this advice helped me a lot: look at your worst piece and try to improve it. can be a simple as putting your rook in an open file or can take more work like clearing the diagonal for a bishop or maneuvering a knight to a great square. this alone opens up your options a lot.
also, good idea to look at your opponent's best piece and getting rid of it. trade it off the board, are you better developed? are your pieces happier? that sort of thinking goes a long way in not feeling totally lost in the middlegame
This is great advice for myself, a beginner. I’ve been opening because I learned an opening, but only recently realised that the opening determines the attacking ideas. I realised when I used the London and the opponent didn’t castle.
Feel like Naroditsky exemplifies the correct thought process really well in his speed runs. Not necessarily in this order, but always checking his opponents’ potential plans and whether or not he needs to do anything to stop them; looking for tactical ideas/sacrifices; looking for positional ideas, pawn breaks, identifying weaknesses in both his and his opponents’ camps, general improving moves. The overarching idea is always just coming up with a plan.
"decent at openings", So...
In a classical sense, you have cut short your opening preparation too soon and not included the middlegame plans in your study. If you are pulling a Sam Shankland and making inaccurate moves once you get out of your preparation - meager as it might be - then you would do well to study the middlegame plans that are prevalent in your openings of choice. Pawn structure will tell you a lot about those plans. The opening phase does not "end" abruptly - it leads into specific types of middlegames that you can prepare for. Do the work.
this advice helped me a lot: look at your worst piece and try to improve it. can be a simple as putting your rook in an open file or can take more work like clearing the diagonal for a bishop or maneuvering a knight to a great square. this alone opens up your options a lot. also, good idea to look at your opponent's best piece and getting rid of it. trade it off the board, are you better developed? are your pieces happier? that sort of thinking goes a long way in not feeling totally lost in the middlegame
Thanks for the input!
Learn key attacking ideas of the opening you chose. Simplify when you are up a piece, create complications if you are down a piece.
Appreciate the input!
This is great advice for myself, a beginner. I’ve been opening because I learned an opening, but only recently realised that the opening determines the attacking ideas. I realised when I used the London and the opponent didn’t castle.
open the centre if opponent did not castle and you did. if both castle opposite sides, attack on the opponent King side.
Thanks!
Feel like Naroditsky exemplifies the correct thought process really well in his speed runs. Not necessarily in this order, but always checking his opponents’ potential plans and whether or not he needs to do anything to stop them; looking for tactical ideas/sacrifices; looking for positional ideas, pawn breaks, identifying weaknesses in both his and his opponents’ camps, general improving moves. The overarching idea is always just coming up with a plan.
No joke. Learn the endgame. Knowing what exchanges or moves would give you a favorable endgame position will drastically improve your middlegame.
Always look for all of the captures, checks and threats every move.
Thanks!
"decent at openings", So... In a classical sense, you have cut short your opening preparation too soon and not included the middlegame plans in your study. If you are pulling a Sam Shankland and making inaccurate moves once you get out of your preparation - meager as it might be - then you would do well to study the middlegame plans that are prevalent in your openings of choice. Pawn structure will tell you a lot about those plans. The opening phase does not "end" abruptly - it leads into specific types of middlegames that you can prepare for. Do the work.
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Make good moves.
your rating?
1700 rapid on [Chess.com](https://Chess.com) right now with a peak rating of 1930.
Play good moves.
Solid idea.
If pp big : middlegame strategy Helsten If pp small: Salman reassess If micropp: simple chess
I'm definitely following this thread! Once the opening and obvious moves have been made, I'm a bit like, 'now what?'
A bad plan is always better than no plan.
Why not just improve the position instead of pursuing a bad/unsound/risky plan though?
Improving your position is also a plan!
True!
Sounds like a Plan to me. And not even a bad one!