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Beginners' Chess Techniques - How to Get Strong at Chess Fast?
It's been said time and again that chess is a game of strategy and tactics. However, those who play beginners chess often don't have a clear understanding of what this means. If you want to strengthen your skills in chess, it is crucial to know the difference between a tactical and strategic play. Tactics allow you the advantage of using your opponents' mistakes against them-they are useful for short-term plays, whereas strategy flows from a deeper understanding of the longer term or more permanent aspects/properties of positions. Being aware of strategic elements of a game is crucial to your chances of victory as this enables you to evaluate the board better and tell whether you or your opponent is ahead of the game or if the game is even at any given point.
The strategy is also an essential foundation of planning in a game of chess. To enhance your strategic vision, here are some things you can improve on and learn:
Pawn play - Pawn play basics are also crucial to learn as these pieces, although less important on the surface, are actually more valuable than many beginner's chess players realize. Knowing how to exploit the power and value of pawns will take you a long way as you learn about pawn structure, strong and weak pawns, and how to use pawns at specific points of the game (opening, middle game, and endgame).
Piece play - Piece play has many elements to it. These include strong placements or set-ups for outposts, piece activity, and learning how to recognize weak and strong squares. These are crucial in developing coordination between pieces. There are many materials you can read about piece play if you want to really improve on this aspect of chess strategy. As part of your beginners' chess training, it also pays seeking lectures from grandmasters about absolute powers of pieces, setting up outposts, and dominating the center squares, among many other strategic plays.
Planning - Learning how to make long-term plans is also a crucial aspect of strategy. This means being conscious about the piece/positional advantages, immediate positions with tactics and how to counter attack as well as defend your side when your opponent makes a threat, while considering their long-term plans as well.
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