Hi I am new here

Hi everyone I'm Anna from Poland but living in the UK and was given a chess board recently and really enjoyed trying to play so I have joined here to try and learn.

And help or advice or tips would be really appreciated from me. I need great tips please!!! Thanks xxx

[Event "OTB"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2024.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White"]
[Black "Black"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p1p1qp1p/1pn2np1/2bppb2/2BPPB2/1PN2NP1/P1P1QP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]

1.dxe5 Nxe5 2.Nxe5 Bxe4 3.Nxe4 dxe4 4.h4 a6 5.a4 Rae8 6.Rad1 Bd6 7.Nc6 Qd7 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Nb4 Re5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Rxd5 Qe7 12.Rfd1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxb5 e3 16.Bc4 exf2+ 17.Qxf2 h6 18.Kh2 Kg7 19.Rd5 Qe6 20.Qd4+ Qf6 21.Rxd6 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 h5 23.Kh3 f5 24.b4 Kf6 25.b5 Rc8 26.b6 g5 27.b7 Rb8 28.hxg5+ Kxg5 29.Bd5 Kf6 30.c3 Ke5 31.Bf3 h4 32.gxh4 Kf6 33.Rc4 f4 34.Kg4 Ke6 35.Rc8 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 f3 37.Bxf3 Ke5 38.h5 Kd6 39.Rc6+ Ke5 40.Kg3 Kf5 41.h6 Ke5 42.h7 Kf5 43.h8=Q Kg5 44.Qe5# {*}

U should try reading (or doing) this if you know how to read a PGN

I'm sorry what does all that mean GameLearnChess???

#1. Welcome to the community of chess.com!

Oh what's a PGN?

Pazflorencia wrote: #1. Welcome to the community of chess.com!

Thank you x

ok

It's a Portable Game Notation. (a standard plain text format for recording chess games).

Wintanna wrote: AnnaPolishUK wrote:

Oh what's a PGN?

It's a Portable Game Notation. (a standard plain text format for recording chess games).

Ok hmm I've never heard of that I'm new here sorry!

Do not worry about PGN.
Just play.

tygxc wrote:

Do not worry about PGN.
Just play.

Ok then I will try!

If you want to get serious with chess, I recommend getting a diamond membership on chess.com. This way, you can do puzzles and lessons and get better. If you are new to chess, I would also definitely recommend doing tactics, Lichess has a lot of tactic tools and you can create a free account there. Overall however, playing chess on chess.com has more accurate ratings so it closely matches your Over The Board (OTB) rating.

knight_ours wrote:

If you want to get serious with chess, I recommend getting a diamond membership on chess.com. This way, you can do puzzles and lessons and get better. If you are new to chess, I would also definitely recommend doing tactics, Lichess has a lot of tactic tools and you can create a free account there. Overall however, playing chess on chess.com has more accurate ratings so it closely matches your Over The Board (OTB) rating.

Hi thanks soo much so there is another website called Lichess whats the difference between that one and this one?

This is such a hard game omg!!!! I am trying but I lose every time I need a mentor lol.

He hasn't got the right idea at all. Just start slowly. Try to learn a few basic check-mating techniques, say if you have a king and queen against an opponent's king and then king and rook against king. Learn a few openings. See how games develop with both sides moving their pieces off the starting squares, trying to make a strong point near the centre of the board, ensuring your king is safe. Practise being aware of when an opponent has left a piece that you can take and try not to do the same by always checking your moves for mistakes.

Start slowly and ignore people telling you to do puzzles etc. Learn to concentrate. Don't play fast chess at first. All the moves in half an hour is ok. Hope that helps.

Hi thank you soo much this is soo much to take in ha.

I have Brass Metal Chess set to sell, 4.1/2 inch king

I agree with knight_ours you should do puzzles on Lichess

Take in one sentence at a time.