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Books are probably your best bet
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
I have read your article and looked at some books but
Sep 25, 2021
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Karkka wrote:
And chessbase what is it? A program were you can buy courses? Why buy when you can get for free on chess factor? And fritz, is not chess.com engine good enough?
Chessbase is a database of chess games. When you are starting out, you need books, since it is hard to really understand what masters are trying to do and getting it explained to you helps.
Eventually you get to the opposite problem. There is a point where you have an understanding of what a chess game is about, so the only way to advance is to study other people's games and tease out what they are doing. There are free databases, but chessbase is probably the best paid one.
Sep 25, 2021
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Karkka wrote:
Hi.
Starting to study serious about chess. Its so much info everywhere, what´s a good way to start.
And chessbase what is it? A program were you can buy courses? Why buy when you can get for free on chess factor? And fritz, is not chess.com engine good enough?
chessbase is a database. If you are looking to get a chess database there are several options, from the free SCID to the top end chessbase. I have a older version of chessbase that I got on sale on Steam for a reasonable price. Fritz is fine, but the best part of the fritz program is the interface. You can load other UCI chess engines (such as stockfish) in this interface for the best chess analysis of your games.
If you are looking to get chess courses, I can recommend two products. The first would be Convekta courses. These courses have been used for decades by many top players.
https://chessok.com/?page_id=29#training
They also have mobile options
The second option is a the website chessable. This site has several courses that are based upon best selling chessbooks. I would recommend this site over buying the book because you can drill the positions quickly and many of the courses are free.
Finally, there is an excellent free program that allows you to 'guess the move' in chess.
https://sites.google.com/view/fredm/home
Just download a pgn file of games you can play through and guess the move of the player you choose and a chess engine will tell you if your move is as good as the winning player. I would recommend this over most chess book game collections because many books have not been error checked and many old books, the analysis has not held up to modern analysis.
You can get free pgn files here
https://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html
I wouldn't bother with most chess books or spending a lot of money on chess training material. You can get most training for free or very cheap. Youtube has training videos by grandmasters that are often better than most books. Chess.com has training videos and lessons.
Start with free resources on YouTube first, Play a lot of slow chess, and learn to analyze each of your games.
If you still want to study chess books, go through one game collections books for EACH of the world chess champions.
And focus on opening principle, and not traps and gambits. Is it even good to try and play traps and gambits if you now the opponent is good. Do grandmasters play these?
Sep 26, 2021
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Karkka wrote:
And focus on opening principle, and not traps and gambits. Is it even good to try and play traps and gambits if you now the opponent is good. Do grandmasters play these?
One must not ask themselves what a grandmaster does, because one is not even close to matching a grandmaster in skill. One should instead ask themselves, what is it going to take to get 100 points above my current rating? And the depending on the rating, the answer can be traps and gambits.
For example. the wayward queen attack is pretty silly, but it has taken many players from 300 to 700, which is a substantial jump.
Chess Beatdowns, a good games collection book on RELATABLE, non-master strength games. Link is below:
Focusing on traps is like counting on winning the lottery...
Yes I realize that. and hope the other person dont sees it, that never works if you face a stronger player.
I know I lack middle game tactics.
Hi.
Starting to study serious about chess. Its so much info everywhere, what´s a good way to start.
And chessbase what is it? A program were you can buy courses? Why buy when you can get for free on chess factor? And fritz, is not chess.com engine good enough?