WHRE DOES THIS COME FROM?? WHAT THREAD? Dr_Atom
@Dr_Atom:
You just joined today so no new thread posting for you...yet. Don't know how many days you have to wait, but this was done to make commercial spamming a tad more difficult.
Thank you for that, much appriciated.
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WHRE DOES THIS COME FROM?? WHAT THREAD? Dr_Atom
@Dr_Atom:
You just joined today so no new thread posting for you...yet. Don't know how many days you have to wait, but this was done to make commercial spamming a tad more difficult.
Thank you for that, much appriciated.
Is it true?
He posted it on my CNN thread. I just assumed he was in the wrong thread. No big deal, but I was gonna transfer it to the proper thread, if I knew which one. Is it true? baddogno is usually correct. Dr Atom joined on Jan 17.
Did I post this in wrong section as well? Sorry, I assumed this was an appropriate section.
He posted it on my CNN thread. I just assumed he was in the wrong thread. No big deal, but I was gonna transfer it to the proper thread, if I knew which one. Is it true? baddogno is usually correct. Dr Atom joined on Jan 17.
Well it's good to have a doctor on the site in case we get a virus. 
THIS thread is fine. Your in the right place. We're all good.
I thought I read something by staff a while back.
I thought I read something by staff a while back.
Go fetch.............there's a good boy. 
You mean good dog. I thought I read something to that extent too. It had to do with having 4 post on a new thread before it goes public. This could be just for new, non paying members. IDK?
Sorry for high jacking your thread. Can we get back to THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO GET STARTED??
@OP, as much as I love to mess around with chess programs and engines, I have to say that you can waste a lot of time and have a very unproductive learning process if you play too much computer chess without learning the basic chess principles.
I'd recommend for now that you just download a free chess GUI like Arena or Scid vs. PC, and use it mainly for blunderchecking your games. More importantly, get some chess resources (books, videos, etc.) that explain and teach chess principles. Only after learning some chess principles should you try to apply your knowledge by playing games, either with people or computers. (People are better, because the stupid computers can't tell you what you did wrong.) Don't get obsessed with trying to learn a lot of openings; Just learn some opening principles to begin with.
Best way to get started: 1.e4 e5
I like the engine Shredder. I have a 2600 version on my phone that is user friendly. Shredder's play is a bit more comprehensible to me than Stockfish or Houdini.
@OP, as much as I love to mess around with chess programs and engines, I have to say that you can waste a lot of time and have a very unproductive learning process if you play too much computer chess without learning the basic chess principles.
I'd recommend for now that you just download a free chess GUI like Arena or Scid vs. PC, and use it mainly for blunderchecking your games. More importantly, get some chess resources (books, videos, etc.) that explain and teach chess principles. Only after learning some chess principles should you try to apply your knowledge by playing games, either with people or computers. (People are better, because the stupid computers can't tell you what you did wrong.) Don't get obsessed with trying to learn a lot of openings; Just learn some opening principles to begin with.
So, best way to go about it is to just play Human vs Human games here.
I see, thank you.
Last november I started playing. Bought Patrick Wolff's book 'Idiots guide to Chess'. Stupid title but great book. Have also played a lot on a free chess game for windows called Chess lv. 100. It has settings from easy to about 2300 elo.
I wouldn't bother with proper engines yet, unless you just want to lose all the time. Playing standard chess here is also great, plus I invested in a gold account, for 25 tactics exercises per day.
Finally, I wouldn't play blitz until you're a lot stronger, otherwise it teaches you nothing. 15/10 is the shortest standard form if you're in a hurry. Good luck!
Last november I started playing. Bought Patrick Wolff's book 'Idiots guide to Chess'. Stupid title but great book. Have also played a lot on a free chess game for windows called Chess lv. 100. It has settings from easy to about 2300 elo.
I wouldn't bother with proper engines yet, unless you just want to lose all the time. Playing standard chess here is also great, plus I invested in a gold account, for 25 tactics exercises per day.
Finally, I wouldn't play blitz until you're a lot stronger, otherwise it teaches you nothing. 15/10 is the shortest standard form if you're in a hurry. Good luck!
Thank you, I didn't really think about playing blitz that way, I just did it mostly to get hang of playing. But I'll concentrate more on 10Min one from now on. And I'll look for that book & game too.
Hello everyone, I'm a newbie to Chess, I do know the basic rules though.
I want to know few things so its little easier for me to get started:
1.What Chess program should I play on to get better? There are too many available on market and I don't know enough about it to make a right choice. Both free and paid advices are welcomed.
2.My PC is fairly old but is 3.0 Dual core, so I was wondering if x32 bit program can utilizes both the processors. If not, should I go with x64? Or does it not matter?
3.Which Engine to play with?
4.Is there any book/training/video which can be useful for me to understand different openings and defenses and at the same time not too complicated as it might go over my head? >_>
5.After little bit of googling I saw Deep Fritz and Chess master grand masters edition as a possible good options, which one is worth spending money on?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help and sorry for trouble.