@QueenClaudia2003 if you'd like to play real people (well, "real" may be stretching it sometimes, hahaha ;-) you might consider Daily Chess here at chess.com. Start with a longer time control (3 or 7 days) that lets you not worry about time pressure or being interrupted. Most players will respond much quicker than the time control but the longer time lets you think things through and respond without feeling so much time pressure. You can have a number of games active and if you don't like the whole rating thing you can play unrated games just for fun. Just a thought...
Are you all experienced chess players?
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Being "experienced" does not necessarily equate to being "good". So YES, I guess I am experienced having learned Chess in my youth when the Soviet Union, Berlin Wall, and Pac-man arcades were still around.
GrandPatzerDave wrote:
@QueenClaudia2003 if you'd like to play real people (well, "real" may be stretching it sometimes, hahaha ;-) you might consider Daily Chess here at chess.com. Start with a longer time control (3 or 7 days) that lets you not worry about time pressure or being interrupted. Most players will respond much quicker than the time control but the longer time lets you think things through and respond without feeling so much time pressure. You can have a number of games active and if you don't like the whole rating thing you can play unrated games just for fun. Just a thought...
Oh that's interesting.
How do you play an unrated game?
Pawnerai wrote:
Being "experienced" does not necessarily equate to being "good". So YES, I guess I am experienced having learned Chess in my youth when the Soviet Union, Berlin Wall, and Pac-man arcades were still around.
Are you good then or just 'experienced'?
I didn't want to say 'are you any good' as sounded a bit direct and rude plus I think most people understood what I meant.
QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
Hi just been wondering as so many of you have quite large collections of chess sets do you all play chess and are you experienced chess players?
I have a small collection and although have played chess on and off for many years I've never really studied it properly and so have never improved much. Which is fine as I still enjoy playing even poorly!
Two chess sets (wood & celluloid). A pair of books and some awards from the tournaments.
My rating is 2000
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@RussBell Thanks for the tip about the Bobby Fischer book. I directed my son-in-law to the post because he is learning chess with my grandson.
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QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
GrandPatzerDave wrote:
@QueenClaudia2003 if you'd like to play real people (well, "real" may be stretching it sometimes, hahaha ;-) you might consider Daily Chess here at chess.com. Start with a longer time control (3 or 7 days) that lets you not worry about time pressure or being interrupted. Most players will respond much quicker than the time control but the longer time lets you think things through and respond without feeling so much time pressure. You can have a number of games active and if you don't like the whole rating thing you can play unrated games just for fun. Just a thought...
Oh that's interesting.
How do you play an unrated game?
("I'm guessing your chess.com home page has a New Game button. However you go, the New Game display has a Custom Game button. From there you can set the parameters of the "challenge" that'll be created. When someone accepts the challenge you can start the game. Otherwise, you can check if you want to accept any challenges created by others under the "Open Challenges" tab:
QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
RussBell wrote:
QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
RussBell wrote:
The books being recommended by @Junckerlz - "My 60 Memorable Games" by Bobby Fischer and "How To Reassess Your Chess" by Jeremy Silman - are much too advanced for someone rated below 1400 Elo.
Ahh right maybe for the future then.
Better for those players to focus on books in my Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond article which I identify as appropriate for beginner-novice players. Similarly, your first mathematics book should not be a book on Calculus.
Yes, I wouldn't want anything that is beyond me. I don't ever imagine I'm going to be brilliant at chess anyway. Please don't mention the 'M' word 😰
I think where you are is somewhat where I was a few months back before I read DCO. I read Bobby Fischer Teaches chess first. I knew 80% of what was being explained in that book already and I found the 20% very useful. I then spent three years just playing chess and trying to understand the logic behind tactics. In 2020, the biggest problem was I had a basic understanding of tactics for the middle game but I didn't know how to start the game if that makes any sense. The DCO book gave me basic principles to consider when making moves in an opening such as don't move pieces twice, avoid using f pawn if possible, don't bring your queen out early, etc. Obviously these are soft rules and can be violated but the rules gave me an idea of things to consider in my move selection. It helped me connect the dots between move 1 in an opening to the middle game where it was all about tactics. I think any book like DCO where they explain basic principles is a good option for beginners like us.
Thanks GrandP will go and check it out now.
MCH818 wrote:
QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
RussBell wrote:
QueenClaudia2003 wrote:
RussBell wrote:
The books being recommended by @Junckerlz - "My 60 Memorable Games" by Bobby Fischer and "How To Reassess Your Chess" by Jeremy Silman - are much too advanced for someone rated below 1400 Elo.
Ahh right maybe for the future then.
Better for those players to focus on books in my Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond article which I identify as appropriate for beginner-novice players. Similarly, your first mathematics book should not be a book on Calculus.
Yes, I wouldn't want anything that is beyond me. I don't ever imagine I'm going to be brilliant at chess anyway. Please don't mention the 'M' word 😰
I think where you are is somewhat where I was a few months back before I read DCO. I read Bobby Fischer Teaches chess first. I knew 80% of what was being explained in that book already and I found the 20% very useful. I then spent three years just playing chess and trying to understand the logic behind tactics. In 2020, the biggest problem was I had a basic understanding of tactics for the middle game but I didn't know how to start the game if that makes any sense. The DCO book gave me basic principles to consider when making moves in an opening such as don't move pieces twice, avoid using f pawn if possible, don't bring your queen out early, etc. Obviously these are soft rules and can be violated but the rules gave me an idea of things to consider in my move selection. It helped me connect the dots between move 1 in an opening to the middle game where it was all about tactics. I think any book like DCO where they explain basic principles is a good option for beginners like us.
Yes I'm looking forward to the DCO book arriving it's being delivered on 12 April. So far what I've read in the Fischer book I already know but not that far into it yet and t's still fun to work my way through it and confirmation that I am understanding some concepts so I'm not going to skip ahead.
1. Na3 = Sodium Opening (chemical symbol for Sodium is Na)
It is not a good opening.