Silman's Endgame Course, "If you can't handle 4 Pieces, How can you handle 16!?"
Advice for chess beginners
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Apr 8, 2013
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At the beginning, you should study the game in the opposite order to which it is played.
That is... in actual play, the game progresses from the Opening, to the Middle-Game, to the Ending. You should study it in the reverse order... first a bit of End-Game study, them a lot of Middle-Game study, and look at some Openings last.
The reason I suggest this is that you will have a much easier time understanding why a particular middle-game move is good or bad if you already understand the type of ending it will likely lead to. Similarly, opening moves will make more sense to you if you are already somewhat familiar with the types of middle-games that they will lead to.
Once you've established a basic understanding of the phases of the game, you should focus on learning and practicing tactics (Pin, Fork, Skewer, Guard Destruction, Overload, Decoying and Diverting, Line Opening and Line Cutting, Sealing and Sweeping, etc) plus Model Mates (Corridor Mate, Smothered Mate, Lolli, Greco, Philidor, Damiano, Morphy, Paulsen, Anderssen, Blackburne, Anastasia's Mate, etc). Then learn how Pawn structure effectively determines your middle-game plan... reading Pawn Power in Chess (by Hans Kmoch) or Pawn Structure Chess (by Soltis) would benefit you a lot, once you had gained enough general chess knowledge to understand what the author is talking about. Then more endgame study. Openings last.
May 8, 2013
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EN-isjj wrote:
If you are a chess expert, what is some advice or tips you could give to a chess beginner?
why are you quoting me thymaster?
May 8, 2013
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EN-isjj wrote:
If you are a chess expert, what is some advice or tips you could give to a chess beginner?
May 8, 2013
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blueemu wrote:
Once you've established a basic understanding of the phases of the game, you should focus on learning and practicing tactics (Pin, Fork, Skewer, Guard Destruction, Overload, Decoying and Diverting, Line Opening and Line Cutting, Sealing and Sweeping, etc) plus Model Mates (Corridor Mate, Smothered Mate, Lolli, Greco, Philidor, Damiano, Morphy, Paulsen, Anderssen, Blackburne, Anastasia's Mate, etc). Then learn how Pawn structure effectively determines your middle-game plan... reading Pawn Power in Chess (by Hans Kmoch) or Pawn Structure Chess (by Soltis) would benefit you a lot, once you had gained enough general chess knowledge to understand what the author is talking about. Then more endgame study. Openings last.
Omg I still need to learn all of this!! :O Some of them sound so fancy
If you are a chess expert, what is some advice or tips you could give to a chess beginner?