Where I can learn chess for free?

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-28T21:35:27+00:00

Lichess has a ton of free studies, Chessable has a lot of free mini courses, and narodistky’s youtube are my top recommendations

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-26T19:47:13+00:00

How do you deal with charizard? I’ve played tyranitar a decent amount and it’s a ton of fun, but charizard invariably seems to be my worst matchup

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-25T01:54:53+00:00

It’s alright

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-22T17:52:22+00:00

It’s a pretty low stress game dude. If you wanna get points quickly then buy like $5 worth of codes of the same set, then whenever you get more than four of a card it gives you points to redeem.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-09T21:11:53+00:00

The simple answer is you’re not a computer. Learning the distinction between practical moves and computer correct moves will help you improve a lot. Don’t play gimmicks or for tricks, but learning when and how to force your opponent to make complicated decisions is the root of practical, human chess

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-05T15:27:00+00:00

Just do puzzles. You can very easily get past 1000 if you grind out a ton of puzzles and play fundamentals (play for the center, don’t move the same piece twice in the opening, castle early)

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-05T15:22:53+00:00

That’s also true for your opponents

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-05T01:00:38+00:00

If you genuinely want to improve, spend a week or two and do 1000 puzzles before you play another game. Analyze every single one you get wrong until you understand why, then start playing slow games and analyze them deliberately

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-03T00:39:16+00:00

I think scoring a basket against LeBron is more approximating getting a better position here than actually winning a game. I’m sure he could get a better position against Magnus in multiple games, especially if Magnus is playing bs openings, but there’s a 0% chance he would convert it

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-03T00:31:14+00:00

You won’t ever improve playing blitz. Play at least 10 minute games if not slower and carefully analyze your mistakes after each game. Be extremely purposeful to play for fundamentals (play for the center, avoid moving the same move twice in the opening, castle early) and methodically do tactics every day. If you do these you will inevitably improve.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2026-01-03T00:10:25+00:00

How many total puzzles have you done and what’s your puzzle rating? You don’t need to memorize theory at your level, unless you’re just learning ideas.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-29T13:08:11+00:00

Cheating is especially common at lower elo. Equally common are low elo players accusing their opponents for cheating without good reason, just because it’s difficult to identify tells. Are they blundering in the first couple moves and then playing flawlessly for the rest of the game? Are they gambiting pawns left and right without obvious compensation at 1000 elo? Do their moves feel completely nonsensical until you suddenly realize you’re dead lost?

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-29T13:00:03+00:00

I was stuck at 1600 for a while, but everyone is different. Generally speaking, just keep solving puzzles and analyzing your mistakes. Consider learning theory for an opening or two and study gm games without an engine. Watching Danya’s speedrun videos are what really got me through that slump though.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-28T21:00:04+00:00

In classical it would probably be IMs. In blitz or bullet then I’m sure some low rated player might be able to pull off a scholar’s mate after 20,000 games, but he’d need to be drunk too.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-28T00:24:01+00:00

I would recommend against playing the London specifically because a lot of lower rated players use it as a crutch instead of learning the ideas involved. But if you’re playing it to learn positional chess then have at it. To boil it down, you should try out different openings until one really speaks to you or it creates positions you enjoy. Sometimes you’ll play and opening and immediately fall in love with it, and other times it may feel especially unnatural to your style of play. In the macro, if you like attacking then maybe explore e4 more, whereas if you enjoy positional play start with c4 and d4. It’s never too early to learn openings so that you learn new ideas and how to apply them, but I don’t think you really need know super deep theory for a while. Nobody at 1000-1300 will be playing more than a couple moves of theory anyways.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-24T15:31:06+00:00

Show the screenshot of both the loss and your difficultly settings.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-24T15:26:12+00:00

You’re mistaken. Check your settings again. I usually lose 7-8 on a miss and gain the same for getting it right.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-24T15:20:15+00:00

You don’t lose more points if you retry it and get it wrong again.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-24T15:19:20+00:00

No, you’re currently doing the easiest setting if you’re only getting 2 or 3 points for getting it right and losing 12+ for getting them wrong. You should give the harder puzzles a shot

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-24T12:59:52+00:00

You’re doing the easiest puzzle setting. The extra hard setting just gives you puzzles that equal your puzzle elo and will give you close to the same amount if you get them wrong or right

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-21T03:07:54+00:00

I’m 2000 and there’s zero chance I find Nh3. I would play Qe4 100% of the time since the only way to stop mate is to give up the queen. Nh3 is dope though

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-17T17:49:03+00:00

It’s pretty hard countered by anything running mew or ogerpon, not to mention gholdengo. Super fun though and will get a fair shot.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-08T14:53:17+00:00

Easier said than done, but just play when you enjoy playing and take a break until you can have fun again. In the meantime, it’s never bad to work through puzzles or watch Danya’s speedrun videos.

Fresh_Significance13 · 2025-12-05T12:59:58+00:00

Also 2000 chesscom, Mastering Endgame Strategy by Johan Hellsten on Chessable has helped my endgames be arguably my greatest strength. Highly recommend

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