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Old 05-22-2004, 10:58 PM   #16
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Originally posted by Assassin:
I need a bit of help for chess... The problem mainly stems from me being unable to move my pieces around effectively. Okay, I start as white doing the usual opening and grabbing control of the middle. However, as the pawns start to occupy and control more and more space, I find myself unable to move or plan anything worthwhile without ending up on the bad side of the exchange, both position and piece wise. Then my opponent just steamrolls over me and combo attacks the middle, bruteforcing his way in and eventually securing a win.

Sounds like you may be making too many pawn moves and neglecting development of your pieces. Can't suggest anything more specific without seeing an example of play.
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