Older players, KS3
U9s | U14s U9s Play slowly and carefully Know the basic tactics Practise spotting tactics by doing puzzles Always think about what your opponent can do to you! U14s Try to avoid mistakes Most of the games we see have unforced mistakes in them, and they usually decide who wins the game. But you can…
1. How to start well in a game of chess 2. Things to avoid: wasting time and 4-move checkmate U9s/U11: Open with a duck! [U14s] DCK = Develop, Centre, King (c) Develop Centre King Develop Send out your pieces one at a time, and move each piece once Don’t waste time (make only 2-3 pawn…
There are good traps and bad traps. A good trap is a trap you set with a good move A bad trap is a trap you set with a bad move If your opponent plays a good move against your bad move, you will have a worse position! So don’t play a bad trap, but…
There’s a lot to do so don’t rush!
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Have you ever seen someone play lots of other players at once, and moving very quickly? Good chessplayers can do this because they can spot most of the important things quickly. Train yourself to do the same! 1. 8 queens puzzle Put 8 pawns on the board so that no pawn is on the same…
Thank you for filling in the opening questionnaires online, and I’m sorry we didn’t get time to look at your responses on Saturday. But here is what I might have said: Systems for White Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4)My main recommendation for a first opening system, leading to an open game with chances…
All pieces, except pawns, can move backwards. But because the opponent’s pieces are trying to attack us, we get used to them moving down the board towards us, and our pieces moving up the board in the other direction. So that means, backwards moves are sometimes hard to spot. Here are some junior players missing…
The rules for playing against an IQP are logically the opposite of how you should play with an IQP:
