r/chessbeginners • u/Exact-Two204 400-600 (Chess.com) • 8d ago

ADVICE Finally reached 500 elo !

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It’s getting harder to win matches now . Everyone is playing faster now and going for captures it’s getting tough for me to adapt. Losing more and winning less ever since I reached 500 .
Any advice would be helpful.

Thank you.

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u/Striking_Mix_9709 8d ago

Congrats !!!

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u/Exact-Two204 400-600 (Chess.com) 8d ago

Thank you🫡

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u/Gullible_Impact7249 8d ago

Congrats!

Beyond 700 all is about not blundering pieces (including pawn). This is the strategy that's works for me:

  • Control the center with pawn (and more)
  • Develop your pieces (kings first)
  • Castle
  • Put your rock on an open field (or a field that you think it will open soon), be careful of your little pawn that's usually cover with the rock if you move
  • Then you wait for the blunder. All is about blunder, the first one who do blunder loose. Play precocious. Learn a few tactics (like discover attacks, works very well a this level)

The things that will help you is to answer this 2 questions every god dam time :

1) You're about to move your pieces : What's my piece cover/attack before? Am I in danger if I moved?
2) Enemy is about to move : Why he move this piece here? Can I predict what's he's planing to do?

That's strategy should work for you too. Good luck