CODE AND COURSE NAME : 

CSD1012 CHESS 
SEMESTER II 2021/2022 (A212) 
 

ASSIGNMENT 2 :  
MY CHESS REPERTOIRE: HOW TO IMPROVE GAME SKILLS

 PREPARED BY 
STUDENT NAME :  WAN NUR AIN AFIQAH BINTI WAN MOHARANI 
MATRIC NUMBER : 1210830
CLASS : GROUP 4 
 

PROVIDED FOR : 
INSTRUCTOR’S NAME : ENCIK MUIN BIN YAHAYA 
 
 
 
 

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Here are some helpful tips to get better at chess:
The first tips are we must study chess tactics. Two areas of chess study will provide
better outcomes faster for the typical player than any other. Chess strategies such as pins,
forks, skewers, checkmates, and other short-term move combinations that result in material
advantages or a victory is one of these topics. Pattern detection is important to a player’s
tactical skill. The same type of chess position appears mostly in different tactical themes. Try
to identify tactical possibilities not only when it’s your turn to move but also when it’s your
enemy’s turn to move. For instace, if you spot a chance for your competitor before he does,
you might be ready to move him off from the pass and fix the situation before he can drop the
bomb on you.
Next tips are as a player we must learn some opening basics but don’t spend hours
memorizing variations. No player with a USCF ranking compared with fewer than 2000
should be concerned with learning openings, according to GM Evans. In general I agree with
him, but on particular , I differ. Each chess player, especially beginners, should understand
the core concepts behind the chess openings they play routinely, as well as one to three main
variations. However, no unnamed chess player (below expert level) has to memorise
thousands upon dozens of opening variations. Most of your opponents will perform
something unexpected around move 8, thus all of your diligent “opening preparation” will be
for nothing. And just because you have a “winning position” at the end of your “favourite”
variation in a chess opening, doesn’t mean you have a “insta-win”. The game does not play
automatically, and you must show your victory by alreasy winning the game.
Therefor another tips are we must study positional chess such as chess strategy. When
there’s something to do, you do tactics, and when there’s nothing to do, you do strategy. That
is incorrect but only marginally. A strategy is a set of actions that results in a measurable
material gain. Long-term planning, but at the other hand, layout your components to good
areas, ensuring that your pawn structure is strong, and arranging your chess men on squares
where they will operate in harmony to offer you a high position. It also refers to the process
by which your moves gradually undermine your argument in a way, as well as the
psychological processes by which you detect those weaknesses. It may appear difficult, but
learning chess strategy can significantly enhance your gameplay.
Next tips are we need to play as much chess as you can. Basic sense, the more you
play, the more you learn. You can read all you want about rook endgames, but it won’t help
you unless you actually play some. Similarly, nothing teaches us what we don’t know like
playing chess games; you might not realise you need to study Rook endgames until you
totally lose it. Few things, on the other hand, are as rewarding as trying a new chess theory
and successfully implementing it in a game. So, if you want to be successful in chess you
must play chess.
 Next we also can write down or record the moves to every game we play. However,
you won’t able to record moves if you’re playing a blitz game with someone in person rather
than via the Internet. Furthermore, you should record your movements for games with
reasonable time limits as well as for internet games. There’s no reason not to keep records of
your moves when playing online chess even in blitz or bullet games; most sites provide a
function that maintains track of your actions and allows you download or e-mail the game
score at the press of a button. If you have a chess programme with computer skills, you
should make a collection of your own games including online and face to face games. If you
don’t, save your games in a diary or chess score book. There are multiple strong reasons to
keep your games. They’re a record of your chess achievements, if nothing else; over time
you’ll be able to look back on earlier games and see how you’ve progressed. If you record
your plays while playing a particularly good game, tou’ll be able to replay it as much as you
want. If you play a bad match, you can analyze it to see where you went wrong. Keeping
your games in an internet source allows you to evaluate theme afterwards with a chess
engine, as well as add your own notes.
Next tips we also can get help and advice from stronger players. Another benefit to
record your games is that you can review them with a stronger player to gain feedback and
advice. Most of the chess groups belonged to feature a strong player or three who enjoyed
advising club members. When you lose a tournament game to a better team, the postgame
analysis and conversation can be incredibly instructional and educational. The ability to have
a powerful chess engine anlysed your games, highlight where you made mistakes, and make
ideas for better plays is the largest advantage to owning a chess playing programme.
We also can play over the chess games of other players. As long as you understand
what’s going on, revisiting the games of excellent teams can teach you a lot about chess,
especially games with annotations, comments, and variations that clarify the game. In terms
of current games, if your home state, county, region or country publishes a chess blog, you
should subscribe to it, as these small magazines are often a treasure trove of commented
games, often played between average club players, games that are both easy to understand
and extremely instructive.
Last but not least, don’t kick yourself over losing a game. Winning is more fun than
losing. But from the chess match, loss as an opportunity for improvement. When we figure
out why we lost a game, we can learn what we need to work on to become a better player.