Chess tips?

Question

i'm trying to get really good at chess. does anyone have any tips or know of any good websites with tips?

thanks!

Answer 1

move the pawn in front of the king or qween first turn 3 spots up and always think of a plan ahead of time, even though the plan doesn't work the peices you moved before your plan failed will help you out in some way

Answer 2

study the openings. french defence, evans gambit, english defence, 4 knight denfence etc...

get to know them, i still havent, ive had alot of school work.

top tips ever:

-control the centre of the board.

-mobilise peices

-defend king(castle)

-pawn structure

-centre king at end game

Answer 3

There are so many books in your local library. Also in google search. It is an interesting game. I once liked it and hated it and liked it and now love it so much. One great website is:

http://freechess.org  Enjoy and teach more people about chess.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilovelasve...

Answer 4

depending on how good you want to get.If just to beat all of your friends,then I suggest the study of tactics.Tactics are short term "traps" that either win material,or checkmate your opponent.If you wish to become a much more serious player(tournaments and such-like me)then much more is involved.I still go over tactics,but I also study openings,endgames,pawn structures,positional play,and master games.I also practice ALOT!!If you are interested in getting really good,shoot me an email,I'll set you up with a ton of chess links.If you just wish to study tactics,just google "chess tactics server",and it will really put you to the test.Good luck to you,Putnuck

Answer 5

Before you can study endgames and midlle game tactics and traps you have to have a solid opening game foundation.  The basics have been the same from years and years ago. Control the center squares !!! E4 D4 E5 D5 Control these squares from the beginning and opportunities will unveil for your tactics and eventually to your endgame.  Old chess controlled the center indirectly, modern chess controls the center with D4 or E4 openings. Unless you are familiar with the bishops opening I would suggest to always have the Knight out first before your Bishop.  Castle on the strong side until you have a good handle of the game to where the board will dictate the best side to castle.  When attacking, attack in combination. Have fun !

"the purpose of the opening is to create dynamic imbalances between the two sides, which will determine the character of the middlegame and the strategic plans chosen by both sides" Jeremy Silman

"Major changes in the rules of chess in the late fifteenth century increased the speed of the game, consequently emphasizing the importance of opening study"

Capablanca is great but even theGreat Kasparov invests alot on opening.

Answer 6

ok

1. if u know the basics then go and find a good opening from a book. eg. English (which is famouse for white. mostly grandmasters play it

2. Practise the opening with someone who's higher in rank, and then analyze the game with them.

3. go online and play with others (u should do this for 2 days per week) good sites for beginers which i recamind for u is yahoo, when u get better go to chesslab

4. PRACTISE PRACTISE, PRACTISE, that's the way how persians and germans practise chess

Answer 7

Alway move the pawn in front of the king first.

Answer 8

For some free chess tutoring, download the demo of Chess Mentor at

http://www.chessmentor.com/demo.html.......

Also, here are a few tips from my bag-o-tricks (from books I've read) and then I have some great resource recommendations for you:

In the opening, avoid moving the same piece twice.

This will help you get your pieces activated quicker. Clear out the area between your king and rook as soon as possible so you can castle early.

Move pawn to e4 on your first move.

Then focus on controlling the center of the board.

Always capture towards the center whenever possible.

Avoid placing knights and bishops on the edge of the board.

Use pawns to support bigger pieces, never have bigger pieces support other big pieces or pawns. This will keep stronger pieces available for attacks.

Always ask yourself, "If I were my opponent, what would be my next best move?" Then find a way to either prevent that move or plan a counter move that will make your opponent sorry for making his.

If you are even in material or slightly ahead, don't be afraid to trade off pieces evenly including queens. This will clear the board of clutter and make your lead more obvious. It will also make for a quicker game.

*Remember that a lone bishop can only capture on 50% of the board. (White squares only, or black only depending on the bishop). But a lone knight can capture on 100% of the board. (Both colored squares as he alternates on each move.) This may be important if you have to decide which one to sacrifice or trade off near the end game.

