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What are some good ways to learn about Chess?
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:14 am
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:14 am
What are the good books. Any videos?
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:16 am to prplhze2000
wait a minute I'll check, mate
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:19 am to WoWyHi
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Watch Trump
I'd love to watch Trump play chess against a 7 year old
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:19 am to 777Tiger
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wait a minute I'll check, mate
Very nice.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:21 am to WaltTeevens
The rant and melt when the 7 year old won would be amazing.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:21 am to prplhze2000
What if a 4 year old spilt their juice box on your chest board?
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:26 am to prplhze2000
He goes through 30 something games explaining what's going on with every move.
This assumes you already know how the pieces move.
Other than that, just play. As often as you can.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:32 am to prplhze2000
[link=(www.chess.com)]LINK[/link]
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:33 am to prplhze2000
Chess.com. Matches you up in instant games with players similar to your ability all over the world. As you play more, your competition gets tougher.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:36 am to prplhze2000
Just learn Napoleon's 4 move checkmate.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:40 am to prplhze2000
Just start playing on chess.com or lichess. Start off with longer time controls. It's better for learning. Starting off your biggest issue is going to be dropping pieces for nothing. If you stop doing this you will easily get over 1000 elo rating. Work tactics puzzles to develop pattern recognition. Tactics puzzles are a part of either chess.com or lichess platforms. You have to pay to get unlimited puzzles on chess.com. You can also get unlimited puzzles on chess tempo for free. Starting out don't spend too much time on opening theory. Pick a solid opening to start and worry about learning opening theory later. I'd stick with classics like the giuoco piano, ruy lopez, queen's gambit, and indian just so you don't develop a base with crap opening. You can experimental later once you have a good base.
Books? It's kind of hard to say. Your biggest bang for time investment is going to be concentrating on tactics and not dropping pieces. But Maybe something like Logical Chess by Chernev? That was good. I'm trying to think of something that would be good for explaining early principles. I read this book "The Zen of Chess" that was recommended by a friend that did a decent job of going into the fundamentals, but I overall don't think it's that great of a book. There's probably something better out there. Maybe Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess? It's supposed to be a classic, though I've never read it.
As for videos, there are a massive amount of resources on youtube. I like chess24. They have a lot of great videos, but for their full library you have to pay. A lot of people rave about John Bartholomew's videos though I haven't spent much time watching them. The St Louis Chess Club also has a lot of great free videos out there with a large variety of GM's including Yasser Seirawan and the popular for his quirky personality Ben Finegold. Agadmator's videos are good for entertainment, but aren' that great for learning.
Ultimately though really, you just need to play to get better. Good luck! Have fun!
Books? It's kind of hard to say. Your biggest bang for time investment is going to be concentrating on tactics and not dropping pieces. But Maybe something like Logical Chess by Chernev? That was good. I'm trying to think of something that would be good for explaining early principles. I read this book "The Zen of Chess" that was recommended by a friend that did a decent job of going into the fundamentals, but I overall don't think it's that great of a book. There's probably something better out there. Maybe Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess? It's supposed to be a classic, though I've never read it.
As for videos, there are a massive amount of resources on youtube. I like chess24. They have a lot of great videos, but for their full library you have to pay. A lot of people rave about John Bartholomew's videos though I haven't spent much time watching them. The St Louis Chess Club also has a lot of great free videos out there with a large variety of GM's including Yasser Seirawan and the popular for his quirky personality Ben Finegold. Agadmator's videos are good for entertainment, but aren' that great for learning.
Ultimately though really, you just need to play to get better. Good luck! Have fun!
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:53 am to prplhze2000
Also, don't get discouraged if you're just starting.
It can be frustrating to get your arse handed to you and have no idea how that happened but, if you stick with it, you'll start winning and at first you won't know how that happened either.
It can be frustrating to get your arse handed to you and have no idea how that happened but, if you stick with it, you'll start winning and at first you won't know how that happened either.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 12:30 pm to prplhze2000
Check out the St Louis Chess Club's YouTube channel:
LINK
They've got a good collection of lectures for beginners all the way thru advanced players. Just search for "beginner" lectures and there are numerous returns.
Also, work some tactic puzzles. Chess is mostly tactics. Don't get to worked up learning a bunch of openings. Focus on one or two for white and black and spend time working on tactics.
LINK
They've got a good collection of lectures for beginners all the way thru advanced players. Just search for "beginner" lectures and there are numerous returns.
Also, work some tactic puzzles. Chess is mostly tactics. Don't get to worked up learning a bunch of openings. Focus on one or two for white and black and spend time working on tactics.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 12:55 pm to prplhze2000
They make some apps you can play to get accustomed to the game, and moves.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:07 pm to prplhze2000
Losing to better players. Play online and review your games. Find your mistakes that swung the game away from your favor. The biggest mistake inexperienced players make is not understanding how powerful pawn structure is, and how it affects the game.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:07 pm to prplhze2000
Once you learn the moves set up a few pieces from each color.
Learn to play with a pair of bishops vs each kind of piece.
Learn 2 knights and a Queen vs some combo.
After weeks of that learn the famous openings.
Nimzo Indian defense.
Ruy Lopez.
There are a few openings that have an honored history.
Don't go up against them without reading up.
You will earn your stripes in the end game. Those games of a few pieces vs a few pieces will prepare you.
I'm sure guys have recommended their favorite books.
Remember, originality is crushed by tried and true.
Read the games of the all time greats.
Capablanca
Bobby Fischer
Enjoy.
My game vastly improved when I got a small plastic portable set. Then you can work out games when you are in the DMV or waiting for Godot.
Learn to play with a pair of bishops vs each kind of piece.
Learn 2 knights and a Queen vs some combo.
After weeks of that learn the famous openings.
Nimzo Indian defense.
Ruy Lopez.
There are a few openings that have an honored history.
Don't go up against them without reading up.
You will earn your stripes in the end game. Those games of a few pieces vs a few pieces will prepare you.
I'm sure guys have recommended their favorite books.
Remember, originality is crushed by tried and true.
Read the games of the all time greats.
Capablanca
Bobby Fischer
quote:
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many as one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Wikipedia
Born: November 19, 1888, Havana, Cuba
Died: March 8, 1942, New York City, NY
Nationality: Cuban
Enjoy.
My game vastly improved when I got a small plastic portable set. Then you can work out games when you are in the DMV or waiting for Godot.
This post was edited on 1/13/19 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:13 pm to prplhze2000
Teach yourself a couple openings and play your arse off on chess.com.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:25 pm to Tangineck
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The biggest mistake inexperienced players make is not understanding how powerful pawn structure is, and how it affects the game.
"Race to development"
one game at lake Charles chess club vs similarly Jewish lake Charles high kid, I promoted two pawns to queen and had 3 queens at once.
Opponent had one promoted.
He won though. He had a lot more than queens.
There's an article on chess.com called how to ruin your pawn structure. It also references a list of the other things to be sure to do.
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