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Hi there. 🙂

I've known the basics of how to play chess for many years, but never really have done. I noticed there was a Chess game on my computer so thought I'd give it a go. After about 20 games of very poor playing (on the easyest setting) I got a bit frustrated 😞

Are there any tips you guys could give me? Oh there is oen other thing I am curious about, too: is there a move the player can do which concerns the Rook and the queen? I could be very wrong but just wondering 😉

Thanks for any tips 🙂

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Originally posted by DJ Slink
Hi there. 🙂

I've known the basics of how to play chess for many years, but never really have done. I noticed there was a Chess game on my computer so thought I'd give it a go. After about 20 games of very poor playing (on the easyest setting) I got a bit frustrated 😞

Are there any tips you guys could give me? Oh there is oen other thing I am curious ...[text shortened]... the Rook and the queen? I could be very wrong but just wondering 😉

Thanks for any tips 🙂
Well, it's hard to give you advice since you don't have a rating here, so it's hard to judge your skill level.

Maybe a few questions for you to answer might help us help you:

Do you know the relative values of the pieces?
Do you know the basics of developing in the opening?
Do you know what a pin, fork, or skewer is, in relation to chess?

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Originally posted by DJ Slink
Hi there. 🙂

I've known the basics of how to play chess for many years, but never really have done. I noticed there was a Chess game on my computer so thought I'd give it a go. After about 20 games of very poor playing (on the easyest setting) I got a bit frustrated 😞

Are there any tips you guys could give me? Oh there is oen other thing I am curious ...[text shortened]... the Rook and the queen? I could be very wrong but just wondering 😉

Thanks for any tips 🙂
The best tip I can give you is to find some human opponents at around your level. It's much more fun to play with people than with computers. I'd also recommend playing in person rather than over the internet, at least to start with. There's probably a chess club in your area. Playing at a club is lots of fun, and a great way to improve.

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pretty much covers everything anyone ever needs to know about chess

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Originally posted by DJ Slink
Thanks for any tips 🙂
just to be on the safe side, if you're not familiar with the following rules & other basic stuff, google them up.


1) castling
2) en passant
3) the difference between a mate and a stalemate. first one equals a win, the second one ends the game into a draw automatically.
4) promoting a pawn
5) 3-move repetition. ends the game into a draw, but has to be claimed.
6) 50-move rule. ends the game into a draw, but has to be claimed.
7) insufficient mating material, ends the game into a draw.


I think that about covers the most essential rules.


basics about playing better than a blind monkey:

1) tactical motifs: http://www.chesstactics.org/
2) training your tactical vision: http://chess.emrald.net/
3) basic opening principles: http://www.chesskids.com/kids/open1.htm


if you're already familiar with the above, check out dan heisman's excellent novice nook articles for more: http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Novice%20Nook

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hi...if anyone want's to play chess on MSN messenger, add me sk8insf@hotmail.com, note: I will NOT spam anyone, thx

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Originally posted by DJ Slink
Hi there. 🙂

I've known the basics of how to play chess for many years, but never really have done. I noticed there was a Chess game on my computer so thought I'd give it a go. After about 20 games of very poor playing (on the easyest setting) I got a bit frustrated 😞

Are there any tips you guys could give me? Oh there is oen other thing I am curious ...[text shortened]... the Rook and the queen? I could be very wrong but just wondering 😉

Thanks for any tips 🙂
If you're new to chess, don't expect to beat a computer program anytime soon, unless it's intentionally a very weak one.

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Originally posted by synesis
The best tip I can give you is to find some human opponents at around your level. It's much more fun to play with people than with computers. I'd also recommend playing in person rather than over the internet, at least to start with. There's probably a chess club in your area. Playing at a club is lots of fun, and a great way to improve.
For me, it was great to start by playing the computer and going through some of the tutorials in Chessmaster 10th Edition (highly recommended!) and not to play human opponents until I felt a bit more confident. And I still play almost exclusively over the internet. We all have different learning styles and different ideas of what's fun, so my best tip is to read all the different tips and pick the one that sounds most appealing to you.

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For an easily digestible introduction to all the basics try www.chesskids.com click the drop down menu for resources then click lessons and chose whatever you fancy learning about from the list. I know it's for kids but I think that's what makes it accessible.

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I'm a novice player, too. I started to learn about six months ago. I started a local chess club and I also signed up for the excellent online lessons at www.chessmagnetschool.com The lessons are interactive and you have to do the exercises for each lesson in order to advance to new levels. The program constantly evaluates the strengths/weaknesses you have around chess concepts and keeps re-working your weaker areas until you show improvement. It's very inexpensive for a year's sign-up and I'm finding the lessons the next best thing to sitting down with a live chess teacher.

Eowynan

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Originally posted by Eowynan
I'm a novice player, too. I started to learn about six months ago. I started a local chess club and I also signed up for the excellent online lessons at www.chessmagnetschool.com The lessons are interactive and you have to do the exercises for each lesson in order to advance to new levels. The program constantly evaluates the strengths/weaknesses you have inding the lessons the next best thing to sitting down with a live chess teacher.

Eowynan
you're rated 917 after six months and going down. it doesn't look like the online lessons are working for you.

after checking out your last finished game, I'd say you haven't got the faintest idea of basic opening principles, tactics or even the static value of pieces. no offense meant, but these are the facts and this is where you're now. we've all been there, so don't worry too much about it.

I strongly suggest that you go through my last post, google those things up, read the links and start doing tactical excercises daily. it'll take you a day or two (excluding the heisman articles, which will keep you busy for a long time) to go through what I suggested, but it will have a dramatic improvement on your game. for free.

in addition to learning basic opening principles and the value of material, the most important area for you to train now is tactics.