Look at my name,how would I know how to win?
But I'm here for moral support 😏
EDIT:
Oops,forgot the serious part of my post,heh.
So,seriously,if you have any question in particular just ask here,someone is bound to reply.I always give my view on chessmatters if I think my opinion matters or might be helpfull,and so do a bunch of others 😀
Having lost many more games than i have won. I try to see where i made my mistakes. Also a loss is not just a loss, but a very good opportunity to see where my game is weak.
Most people who play well have played alot of chess games. It is through many games and mistakes that they are able to play well.
So if you look at this site as a learning experience, you may lose at first however in time you will improve. Even when i lose a game if i know i played better than before then i am happy with the improvement. 😉
Originally posted by seanHI would suggest at your level that you are losing, not because of the opening, but because of your ability.
i use the dragon
:'(
A good opening only ensures you get a balanced middlegame.
If you enter your opening moves from a book, you will still get beaten in the middlegame by a stronger player as soon as tactics come into play.
Play against someone with similar ability to yours so you know you won't be outplayed in the opening and you can have a good middlegame.
As a new player, the best way to improve your chess is by studying tactics. Once this is done, you can build a game by working backwards, from the endgame to the opening:
For tactics:
"1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations" by Fred Reinfeld.
(I read through that book as a kid on the way up to a tournament in Syracuse, NY and went from 1350 to 1500 USCF just on tactics. I was a monster! ;-))
For endgames, you can't beat "Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge" by Yuri Averbakh
For the middlegame as a new player, I'd suggest "Understanding Chess Move by Move" by John Nunn. It sounds really basic, but it's actually a collection of annotated games that illustrate all of Steinitz's theories -- two bishops, bishop vs knight, etc.. They should really change the title so it doesn't sound like a kiddie book.
For openings, well, once you've read all the previous stuff they shouldn't be such a mystery. I'd get a chess database program (SCID is great and free) and a collection of games (I have around 500,000 games available for download, though I have limited bandwidth, etc.) and start exploring what people played. Pick up a couple of good books on a particular opening that suits you and experiment. Hey, this is correspondence; you can try out the budapest gambit even if you've never played it before. The books are all there for you.