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Total Chess: Game Phases & Playing Levels

John Herron
John Herron
02.25.2012
Category: Total Chess
Tags: chess lectures, phases of chess, total chess,
Total Chess: Game Phases & Playing Levels

We are very excited to announce that TheChessWorld.com starts to publish series of chess article written by an innovative chess instructor John Herron for TOTAL CHESS: Learn, Teach and Play the Easy 1-2-3 Way. We believe that many of our readers would greatly benefit from the information presented in these lectures, thanks to the John Herron’s ability to explain complex concepts in simple words.

Important chess concepts such as chess tournaments, chess variants, sportsmanship, piece strategy, pawn advances, exchanges and many more will be covered throughout the course of lectures.

There are three general phases to a chess game. It is not always clear when one phase ends and another begins, but it is a good way to organize your thoughts and lessons.

1) Opening: The opening is how you start a chess game. It is the first ten to fifteen moves. If you get off to a good start, you will have a good game. If you get off to a bad start, you will have a bad game. You could be way behind in material, or be in a bad position that will be difficult to play for the rest of the game.

2) Midgame: The midgamebegins when the opening is done and lasts until the endgame. The midgame is the most complicated and difficult part of a chess game. There are lots of pieces and lots of possibilities. Both players attack, defend and use tactics. Many games end in the midgame with checkmate.

3) Endgame: The endgame begins when there are very few pieces left on the board, or when the queens are traded. Although there are not many pieces on the board, there is often a lot of strategy. You must make good use of the pieces you have. Subtle moves can make the difference between winning, losing and drawing.

There are many playing levels in chess. One way to determine your playing level is to see what you thinkabout when you play.

1) Beginners: Beginners look at their own pieces and their own moves. They do not think very much about the opponent’s pieces and the opponent’s moves. They think about attacking, but not much about defending. They usually think ahead only one move.

2) Intermediates: Intermediates look at the opponent’s pieces and the opponent’s moves. They think about what the opponent could do to them. They think about both attacking and defending. They usually think ahead two moves.

3) Advanced Players: Advanced players look at the space around the pieces. They think about where the pieces can go and what the pieces can do, even if it takes more than one or two moves. They look deeper and see more possibilities. They usually think ahead three or more moves.

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From the book, “TOTAL CHESS: Learn, Teach and Play the Easy 1-2-3 Way,” by John Herron

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TOTAL CHESS is your complete guide to chess. It covers everything: rules, strategies, tactics and checkmates.

Everything in chess comes in threes. Three simple strategies are presented for the opening, midgame, endgame, etc. Each lesson is brief and covers one concept in simple language that everyone can read and understand.

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Roumen Bezergianov
03.25.2012 22:57

This is indeed an encyclopedic book–if I could only have one book on chess, it would be Total Chess. Thank you for contributing Mr. Herron.

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Yury
02.29.2012 16:39

Some more useful information is coming! 😉

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S.Writer
02.29.2012 02:26

Nice systematic approach to chess training!
Thank you.

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