How can you develope your chess skills? Advice for beginners please.?
Posted by: admin on January 24th, 2010
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Posted: Chess For Beginners
For a beginner, study pins, forks, discovered attacks and skewers.
Then you will be able to avoid, and to play them, against your opponent.
Because if you lose two pieces the game is already over.
Join a club, there will be people of your skill level, and that is the only way to fully understand the game.
The rules of Chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess
Castling of King and Rook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling
Promotion of pawn on reaching 8th rank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_%28chess%29
En Passant – When one pawn takes another which has moved two squares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant
Tactics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tactics
pin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_%28chess%29
fork
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28chess%29
discovered attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovered_attack
skewer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewer_%28chess%29
edit: If your piece or king is being attacked there are these three things to think about, move away from the attacker, block the attack by interposing a lesser value piece, or capture / take the attacker. Sometimes although rare, it is possible to counter attack.
Play Chess… Unfortunately that is all the advice I have for you… Maybe see if you can locate a book about Chess Strategy.
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 8:52 am
For a beginner, study pins, forks, discovered attacks and skewers.
Then you will be able to avoid, and to play them, against your opponent.
Because if you lose two pieces the game is already over.
Join a club, there will be people of your skill level, and that is the only way to fully understand the game.
The rules of Chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess
Castling of King and Rook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling
Promotion of pawn on reaching 8th rank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_%28chess%29
En Passant – When one pawn takes another which has moved two squares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant
Tactics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tactics
pin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_%28chess%29
fork
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28chess%29
discovered attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovered_attack
skewer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewer_%28chess%29
edit: If your piece or king is being attacked there are these three things to think about, move away from the attacker, block the attack by interposing a lesser value piece, or capture / take the attacker. Sometimes although rare, it is possible to counter attack.
References :
Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 9:14 am
I’d avoid looking at openings until you are further along. Openings aren’t really "skill" – it’s just memorizing certain moves. Don’t try things like the four move mate. Even if your opponent falls for it, you won’t have learned a thing from the game.
Before you make each move, take a second look to make sure your opponent can’t take the piece. After your opponent moves, try to see if his move is attacking any of your pieces. Giving up pieces for nothing is one of the quickest ways to lose, and a common mistake for beginners.
As someone mentioned, studying forks and pins is a good thing, so you can both use them and defend against them. It’s also very important to know how to checkmate with just a rook and king against an opponent’s king – nothing is more frustrating as a beginner than having a game where you’re finally ahead at the end, but you don’t know how to finish him off.
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 9:49 am
1,Play it often,have some basic principles like:center control>develop your pieces>plan for strategy (attack or defence)>safety your king.
2.buy a book and study opening.
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 10:17 am
The best way by far is to have a chess mentor work with you on your current skills. You can get help on whatever mastery level you desire.
Be sure to start with basic checkmates first. Be able to do the Rook Roller in 10 moves, King Queen in 15, King Rook in 25.
Being able to win with less is where the fun begins.
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25 year chess coach for kids
Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Google "matrix chess" and "bernard parham"
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35 years doing chess
Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 10:51 am
1) Take Chess Lessons from a Fide Grandmaster or IM
2) Learn the Endgame and work hard on your Chess Tactics
3) Play slow games 60 minutes or better 90 minutes 2 or 3 times a week against solid Players at a Chess Club losing to them many times will make you better and you’ll learn from your mistakes.
4) Go over your games with strong Players regularly to learn from your mistakes they’ll point out where the weak areas in your game are that need more work and improvement.
5) Study the games of Grandmasters in Books like Alexander Alekhines My Best Games of Chess or 500 Master Games of Chess by J.Dumont and Tartakower
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 at 11:12 am