As you are a Diamond member you have access to all of the features of chess.com. Use Tactics Trainer and Chess Mentor as much as possible. Stay away from Bullet and Blitz chess. Play live chess against better players. And through all of that remember after all is said and done chess is still just a game. You will probably run into some ugly people here. Ignore them or block them and keep playing. Good luck and have fun. Send me a challenge if you like. I play three days chess and do not use an engine as you can see from my playing record
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Hey ^^ well, chess.com offered me a week of Diamond membership for free, which only lasts for 2 more days though :< unfortunately I couldn't really make use of it so far. It's still awesome, and sooner or later I'm gonna join the "Diamond-Club" :'D
Hi, I've set out how I approach studying the game here. Hopefully there is something you can use. http://becomingachessmaster.com/study-plan/
Those are good book choices by the way.
Thank you for your help :) this is amazing ^^
regards Chris
Do the beginners study plan provided by chess.com
Xalacai wrote:
Thank you for your help :) this is amazing ^^
regards Chris
You're welcome.
@ OP
I'm looking forward to some amazing suggestions :)
In response to your statement I have a few links that can help you come up with some important beginner idea's.
The below link will help you. It will teach you how to come up with a chess plan or schedule. You have to have a routine if you plan on becoming a stronger player. You will need a work out schedule.
http://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/chess-plan-for-beginners
The below link will help you. It will teach you the value of each piece and how much they are worth. It is very important concept to learn. The reason why is becuase it will help you think outside of the box. It will also help you realize how even though some pieces are considered stronger. In some cases mathmatically they are not that strong or their could be compensation of other sorts.
http://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/chess-piece-relative-value
The below link will help you. It will show you my repertoire that I used when I was a beginner. If you wish you could try and use it. I don't mind. If you don't want to use it that is OK. The reason I created it was to help people come up with a repertoire for themselves. It will show you how a repertoire looks like. Once you see how a repertoire looks like you than can begin to make one of yourself filled with the lines you love to play.
http://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/chess-repertoire
The last link I have for you is of a chess line. I believe it can be simple/easy as well. Also since you are a beginner you may love to attack your opponent. An the below line lets you do it effectively. I think you may like it. If you don't like it than that is OK. It is just something to think about. It is played against the Sicilian Defence. Which if you do not have a line to play against the Sicilian Defence maybe it can help you.
http://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/understanding-the-grand-prix-attack
I hope all of that helps have a great day and good luck.
Hey guys,
- First off, sorry for this wall of text ^.^-
for about a year my interest in chess has been increasing day after day, though I only have one person to play with, occasionally.. , and read that learning chess on a real board is way better than starting off on the computer.. I bought some books:
("Amateur's Mind" by Silman, "Logical Chess - Move by Move" from Chernev and "Understanding Chess" by J. Nunn).
Well I couldn't resist to play a bit online, but I always feel like I'm taking the wrong way there.. I also tried rebuilding Chess Puzzles on the board and solving them aswell as going though some chessgames in my mind only (Interested in visualisation I bought another book, this time on my kindle, which focusses on Visualisation skills, it's quite enjoyable)
To summon it up: I know where all the squares are, what color they have and I can visualize spimple positions and play the first 7-9 moves blind without losing track, though my actual playing experience is almost zero. Iv'e done some puzzles from time to time on chess.com and my tactic rating is around 850 right now.
Unfortunatley there is no Chessclub nearby - but I really really want to take the right way and get better at this amazing "game", because I'm well aware of the fact, that some errors at the beginning of a learning process can affect everything that follows.
So now that you know about my current "condition", which books I own and about my desire to seriously learn chess.. what would you recommend? So far I haven't really worked with the books I have. Should I go through all of them first, or better play like mad and gather lots own experiences.. or both? Maybe playing 30min games and setting up a chessboard in front of the PC? ._.
I'm looking forward to some amazing suggestions :)
Regards Chris