How to Stop Blundering and Start Improving Your Chess Game: Advice from a GM

#benfinegold #chess #blunders

[Ytremz]

"I just play bad. You guys play bad _and make blunders._ So you guys are *suspicious."*

[rathelmmc]

Ben has said similar advice in the past and I love it every time because it's applicable for getting good at anything.

[Socrates...]

I wish someone would sponsor an hour long lesson, where Ben talks at length on general advice

[Botoxcorvette]

I finally gained rating from 1200-1400 in 3min. Only took years and thousands of games.

[CBFW_KO]

In 80% of the games I lose, I have an at least +4.0 advantage or higher in every game. It is so enraging

[pedro_neto]

Not only a chess lesson, a lesson for life.

Go Ben, and please keep the amazing content!

[ricardorochadias]

@GMBenjaminFinegold You say things that are hard to listen. Things like "Coaches are irrelevant", "Reading books does not help", "Solving hard tactical problems won't do much", ... And I got what you're saying . It kind makes us sad and disappointed. But, I know you're right. It is something I got admit and keep going forward. Studying and not playing lots of Chess will not make someone improve at chess. The thing is "Play lots of chess and analyze your games with a coach or engine..." and "Learn with your own games". Thank you, Ben.

[pwNzmbZ]

I found books pretty useful along side playing games. I wouldn't have learned about imbalances such as pawn structure and piece placement to apply in my games otherwise.

[Samuel]

I like his way of thinking i dont feel overwhelmed with information and it actually helps

[Jumaz]

I wish someone would sponsor an hour long where Ben talks at length.

[golson]

So the key to improvement is R&R: Repetition and Recognition

[gusinthecloud]

Great and honest advice!! Thank you very much. Another way to say. Play same repertoire a lot. Invest time in your games reviews. Karpov said. The best chess book are your own games. Play a lot, review, play a lot, review.

[irvinquintanilla]

I think puzzles are important in chess, because it gives the player an insight of what chess is about. I feel like puzzles do not help players having a better rating on blitz, but who said chess is about 5-min or 3-min, seems like puzzles are much related into classical chess that is playing 30-min or even an 1-hour for good chess calculation is the key.

[KiriIrving]

Sick mixup on the thumbnails, keeping the meta fresh

[hfontanez]

In summary, to stop blundering, you need to stop playing. There's no hope for you.

[brianasbury]

So in summation, just play and learn.
Makes sense to me

[ahmeds.mansour]

This might be the best advice on the subject.. ever! Thank you sir.

[answeris]

Analysing my games turned me from a 500 player to a 800 player. I stopped and dropped to 600

[imeaniguess.]

Lmao these simple answers is a large part of what got me to 1100. “Stop blundering, and just wait for them to blunder”, they always blunder 😂. When I lose it’s because I blunder. 🤯
Now when I’m not blundering I’m mainly losing because of mistakes and misses though.
Lmao this is a reupload of the video.

[mcronrn]

5 minutes, 50secs of Ben! Ben is lasting longer! Yay Ben! 😂