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How To Remember Chess Moves And Openings

This topic is good. After reading this, i felt like I was inspired. I won a lot of games after this. I like this topic.

This topic is good. After reading this, i felt like I was inspired. I won a lot of games after this. I like this topic.

Yes, I liked this advice too. ;) It is important to know why a certain move is good.
This does not only help in the opening, but also in the middlegame or endgame.

Yes, I liked this advice too. ;) It is important to know why a certain move is good. This does not only help in the opening, but also in the middlegame or endgame.

When explaining the Philidor it is important to explain what the side with the pawn wants to achieve (push the pawn without getting eternally checked) and how that is stopped. On the other hand, if the side with the pawn gets their rook on the 6th line (where the defending rook wants to cut off the king) there are additional tricks it can employ. So it now becomes important to also show those tricks and how they can be stopped/ countered (many times it transposes into a long side/ short side defense).
So yeah, I have no idea how endgames should be taught :))

When explaining the Philidor it is important to explain what the side with the pawn wants to achieve (push the pawn without getting eternally checked) and how that is stopped. On the other hand, if the side with the pawn gets their rook on the 6th line (where the defending rook wants to cut off the king) there are additional tricks it can employ. So it now becomes important to also show those tricks and how they can be stopped/ countered (many times it transposes into a long side/ short side defense). So yeah, I have no idea how endgames should be taught :))

Learned a lot, please make more blogs of this content!

Learned a lot, please make more blogs of this content!

@mojo_jojo_1985 said in #4:

When explaining the Philidor it is important to explain what the side with the pawn wants to achieve (push the pawn without getting eternally checked) and how that is stopped. On the other hand, if the side with the pawn gets their rook on the 6th line (where the defending rook wants to cut off the king) there are additional tricks it can employ. So it now becomes important to also show those tricks and how they can be stopped/ countered (many times it transposes into a long side/ short side defense).
So yeah, I have no idea how endgames should be taught :))

Yup

@mojo_jojo_1985 said in #4: > When explaining the Philidor it is important to explain what the side with the pawn wants to achieve (push the pawn without getting eternally checked) and how that is stopped. On the other hand, if the side with the pawn gets their rook on the 6th line (where the defending rook wants to cut off the king) there are additional tricks it can employ. So it now becomes important to also show those tricks and how they can be stopped/ countered (many times it transposes into a long side/ short side defense). > So yeah, I have no idea how endgames should be taught :)) Yup

Everyone asks "What is the best move?" but nobody asks "How is the best move?" :(

Everyone asks "What is the best move?" but nobody asks "How is the best move?" :(

@Smort123 said in #7:

Everyone asks "What is the best move?" but nobody asks "How is the best move?" :(

Very true;)

@Smort123 said in #7: > Everyone asks "What is the best move?" but nobody asks "How is the best move?" :( Very true;)

As a player that faces problems learning unexpected openings like gambits, I recognize this advice as very true.

As a player that faces problems learning unexpected openings like gambits, I recognize this advice as very true.

Nice article!
By the way, Black can also hold the diagrammed position without the Philidor Defense, e.g. by putting the rook on d1 and playing Kf7-e7 once White puts his rook on the 8th rank and plays Kd6-c6, to prevent the d5-d6-d7 advance. Similarly, a setup with Kd6, Rd8 (threatening Kc7, d6) can be met with 1...Ra1! 2.Kc7 Ra7+ 3.Kb6 Ke7.

Nice article! By the way, Black can also hold the diagrammed position without the Philidor Defense, e.g. by putting the rook on d1 and playing Kf7-e7 once White puts his rook on the 8th rank and plays Kd6-c6, to prevent the d5-d6-d7 advance. Similarly, a setup with Kd6, Rd8 (threatening Kc7, d6) can be met with 1...Ra1! 2.Kc7 Ra7+ 3.Kb6 Ke7.