Thank you all for the big help, I wasnt expecting so much reply's.
I will check the books that you have said..
I have just one more question for now , Ive found this book : Bobby Fischer Teachs Chess
What do you think ?
Greetings
KickTed :D
Thank you all for the big help, I wasnt expecting so much reply's.
I will check the books that you have said..
I have just one more question for now , Ive found this book : Bobby Fischer Teachs Chess
What do you think ?
Greetings
KickTed :D
That book is not that bad, but Play Winning Chess by Seirawan is better. I suggest you buy that book by Seirawan and Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar.
After you read all the things in Play Winning Chess, solve the chess tactics problem in Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar.
study endgame! what is the diffrent between strong GM and super strong GM must be in his endgame technique. Check game between Magnus vs McShane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j69Hh4xv7io
I'm going to go back to your original question: How do I get better?
First, play a lot of games on chess.com at relatively slow time controls. For a beginner, 10-15 minutes a game is slow enough because you aren't good enough yet to deeply analyze positions yet. A lot of people will disagree, saying that is too fast, but in the early days you want to try to get a lot of chess under your belt. And after all, if you're playing people near your own rating class, you're both playing with the same "handicap" as far as time goes.
Second, sign up for a few online (correspondence) games. You can play them as slowly as one move every two weeks (though I think that's a little excessive), and you can really take your time and analyze the position carefully. You're also allowed to use books and databases for the opening moves, so you're bound to learn a lot about the openings that way. Of course, it goes without saying that you CANNOT use computers to help you play.
Third, try to study tactics every day. Get a book like Bain's "Chess Tactics for Students" and work through all of the puzzles gradually. Then cover up all of the hints and try to do them again. (I actually cut my copy apart and made 400+ flashcards out of it. I carry about 30 to 40 at a time with me and solve the puzzles at odd moments).
A very good book to start with is "The Complete Idiot's Gude to Chess" by Patrick Wolff. It's been recommended many times on this site, and it's far superior to "Chess for Dummies." It has so many diagrams in it that it can easily be read without a chessboard, making it ideal for reading anywhere.
I see you're not yet a premium member, so you have limited access to any videos on this site. However, youtube has thousands of great chess videos for free on any aspect of the game you care to explore. One of my very favorites is a series of videos by Mato Jelic. He's amazing!! For a beginner, he's just the ticket. His videos are mostly under 10 minutes long, and he presents complete games by masters and world champions with just enough analysis to educate the beginning to intermediate player without presenting dozens of confusing variations.
You're 14. You have a lifetime of exciting chess ahead of you. Good luck.
I must be blind because I didn't see this post. THis is from what I just posted a few minutes ago on a different thread.
I started playing chess mid-November. I have been playing on Chess.com relentlessly. I found a club and finally started playing OTB chess (3 games under my belt so far).
ONE IMPORTANT thing (at least I have learned), is that staring at and playing on a 2-D board for too long can hurt your OTB visibility. I make bad moves on Chess.com but not too many blunders because its a birds-eye view of the board and I can clearly see threats.
I've mad a few big blunders in my first couple OTB games. Moves that just shocked me. How couldn't I have possibly caught that !
So, my solution is to now set up a real board for my games on Chess.com and play OTB in that fashion, then put my move into the computer and submit. Its helped, and I just thought this would be helpful for people like me... not for the rest of you guys out there!
Make sure you have pieces protected and a solid position. Develop quickly and castle, and try to control the center.
kickted, I looked at your list of games and I found exactly zero games. I suggest if you want to improve your chess skills you should actually play a game of chess.
I play normally at my phone .. But when I get time (Im currently in the process of making a history work in powerpoint) I will try the chess.com games.
As u procress keep in mind u are learning .When u win a few games---your still just learning.If u make it to 1600,just learning,1800 same thing, 2000 ditto, 2300 ?Now i am starting to understand this game. At 2500 u and I.M.s can talk chess.....at this level u almost got it. GOOD LUCK
1. Play chess
2. Win a few games
3. Lose about 1000 games
4. Repeat until values in 2 and 3 are reversed (or they implant Carlsen's knowledge into your brain whichever comes first.
Once this becomes established, disregard step 4 and begin reading, never resign unless you are a little higher rated (say 1999-2199), play people in real life, do sudoku puzzles, eat nachos, find out that there is life beyond chess, get married, have kids, buy a Powerball ticket, play more chess, etc, etc, and so on.
Seriously though, remember that anytime you begin trying to understand a new concept and apply it to your play to not be surprised to see your rating go down somewhat, only to come back to where it was and then increase as the number of wins using the new information increases.
Make an alternate account and play every type of chess game here and not have to worry what the rating on it is. Play thematic, turn based, blitz, bullet, tournaments, etc. Join some of the clubs. Dumb down the tactics trainer and play through positions. Post in the odd and offbeat forums too.
And have some fun while you are at it.
Thank you a lot for the tips guys.
I am officially playing my first game at Chess.com. its correspondence chess . Any tips ?
Try www.365Chess.com opening explorer.
Thanks for the fast answer stanhope13 :)
Just a few more questions:
In the details section it appears ( I have change my opponents name to ------ , I dont know if he would like to see his nickname posted , so I think is better not to post it )
Start: 12/2/12 | Time: 1 move per 14 days
White:--------- - 14 days left
Black: KickTed - 14 days left
Unrated
-Do I really have 14 days for just 1 move ? Then its almost like 2 moves per month lol.
-Its says unrated, what does it mean ?
More tips are also welcome. :P
Thanks in advance
Greetings: KickTed :)
Olá...
Como tens a bandeira portuguesa, vou escrever em portugues porque é mais facil...
O meu conselho é que não jogues jogos por correspondencia porque existem muitos batoteiros que usam livro de aberturas, base de dados e assistencia de computadores...
Joga antes live chess com um tempo de jogo que aches adequado para ti de modo a que não percas por tempo... De certeza que vais encontrar "parceiros" que vão jogar contigo e depois de umas jogatanas encontras jogadores do teu nivel de jogo (ELO)...
Aconselho-te a analizares alguns dos teus jogos para veres como perdeste , o melhor software para isso é o programa Fritz 13 que embora não sendo gratuito podes sempre descarregar uma versão pirata ou compra-lo on-line. Com esse programa tens acesso a um site de jogos com um nivel de jogo superior ao que encontras aqui, Podes tambem jogar contra o PC e tens base de dados de xadrez.
Se tivesse que investir dinheiro comprava decididamente esse programa em vez de livros que são maioritariamente em Inglês...
Se tiveres alguma questão mais, coloca que terei todo o gsoto em responder-te...
Bem Vindo ao Chess.com e Boas jogatanas...
Thanks a lot for your help guys :D
I will try to start playing some more online chess.
Greetings
KickTed
I have Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition on my computer and it has really good tutorials; from how to move the pieces to commented grandmaster games. It's a good starting point.
I do. It's like saying, "avoid bad moves." That's a given. The question (as always) is: how to do so?
Reminds me of the time I was playing a friendly game against a stronger player. I was a beginner and looking for advice, he pointed out he had doubled pawns and that doubled pawns were weak and I should exploit them. All I was thinking was "if I knew how to do that, I woudln't be asking for advice" lol.
There is a section in the User's Guide to "Guess the Move" called "advice". It discussed thinking techniques and how to improve by playing over master games. Read it at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNm8WrWNYW0WgsSvLGeW-g2BW91PgGGU3Xid3C78Fvo/edit