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Top 10 Things Chess Masters Do Differently Than The Rest
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Have you noticed how chess masters easily and flawlessly find a winning combination and win
the game, while other players struggle and cannot achieve the same? Have you ever wondered
why does that happen like that and what can you do to achieve masters performance? Look no
further.
Today I will show you the 10 things that master level players do differently from the rest.
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1. Exchange Pieces
Every chess player knows how to exchange pieces. Most know that exchanging a 'lower value' chess piece for a 'higher value'
one is a good deal. However, not many can correctly estimate the true value of a chess piece. That comes with experience.
Yes indeed, all players know that if you exchange a bishop for a bishop (valued at 3 points) it's a fair trade. But if you exchange a
bishop for a rook, you have won some material.
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What masters understand that other players don't when it comes to trading pieces is the pieces' true value, in a current position.
For example, when a master exchanges a bishop for a bishop he understands the position well enough to see that the
opponents bishop is superior to his own, even though both pieces are evaluated at 3 points.
Therefore, the exchange is beneficial for him. In some cases giving up an exchange (rook for a knight for bishop) can lead to
serious, long term positional advantages. Masters can convert these advantages into a won game.
2. Trade queens
When an average player does trade queens? There are a few answers to that question. May be when he has an opportunity to do
so or when he feels like simplifying a position?
When does a master trade queens? The first point to remember about the high level chess is that everything happens for a
reason. A master won't trade queens because he does not know what other decent moves to play or just because he has an
opportunity to trade.
A Master would trade queens (or play any other move for that matter) only if he thinks that doing so will improve his position. It's
as simple as that. For example, a master may want to trade queens because he knows he has a superior pawn structure or an
isolated passed pawn. Taking queens off the board would increase his chances to win the game. In a different situation, a
master may want to exchange queens to remove an opponent's main attacking piece, if it possesses a major threat to his King.
What can you learn from it?
When deciding if to trade queens or not, you need to carefully analyze the consequences of that exchange. If you find that you
position will improve with such a trade, you should go for it.
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usual. Also, a master can take his time to think about the position when there is an important decision to be made, such as
going to an endgame, playing the middle game or closing or opening the position, etc.
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4. Attack/defend
A master knows very well when to attack and when to defend. Nimzovich stated very precisely that a player should attack only
when he has some sort of material or positional advantage on that side of the board. Otherwise, a player should defend,
reorganize his pieces and look for an opportunity to counter-attack.
What can you learn from it?
Knowing when to attack and when to defend at chess is directly linked to a players ability to evaluate a position on the board. If
that evaluation is accurate he will make a correct judgment and get an upper hand by choosing the right strategy, while going in
the wrong direction can cost him a game.
5. Go into an endgame
How does a master decide if he should go into an endgame or not? There are many factors that can play role in that decision.
We will start from the obvious and will move towards the subtle ones.
If a master has a serious positional advantage that almost guarantees a win [favorable pawn structure, a lonely pawn on the
other side of the board, superior activity of the King, etc.] he will transition to an endgame immediately.
If a master is down on time, it may be a good idea to go into the endgame, since it's a purely calculative phase of the game,
without many surprises.
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7. Sacrifice
A well calculated sacrifice is what beautiful chess combinations are all about. But, nothing can be more embarrassing and
painful as a miscalculated sacrifice. Just imaging you have sacrificed a queen hoping for a mate in 3, but missed one of the
opponent's replies and now it's time to resign.
A rule to remember is that you should only sacrifice a piece if you 100% sure that that will lead to a win/draw. There are
exceptions to this rule, however, which masters tend to exploit. The masters have something called 'well developed chess
intuition' which helps to make the right decision without the need to calculate all possibilities.
10. Resign
Most players don't know when to resign. Sometimes they resign in drawn positions. Sometimes they resign even in won
positions. But sometimes they play in totally lost positions.
A master, indeed, knows better when to resign and when not too. That way, he can save his time and energy by resigning in a
totally hopeless position. Also, he may save himself a game or two, by not resigning in certain situations.
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