Improve at chess?

Question

i how do i rapidly improve at chess without spending any money accept for books

Answer 1

Like with anything, it just takes a lot of "practice." Like what everyone else has said here, it's just a matter of playing a lot and getting familiar with the game and the 'sciences' of the game.

It's also fun to experiment, as well -- especially after you really get the hang of playing the game.

It's almost similar to professional sports, or any sport for that matter. If one wants to get better at shooting a basketball from a particular "range," then they'll have to spend a lot of time practicing, and most often that practice really helps their percentage.

Keep playing!

Answer 2

I suggest that you should get tatical chess puzzles. Solve these puzzles about an hour or more a day. Just from solving tatic problems I was able to draw against a 1900 and a 1700 rated players when then I was rated 1331.

I'm now at 1446 and I feel I can easily reach 1600 or higher in a couple more tournaments. Also a couple of kids in my area study tatics and in 4 years they went from 800/900  to 2100+ ratings.

Endgames are also really good to study too .I would recommend to study Tatics first for about an hour a day and Endgames for 15-30mins a day.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Google search "matrix chess" and "Bernard Parham",will improve quickly.

Answer 4

Learn chess notation : It's not difficult. See the link to the right of this page under 'Suggested Reading'.

Solve tactical puzzles : Get a book of tactical puzzles for offline practice and work on them when you have a few spare minutes. Try to solve them from the diagrams.

Develop an opening repertoire : It doesn't matter how creative you may be in the middle game or endgame if you lose most of your games in the opening.

Learn positional principles : If your tactics are bad, you'll lose quickly. If your strategies are bad, you'll lose slowly. In either case you'll lose, but you'll suffer longer if you lose strategically. Positional play and strategic thinking are first cousins.

Study endgames : If you like to study (not everyone does), tackle a good book on the endgames. An hour spent on the endgame is worth more than an hour spent on the openings.

Play! : No surprise here. Play as much as you can, including face-to-face and online. Try to find a few opponents who are significantly better than you are. You'll probably lose to them, but you'll learn.

Record the moves of your games : Analyze your losses and try to determine why you lost. If you play online, your moves are recorded automatically and you can retrieve the game score afterwards.

Play some games at a slower pace, like using email : Correspondence chess gives you the time to research the opening in depth and to study each position in a way that is impossible during a fast game. You can play chess by email at very little extra cost beyond what you pay now for your Internet connection.

Teach someone else to play : There's nothing like someone asking simple questions to expose your own weaknesses.

Hire your own teacher, if you can afford it : A good teacher is worth the money. Great players aren't necessarily good teachers, but great teachers are generally good players.

Tips:

Balance all of these techniques. Don't be surprised if you progress in one area but seem to regress in another.

Analyze an occasional game with your favorite opponent. It will help you determine how much you are seeing during the game.

Play against your computer. Don't be too discouraged if you lose consistently. Computers have different strengths and weaknesses than human players do.

Answer 5

depends how much improvement is needed. I recommend the Tao of Chess by Kurzdorfer. It's a quick read, and a good guideline for some simple things to improve your play.

Answer 6

Radio Shack sells a very good book on the strategy of chess: opening game, middle game and end game.

Answer 7

Play people better than you.  That improves your game.

Answer 8

Play games... take notation and review.... Play online at Internet Chess Club... just keep practicing at InstantChess.com... look for local Tournaments...

Just PLAY PLAY PLAY

Answer 9

Without knowing how good you are I can't say.

If closer to a beginner than World Champion

http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/lear...

If tactics need work

http://grandpatzerchess.blogspot.com/200...

If a more "positional" approach is warranted I'd suggest the first part of Aaron Nimzowitch's (SP?) "My System".  (Just part 1, you do not want to play like Nimzo a great of the 1930s.:))

Answer 10

practice

Watch which moves work. Keep an eye on your opponents moves. Its all a matter of forgetting what doesnt work and remembering what does.

Form a stratedgy. Use moves you know work, and ocassionally throw in random unthought out moves. This keep your opponent guessing.