*Pawns are insignificant at first, but they become mightier as they move forward towards the eighth rank and become queens! Don't underestimate them!

Seek out a target and hit it! Whenever your opponent leaves a piece unprotected, make that your target!

Most pieces work better as a team closer together than they do apart.

Don't just watch for opportunities for forks, pins and skewers. Look for ways to create them! Entice your opponent into those situations with small sacrifices.

RESOURCES:

Bruce Pandolfini's book, Beginning Chess is the best book by far that I've seen which will train your eye to see golden opportunities that are regularly overlooked. It's a fun way to learn because it gives you chess drills and scores your perfomance. That way, you can always go through the book again and try to beat your previous best score!

Also, Susan Polgar's book, Chess Tactics For Champions ($17 at Barnes & Noble) is a great way to learn how to create forks, pins and skewers. My game improved greatly after reading just the first 10 pages! A very exciting book! After spending a little time with it you can't wait to play a game and try out what she shows you! A really great book!!You would probably enjoy her website, too: Polgarchess.com.

For $10 at Staples you can get the PC software called Majestic Chess. I highly recommend it for this reason...It has a very unique "story mode" which is the most entertaining way to develop your chess skills that I've ever seen! In the story mode, you are riding a horse to progressive locations. At the first location, you are taught chess basics (you may skip any location at any time if you feel already know that particular lesson.) Then, after it teaches you, you are challenged to a drill (a test on what you've learned.) If you pass the test you are given a chess piece to play with in the next challenge. You are given additional pieces as you pass the tests along the journey and you will need them to win the challenges that lie ahead. So, you are being trained piece by piece until you have built an entire chess set to play with. The challenges are excellent and really make you think. The training really does develop your ability to recognize opportunities and pitfalls that you wouldn't have seen before playing this excellent chess game. And a word should be said about the magnificent environments in which you play your games. Very soothing and pleasing visuals and music make this game a joy to play. And of course, you can just play a regular chess game against the computer at any time as well...so you have the nice story mode, or you have the computer opponent ready to play a regular game at any time. So it is a well rounded chess tool.

Good luck! I hope this helped!

Castle early!

Answer 9

Study the endgame.

The best book is Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca.

Edit to add a quote from the great Capablanca --

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame."

This isn't some peculiarity about Don Jose.  During the whole time the Soviets dominated Chess -- about 50 years -- their trainers all emphasized studying the endgame first.

Answer 10

Good at Chess? I have been working at that for 50+ years, OK

Good book is "Traps and Zaps" by Bruce Pandolfini, and you might find same at Public Library, if not a good book store, cost about $13.00 new, paperback, you will find many good chess books in that same Library. Another place to get good practice, is a ChessMaster Chess software game, there is CM 9000, and upgrade CM10th Edition, and new 11000 level just came out.

You play against the computer, can set different skill levels, so the GrandMaster doesn't beat you so bad get discouraged!

It, after a few games will assign you a skill level, I play at about 1400, and GMasters play at 2000 and above, I think. But it allows you to play with equal skill and rarely makes a mistake? You have to beat the computer? But it has a large memory bank of famous games and can play and follow them for practice.

I enjoy the LA Times chess puzzle each Sunday (Entertainment Section) www.latimes.com/chess,

and then with the ChessMaster computer game go to .. Classroom, Games, Position Chess, and you can duplicate the LA Times puzzle and try and figure out the best move .. to win, Black, or White to move first, position on the puzzle and win! If you can't figure it out, solution, move to win, then switch sides and let computer make move and show you which is the best and correct move? That LA Times also has "Great Games" where they show actual GM games and lead you through the moves made by Masters in actual games! Good Luck

Answer 11

go to www.uschess.org and click on new to chess lots of info

Answer 12

There are free chess databases available, get one and use it to improve your opening skills.  Save you games to the database and analyze them to find the points where you made mistakes as well as good moves that you made.  Be hard on yourself.