One of my main chess learning tools is doing the tactics trainer. I try to do my limit of 29 puzzles everyday. What I do not understand is how I continue to not improve my score. I have a low score in the 260s and a high one of 640s. However I am ...
Executive summary-still having fun. I have slowly been transitioning over to daily chess. I like it, I get to play similarly rated people. It does not get in the way of life and work. I still play "too fast" in that I need to be more analytical i...
As I begin in chess I am currently playing and thinking about the following: Openings-Although I have read one book and started another I have almost no knowledge of opening games in terms of "names". My strategy is open with E4 if I am white. Th...
This site usually pairs you up with similar rated players for obvious reasons. A recent pair for me however is quite odd. I have a daily chess rating of about 620 and have been paired up with a 800 rated player. Sounds reasonable right? It is unt...
We had a large get together with my wife's family between Christmas and New Years in mid Missouri. It is a small church camp and it was very cold. We had no agenda. I am just starting in chess and brought an inexpensive chess set. This is at least...
Very excited to receive my first nice chess set this year. This set is way more than any other one I have ever seen in real life. I do not get out often I guess. Look forward to some games with this one. My main concern is to protect it from my wi...
I started trying to learn a little about chess at age 53, just about the time of my chess.com join date. October 1, 2017. At that time I knew almost nothing about chess except for how to move the pieces (except I had never heard of the en passant ...
