I don't know so much myself, but i shall give u a tips go check this site out:http://www.thechesswebsite.com/index.php. There you can find many good tips and practice. And if you play e4, be careful for Sicilian defence, just a tip. And ofcourse you learn a lot just by playing and getting experience. If u want you can play against me for practice. Good luck!
new to chess, what should i do as my first step?
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oh, i also know that e4, e5, d4, d5 are important squares and i usually checkmate by putting a rook/queen at 7th rank and than one at 8th rank :P
i remember that i have bought CT-art 3 a long time ago, so il start using that.il also get the play winning chess book, so all i need to know now is some titles for:
a good basic training in endgame book, and a tactical puzzle book for beginners
&thx for the link kakemann -!
and im thinking of joining a club, but maybe i should try to get a bit better first?
btw how does it get decided at clubs/tournaments who is black and who is white, and if you play at a club the matches there also give you that rating?
does anyone know some titles of a good basic training in endgame book and a tactical puzzle book (both for beginners) ?
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I don't know books, but I'd strongly advise you try chesstempo.com It's excellent for both tactics (at all levels) and endgames (which are aimed more at intermediate levels, a pity).
First of all, you may learn some basic Openings and chess rules. Then, try to solve puzzles as much as possible. Do you join any chess club? It's a good place for you to improve your level.
Forget openings, books and stuff like this. The best way for an absolute beginner to improve is to play A LOT of games to accumulate experience. Nothings beats that. When you get to about 1200 in live chess, start studying tactics.
Oct 4, 2010
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FirebrandX wrote:
Get Yasser Seirawan's "Play Winning Chess". Consider it a bible for beginners at chess.
You also want to start with some basic training in endgames. This teaches you how to use the pieces more than any other method. Once you learn how all the pieces work together in endgames, it makes playing middlegames easier. Others can point you in the direction of good books for this.
Next, get some beginner books on tactical puzzles. If you've got the money, you can also get CT Art 3.0 and start with the beginner puzzles there. The program has progressively harder ones that go all the way up to GM-level.
The best method though, is to find a decent player in your area that you can meet face-to-face and get them to train you. The back-and-forth interaction with them is the best way to learn fast.
I second that!!!
~The Doctor
StarXii wrote:
hi all, im really new to chess, i just play chess titans on the pc a bit
but i wanna get better and im not sure where to start.
should i buy some books? or chess software or premium membership?
basicly all i know are the rules & not to throw away pieces for nothing
and that as white e4 is a good 1st move
As far as throwing away pieces for nothing goes. I do it, but not on purpose.
There are plenty of good books that break down high level games move by move, explaining each. This way you can see how the game develops.
kakemann wrote:
I don't know so much myself, but i shall give u a tips go check this site out:http://www.thechesswebsite.com/index.php. There you can find many good tips and practice. And if you play e4, be careful for Sicilian defence, just a tip. And ofcourse you learn a lot just by playing and getting experience. If u want you can play against me for practice. Good luck!
That looks like a good site.
- Have realistic expectations - you won't make GM this year
- Don't overload yourself with books and software. "Less is more". Search this forum for book suggestions and only buy ones suitable for you level. In other words, don't make my old mistake of letting your ego rule your purchasing decisions
- Read Dan Heisman's "Novice Nook" articles (free) at chesscafe.com. Read these first.
- Once you know some basic principles, learn & practise tactics.
- Play lots of games at sensible time controls. There's no glory in quick loses!
- Don't worry about your rating. It's really not important. It just helps you find players near your own level, so that you can get a sensible game.
- Most importantly, have fun. We all get better at things we enjoy doing.
I reccomend silmans complete endgame course starts right at the basics 2 rooks v lone king and goes all the way through to stuff i cant even explain!
ok thx!
What MCBeaker said. The Play Winning Chess book gets a lot of praise, it must be good but I've not seen it. I've seen others in the series and they are excellent. There is an order to them and Play Winning Chess comes first, I think the combinations one comes last.
J Siman's new article talks about how to study master games, it is enlightening. I suggest reading it.
http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm
that is Dan Heisman's take on books and their order.
For endings, basic ones and basic mates are worth really tearing apart digging deeply into them. chess.com has a ton of them and a membership here has helped me a lot. chess tempo is also good, but I see it as a supplement to what is here. I had a book on rook endings that was really good for beginners but I lent it out and don't even know who wrote it or what it was called (20 years ago). Euwe's Guide the the Chess Endings helped me a lot but there are others. Some ending books are not aimed at beginers, so I really like chess.com's videos and various things that are aimed at getting the basics down.
FirebrandX wrote:
Get Yasser Seirawan's "Play Winning Chess". Consider it a bible for beginners at chess.
You also want to start with some basic training in endgames. This teaches you how to use the pieces more than any other method. Once you learn how all the pieces work together in endgames, it makes playing middlegames easier. Others can point you in the direction of good books for this.
Next, get some beginner books on tactical puzzles. If you've got the money, you can also get CT Art 3.0 and start with the beginner puzzles there. The program has progressively harder ones that go all the way up to GM-level.
The best method though, is to find a decent player in your area that you can meet face-to-face and get them to train you. The back-and-forth interaction with them is the best way to learn fast.
This is exactly what I did except the last part.there was no one who was better than me to give me advice.Yasser's books are the best
Aug 24, 2012
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Play lots and lots of games. Then play some more. Everything after that comes second.
It's also a good idea to share some of your games here on the analysis thread to get some help from other members on where you went wrong.
@Jamiekowalski...I do not agree with that.Just playing a lot is going to bring on bad habits.You have to study the game while practicing what you study.Playing a lot of games is not going to get you any where unless you are playing high ranked players who are willing to go over the game with you
hi all, im really new to chess, i just play chess titans on the pc a bit
but i wanna get better and im not sure where to start.
should i buy some books? or chess software or premium membership?
basicly all i know are the rules & not to throw away pieces for nothing
and that as white e4 is a good 1st move