mznor wrote:
In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
everyone has that. on chesscube you start of at 1500.
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I've played one game with a greeter and now a second online game. My profile says unrated. Does it change automagically or do I have to do something to be "rated."
I believe it's play 20 rated games of the same type.
daniel1883 wrote:
mznor wrote:
In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
everyone has that. on chesscube you start of at 1500.
You start at 1500 on facebook chess too.
Actually a rating appeared as soon as I finished my first game (that wasn't with a Greeter).
Black to move. Find winning combination.
I found first move, but made mistake later and in the end I lost this game. I'm not very happy about it as you may guess... My rating dropped to 1858.
Nh7-g5?
blitzjoker wrote:
Nh7-g5?
h4xg5
what next?
I want to understand En Passent rule.
what next?
Good point well made. I thought Qh2 was mating but I'll have to have another look...
Is the first move right or am I miles off course?
Mischa52 wrote:
1...Nhg5 looks good to me. I see no good defense for white: 2. hg5 Qh7+ 3. Nh2 Rh4 looks like it mates
That's how I played and lost game after 4. Qd6
5.f3
1...Nhg5 2. hg5 that's the start of combination
2... Qh7+ is losing, there is much better possibility
as I wrote, it is wining combination
I play rating games with computer. 2 hours/40 moves, so it is plenty of time.
Anyway, computer needs 1 second only to move 
I need much more time... 
I have to go. Bye!
How about a kf7 and rh8 in there somewhere?
i dont know.
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces
The queen is nine points, not ten.