Answers.Body: <p>Not an answer for all situations, but let me share with you something that helped me in some specific situations. One big mistake I was making at one stage was to look at my opponents move, deem quickly that it looked innocuous, dismiss it, and continue with whatever attack plan I had previously formulated.</p>
  
  <p>The mistake I made was to treat seemingly innocuous moves with less caution than other moves which presented an immediate threat. After a while, I learned that seemingly innocuous moves require MORE caution. If your opponent has made a move which doesn't immediately seem to improve her position, you are probably missing something. Sure, sometimes it is just a poor player or a bad move. But in my experience, it is more likely that they are seeing something you are not.</p>
  
  <p>So when your opponent makes such a move, alarm bells should be ringing. Where could that piece move to next? Think about the best position for that piece, does this move help them get there? What rows or columns does it open up for their rooks? What diagonals does it open up for their bishops? These are all questions you need to ask when such a move is made.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I good youtube site is maintained by ChessDiagnostic:
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  Look at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGKPxJ5NYI&amp;t=1003s" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGKPxJ5NYI&amp;t=1003s</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I am a 1100 rated player.In rapid and blitz games I beated 1600 players this proves that my intution is good but at classical matches I can't even handle a 1300 player.I am a positional player as I just need a moderate advantage .But I am weak in long term calculation as I can't judge my opponent's move so kindly tell measures improve my calculation</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I think that if you can do it, a game of yours would help immensely with giving you good advice on how to improve. An 1100 rating indicates that you're a novice, but a game would help in determining just how much of a novice you really are.
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Comments.Text: My advice - if you're rated 1100, get out of the habit of thinking you are a positional player.  If you were a positional player, you'd be rated higher.  Below 2000 or so, there are no positional players, just good tacticians and bad tacticians.
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Comments.Text: I agree - read some good book on chess strategy, availability depends on your languages that you can read.
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Title: How to improve my calculation and guess my opponents move
ThreadText: # How to improve my calculation and guess my opponents move
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-04)
  
  I am a 1100 rated player.In rapid and blitz games I beated 1600 players this proves that my intution is good but at classical matches I can't even handle a 1300 player.I am a positional player as I just need a moderate advantage .But I am weak in long term calculation as I can't judge my opponent's move so kindly tell measures improve my calculation
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I think that if you can do it, a game of yours would help immensely with giving you good advice on how to improve. An 1100 rating indicates that you're a novice, but a game would help in determining just how much of a novice you really are.  
  > **username_2**: My advice - if you're rated 1100, get out of the habit of thinking you are a positional player.  If you were a positional player, you'd be rated higher.  Below 2000 or so, there are no positional players, just good tacticians and bad tacticians.  
  > **username_3**: I agree - read some good book on chess strategy, availability depends on your languages that you can read.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-10-09. Score: 1
  
  Not an answer for all situations, but let me share with you something that helped me in some specific situations. One big mistake I was making at one stage was to look at my opponents move, deem quickly that it looked innocuous, dismiss it, and continue with whatever attack plan I had previously formulated.
  
  The mistake I made was to treat seemingly innocuous moves with less caution than other moves which presented an immediate threat. After a while, I learned that seemingly innocuous moves require MORE caution. If your opponent has made a move which doesn't immediately seem to improve her position, you are probably missing something. Sure, sometimes it is just a poor player or a bad move. But in my experience, it is more likely that they are seeing something you are not.
  
  So when your opponent makes such a move, alarm bells should be ringing. Where could that piece move to next? Think about the best position for that piece, does this move help them get there? What rows or columns does it open up for their rooks? What diagonals does it open up for their bishops? These are all questions you need to ask when such a move is made.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2018-10-07. Score: 0
  
  I good youtube site is maintained by ChessDiagnostic:
  <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnaQU92Z4qaNsIwkxV0GNA/videos>
  
  He has a series of lectures.
  Look at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGKPxJ5NYI&t=1003s>
  
  
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