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You actually shouldn't learn any strategies. They're usually too difficult and very often don't make any sense. There are two possible long-term plans: giving the checkmate and gai…

That's right! If you want to spend on chess only a couple of months or beat your friends, then short-term patterns and gambits would be the best choice :)

Thanks, fixed!

Not having a long-term plan and focusing on short-term patterns is fundamentally wrong. You won't only hit the plateau but will be stuck there unless you relearn chess the right bi…

>Especially at lower levels, chess is a game of short term patterns, not long term strategy. That’s actually wrong. Short-term patterns will improve your chess short-term but you’l…