re: Anyone play chess?

The guys on chess.com LOVE to castle as soon as possible. My opening strategy is to build a case of attack knowing this is coming. They’re usually helpless and fold when I expose it early and they need to figure out how to play with limited protection of their king.

Chess.com Lessons and Playing bots better than you

YouTube opening moves

Watch Queen’s Gambit. Won’t learn a thing. Just damned good movie.

Play people slightly better than you, and I mean slightly better. The game is no fun if you destroy everyone or get destroyed by everyone. Plus, you don’t really get better in either of those scenarios.

Sir, this is a Wendy's. We can tell all about F250s and checking knuckles at sonic. That's the extent the advice should expect from here.

In the 70's, when Bobby Fisher was a household name, I got caught up in it, learned the game from some excellent rated players and within a couple of years, played competitively. Since it's been over 50 years, I don't remember what the highest ranking I achieved.

But, there is a downside, the same thing that happened to me with contract bridge, I couldn't put it down. I lay awake all night, replaying games, moves, strategy. It was all consuming to the point that my wife said it was her and the baby or chess.

In 1987 I was stuck on a ship for a week loading freight, the Korean engineer kept bugging me to play him, finally I said one game, and only one game. I mated him in about ten moves, my mistake, the next 4 days he wanted a rematch.

i play every day at least a game or 2, learn at least 1 opening for black and white.

I prefer Caro Kann for black and queens gambit for white.

Playing alot is the way

I prefer checkers.

Just for fun