Originally posted by cmsMasterYep.
I think (s)he's a cranky 35 year old dude pretending to be a decent-looking chick, actually.
I'd train people if I didn't blow or if I gave two craps about you, unfortunately I don't.
The likelihood of Moneymaker7 actually being that person in the photo & not in fact a sweaty 55 year-old with skin issues is about as likely as...
say a GM playing here, rated only 2100 & not recognising a main line Sicilian.
Originally posted by Squelchbelchthanks - do you mean less pawn developement and more use of other peices?
Well I'll start you off after looking at a few of your games.
Try to only make 2 or 3 pawn moves in the first 10 moves of the opening.
Your games are getting off to poor starts because of a lack of simple piece development in the early stages.
Originally posted by mcreynoldsread it, it helped a little, but I learn more by doing - I dont retain as much from books, but I probably should have referred back to it during games.
Have you read any chess books yet? I would suggest first going through a book like Yasser Seirawain's "Play Winning Chess" to learn some of the basics, then after that a coach might be more useful to help you breakdown your games.
Originally posted by synesisvery helpful, informative and complete - thanks.
These aren't exactly what you asked for, but you might find them useful anyway...
You can submit your games to these sites and have them analyzed:
http://freechess.org/Ladder/index.html
http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Annotated_Games/instr_annogames_submit.htm
http://www.chess-database.com
There's also Usenet's rec.games.chess.analysis:
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And, finally, you could always try finding a local chess club and asking for help there.