders part of the course. I found the blunder check procedure to be really helpful.

In reply to - bryan s posted an update

James Bryce, an English philosopher from the 1800s once said, “ 3/4 of the mistakes a man makes are because he doesn’t know what he THINKS he knows.” That said, i struggle with […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:50:12 -0600

@nightflyerjoeyahoo-com I think 15|10 is good. I got really nervous at first when i started playing people online too. I’m really not sure why. It has gotten better the more I’ve played though.

In reply to - Joseph posted an update

Think I am missing a decimal point. 1500? At the rate I’m going I’ll be glad If I can maintain 150!

I’m learning but unfortunately, I’m playing worse than ever. Losing games to […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:45:10 -0600

Just my 2 cents as a fellow 1200…. I thought move 10 was a missed opportunity. If you’d played 10… c4 you could have forced the queen back and then continued your development.

The situation later where you started moving the bishop is one where I would also struggle. I’ve found that, unless you have a clear continuation, it’s better to just…

In reply to - Guillermo L posted an update

Hi Nelson. Would like your take on this game I ended up resigning. Did not see a way through and would like to know what I could have done differently besides the bishop sacrifice […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:21:34 -0600

Yeah, I’ve found that the bots ratings don’t correlate well to real people. The bots also just play differently than real people.

In reply to - Tom M posted an update

When I play bots I win 4 games to 1 up to 1600 bots. When I play people on chess.com rated 1000 and I’m rated 1000 I lose more than I win. Today I played a 1000 rated player and lost. His […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:14:16 -0600

I’d be curious to know what time controls you’re playing also? For example, I’m rated 1200 Rapid, but only about 500 Blitz. And the Blitz rating is fairly real, I just haven’t gotten the hang of playing fast. I lose on time a lot in Blitz, and/or play bad moves under time pressure.

In reply to - Joseph posted an update

Think I am missing a decimal point. 1500? At the rate I’m going I’ll be glad If I can maintain 150!

I’m learning but unfortunately, I’m playing worse than ever. Losing games to […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:46:54 -0600

Nice game! I completely agree with you about developing. It takes some discipline to keep developing instead of starting an attack, but it seems to almost always work out better to finish developing first.

In reply to - Seann posted an update

Satifying win as Black playing Owen’s Defense at first, but quickly switching to an Indian, with the move Nf6 (before bringing out the kingside bishop). Game review rated my opponent’s […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:49:54 -0600

I looked through a few of your games. The games that I looked at ended with a blunder. It looks like you generally play pretty fast, so maybe just taking a little extra time to do the blunder check would help?

In reply to - Robin posted an update

ok, I actually think I need help so I was following the course and my rating was increased by 200 elo and then in the last 3 days I lost all 200 elo and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:55:08 -0600

Has definitely happened to me plenty of times too! The blunder check has helped me a lot. When I’m ahead I try to focus extra-hard now. It’s so easy to get overconfident and careless and throw away your advantage.

In reply to - Fred T posted an update

I’m having a good game. I’m ahead in pieces. I can see what I want to do, and then…
I forget to do a blunder check, and lose my advantage or even the game.

Arrgh. I can’t seem to break my […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:01:54 -0600

I had a chance to look through your game this afternoon. I like going through my games using the “self-evaluation” tool rather than game review. To me, seeing the evaluation bar and the top couple moves is more useful than seeing the different moves categorized. I also feel like the “rating” of the game can be all over the place.

So, I… Read more

In reply to - Andrew G posted an update

I’m rated around 800, and playing opponents in the 650-850 range. They aren’t blundering. My last 4 or 5 games my opponents have had 80% accuracy, many best moves found, and […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:27:09 -0600

I feel your frustration. It does seem like sometimes you run into a string of better players. That said, usually the mistakes are there, but maybe they’re not as obvious as hang-a-piece-in-one-move. Could you post one of these games?

In reply to - Andrew G posted an update

I’m rated around 800, and playing opponents in the 650-850 range. They aren’t blundering. My last 4 or 5 games my opponents have had 80% accuracy, many best moves found, and […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:56:03 -0600

Missed mate in 1 on move 22! Doh! I’m not great in endgames, but if I have a queen vs rook like that, I’m actively looking for opportunities to set up forks with the queen to win pawns or the rook.

In reply to - Tomas posted an update

I’ve been struggling with endgames recently, so I was glad to get this hard-fought win. I missed a few opportunities to chase the rook around and it generally felt like a bit of […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:45:23 -0600

I think Nelson talks about this in the 800-1200 openings video.

