The annoying thing about Chess

it depends on the type of chess you play. CC requires research and analysis where as blitz requires different skills.

Plus the rules you mention only apply to the opening in general. Learn the middle game and engames too!

There is nothing annoying about Chess.

Yea, right!!

Originally posted by exigentsky
Chess really has no rules, only guidelines. The individual position must be assessed with them in mind, but they should not be applied dogmatically. The chess of Tarrasch's time is behind us and the best moves are often paradoxical. See Watson's intriguing Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy. It will really make you appreciate the depth of chess.

Well...if you'd asked me why we lose 'over-the-board' games, I'd have said that....basically we don't try hard enough! I see people in my chess team who have already lost their games (long games!) in about 40 minutes, and I've only played 15 or 20 moves...they just don't dig hard enough..! (I mean if Grandmasters need all their time....why should lower level players think that they can play good chess fast?).

I think it was Kasparov who said that "you don't find diamonds just sitting on the surface, you've got to dig for them"...

I'm convinced that for anyone up to around 2000 elo (and reasonably evenly matched), the person who works the hardest at the board will generally win...

Knock a 00000.1% off that figgure, and I will agree with you.

Originally posted by Kaworukun
Knock a 00000.1% off that figgure, and I will agree with you.

tactics and position thinking...for example...if i move with this pawn now, i could not move with it again...it is a lose of tempo and i it will continue to bad position if we take of rooks from board in endgame...and psychology...i play with strong player, so i choose open position, with weak player i will play close positions...changing bishops for knights and then i want to play endgame knigh vs bishop

I think they are there so we don't loose so quickly. If you look at some master games they don't follow the same rules. For instance moving pawns in front of a castled king or holding off castling until the opponent commits to attacking one side.

Originally posted by znsho
We obey the rules.

1) Don't make too many early pawn moves.

2) Develop.

3) Develop knights before bishops.

4) Castle early.

5) Sieze open lines with the rooks.

BUT, we still lose!!!!!!!

WHY?!!!

Originally posted by gaychessplayer
The great Richard Teichmann claimed that chess was "99% tactics." He was wrong! After a great deal of analysis, I have discovered that chess is only 97.367% tactics.

One reason might be that your opponent obeys these rules, too

Those are the beginning concepts. The advanced concepts can take a long time to learn if ever, there is always a reason a concept can or cannot be used. The person you are playing is just better than you for small details that you cannot understand. Neither can I ;-). The tough thing about chess is theres always someone better than you!