Ignore Backfacing - Selecting Faces in Polygon Mode

Check "Ignore Backfacing"

-Selecting only geometry faced in front of you

By-Angle Selection

Turned on

Specify the threshold

Ring-Loop Technique
-using Edge mode
-select edge and select loop to loop that edge around object
-select edge and selct ring, looping edges that ar parallel

The Ring-Loop TECHNIQUE can be utilized with connect and Chamfer