The first thing I learnt was how to move the pieces
In which order did you learn chess?
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I think we should learn endgame first.There is few pieces in endgame,is the simplest.Even though,it is very hard to master.Secend,the tactics.
Third,opening,if you cannot play well in endgame and not good at tactics,you cannot understand opening well.
If you do well in endgame and opening and tactics,your middle game will be better and better.
When I started learning chess,I just bought a book and read it from first page to last page.
wjcsz wrote:
When I started learning chess,I just bought a book and read it from first page to last page.
which book?
Heister, you are on the right track. Here's what I read:
- Predator at the Chessboard- Ward Farnsworth (tactics)
- Logical Chess Move by Move- Chernev
- Silman's Complete Endgame Course
It depends on your motivation. PatC is about 700 pages. I would start there first. After that I would go directly to endgame study. I really I wish I would have read it earlier. The value is not so much in learning how to win x endgame, but more in learning how the pieces act in isolation. Tactics and endgames are the basic rules that chess operates under.
That being said Logical Chess is a very fun read and increased my enthusiasm towards the game. If you need a break from hard tactics/endgames, that's where I would go.
You can read PatC by itself, but you will need to set up a board to play along with Logical Chess and Silman's Endgame. Your first time through those books, I would advise skipping the variations.
But yes, try to stick to slow games and OTB whenever possible.
Lol Bardu, have you compared Heister´s ratings to yours? I think he´s more interested in comparing early experiences of chess players than in gathering information to improve his chess!
I started with Golombek´s "The Game of Chess" and have dabbled here and there ever since; maybe Silman´s Complete Endgames was the best value for money.
A friend introduced me to chess around 1970 - 1971 when we were 12 or 13. I found one small book in the school library but I don't remember what it was or even what it covered. I only remember one simple opening from it. During the rest of the '70s we just learned things on our own by playing in school.
After college, during the '80s, I learned from "Chess Openings: Theory and Practice" by Horowitz, "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, "Basic Chess Endings" by Fine and "My 60 Memorable Games" by Fischer. Later I bought a couple books on the Spanish Opening and the Sicilian.
Now I have a number of other books and software.
After learning the rules, how pieces move, and a couple simple openings, I think it's best to study endings. I think it's easier for beginners to learn piece coordination that way. Also, if you study endgames first, you will be getting stronger and stronger as a game progresses. By studying openings first your game will get weaker and weaker the further the game progresses.
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I learned chess when I was 6 and started playing in tournaments when I was 9 or so. I played completely by intuition; I was better than my chess coach by time I was 10 haha. If only I kept at chess throughout my youth....
Nov 8, 2013
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heister wrote:
I hear that the endgame is the best place to start learning chess. I've also heard that tactics are best, or simply playing a lot of slow games and analyzing them is the best way to start learning.
What was your first topic when you started learning chess?
(add anything else you think is relevant)
A few years ago, I started with the openings, and even memorized different variations. But after reading artices etc, I came to my senses and started studying more endgame, tactics, and strategy. Only around the 1300's on this site, but better off then where I was a few years ago.
i stardid wit tictacto an movd onta chekers. frum ther i workd my way upta chest. my pa gawd bless wooda bin rite prowda me cuz eevin chekers nevir did come ta him.
McHeath wrote:
Lol Bardu, have you compared Heister´s ratings to yours? I think he´s more interested in comparing early experiences of chess players than in gathering information to improve his chess!
I started with Golombek´s "The Game of Chess" and have dabbled here and there ever since; maybe Silman´s Complete Endgames was the best value for money.
Haha, my bad! :)
heister wrote:
wjcsz wrote:
When I started learning chess,I just bought a book and read it from first page to last page.
which book?
It is a book in Chinese language.
I started as a kid, no more than 6. Scholar's Mate was the first thing I learnt (and promptly dismissed as unviable within 10 minutes.)
Then material values. Joined the school club, they taught three useful things in this order:
1) Tactics (this is a fork, this is a pin, this is a skewer, this is 100 problems to solve, now get to it.)
2) Opening advice (ALWAYS play 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5, maybe followed by 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0. ALWAYS.)
3) K+P endings (This is K+P v K, go learn until you perfect it. Come back when you're done for K+P endings in general.)
I managed to play evenly/better than people twice my age then, so something must've worked right.
...Then I quit competitive chess for a while and went into a downward spiral involving birds, hippos, orangutans and castling by hand. At least from those disastrous experiments came an understanding of pawn play and "it isn't a mistake unless it can be punished!"