In reply to - Lukas posted an update

Any idea about how to pay best Owens against London ?

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:21:44 -0600

@armyguy63bgmail-com Sure, you can email me. keithfeldt@gmail.com It seems that there are a few Keith’s on here!

In reply to - Keith posted an update

Hello friends! While practicing the owens opening for black, I seem to have trouble finding a home for my bishop after white plays a3 instead of Nf3, which prevents 4… Bb4.

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:43:54 -0600

Yeah, those kind of pawn push openings can throw you off. When that happens, I like to really focus on good opening principles. For example, on move 7, you started pushing your central pawns and moved your knight a 2nd time. I think you could have just kept developing.

A couple other things I noticed. You were down a piece most of the game,…

In reply to - Mitchell J posted an update

Loving the course, im very new to chess (started August this year). Have been able to go from 200 to 450 rapid and to 700 daily since watching Nelsons rating climbs and learning so […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:01:37 -0600

I think Nelson talked about this in one of the videos, maybe the last coaching call? I like to play 4… Nf6 first, so the knight has a place to go if they play 5. e5. Then probably the bishop is going to e7. I think you need to move the knight first though. If you move the bishop to e7 first and they play e5, then the knight is kind of stuck.

In reply to - Keith posted an update

Hello friends! While practicing the owens opening for black, I seem to have trouble finding a home for my bishop after white plays a3 instead of Nf3, which prevents 4… Bb4.

Keith F posted an update: This game is pretty typical of the ones I lose (I am […]

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:49:01 -0600

This game is pretty typical of the ones I lose (I am playing White). Things were going reasonably well until around move 22. There, I decided to press on with an attack that I knew was probably too optimistic instead of playing a simple move like 22. b4 to defend my pawn. I definitely have a tendency to do this, and sometimes it works out,…

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Chess: IthaKeith vs FX0099

IthaKeith (1103) vs FX0099 (1135). FX0099 won by resignation in 55 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:01:42 -0600

Same here! I’ve only gone through the openings and blunder check sections so far, but I’m playing much better already! (My ELO has gone from 1000 to 1100 in 2 weeks!) I honestly did not expect to improve so much so quickly.

In particular, I’ve found that the blunder checking system is also a good way for me to understand what’s going on in… Read more

In reply to - Jeff D posted an update Just wanted to thank you for putting together such an awesome course. I’ve been having a great time going through all the lessons. Very informative and entertaining!

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:59:43 -0600

Playing the top move 3 times in a game at 1200 actually sounds low to me. I’m rated ~1100 and did a quick check of the game I played last night. The game went 25 moves, I played the top engine move 12 times and my opponent played it 8 times. Now, a lot of these were simple recaptures where the best move was clear. But still, we both… Read more

In reply to - John M posted an update

I am looking for friendly advice. Things are getting pretty frustrating for this 1200 player on Chess.com due to much more suspected cheating than I anticipated. E.g., my opponent […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:06:08 -0600

I usually keep playing. I’ve come back to win a decent number of games where I’ve lost a queen early. At lower levels, your opponent is just as likely to blunder their queen, or (more often) get careless and blunder checkmate. I’ve also lost games when my opponent has blundered their queen…

In reply to - Sam C posted an update

Online chess etiquette question: If you blunder your queen or another high value piece early in an online game, should you just resign? Is it fair to take up your opponent’s time after […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:16:28 -0600

Or, a related question, should we play more than one opening for a given side, particularly for white? I have gotten a little bored playing the same opening for white all the time.

In reply to - Mark M posted an update

Hello and good morning. My question is regarding openings. Having fun with Stonewall and Owens! What is the number two choice for both white and black if there is a 2nd choice?

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 21:04:20 -0600

Nice job recovering in that one! I think I would be tempted to play 4… d5. Seems like you’d either get an exchange of pawns and then you could safely play Nf6, or they would play 5. e5, and you could try Ne7 then Nf5, or I see the computer suggests expanding on the queenside.

In reply to - Timos V posted an update

Sometimes, in Owen defense, they chase my horse around in the beginning instead of developing. I did end up winning with a brilliant move (which was the only move to be fair) but is […]

Keith F posted a new activity comment

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:56:33 -0600

Yes, it’s totally fine to use first names.

In reply to - Ronald posted an update

Can anyone from the United States help me?
Is it bad manners to use your first name in a post? Since I’m German, I’m not familiar with the proper etiquette in your country. So I wanted […]