Any chess tips?

Question

Nothing to crazy hard, just something to help a beginner get better.

Answer 1

the gy above me forgot to say use the queen to attack the rook's pawn king side. that would finish the 4 move check mate.

more tips:

dont be afraid to moe your queen, yes protect it, but dont be afraid to use it.hiding your queen is lie not using a gunin a knife fight.

utilize the bishops because no other thing can move that way. they can attack from such angle where they cant get taken

always look more than just one move head, you have to see where the first move will effect the 3rd move/

its a learning game, but really fun

Answer 2

not to hard

only remember the moves first then think about the opposition's  moves

Answer 3

move king's pawn up 1

move king's side bishop diagonal 3 to the right

move Queen diagonal 2 to the left

Answer 4

When I was in my first chess club in high school, I got hold of 'Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess'.  Its an easy read, and it improved my game considerably in a very short time.  Hope this helps.

Answer 5

At the start of any game, move the pawn that's in front of the queen two squares forward. This is what the professionals do, you'll see.

Answer 6

Move your men out as fast as possible.

Arrange them to protect each other.

Never capture your opponent's Queen's Knight Pawn with your queen.

Answer 7

Hi. 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: http://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.

You can also download this free demo of Chess Mentor which is a chess training program.  The demo is a very generous sampling of 100 chess problems designed to help improve your game.  I liked this so much that I ordered the Deluxe version and found it to be well worth the money.  Click here and download the free demo: http://chessmentor.com/

Good luck! I hope this helped!

Castle early!

Answer 8

chess is 99% tactics

spend 15mins every day solving chess problems.

and play alot of chess!  when you lose a game try and figure out where you went wrong.

here is a site where you can solve chess problems for free.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

OK this is my question!

First of all moving your e pawn is a beginners recommended first move.

Then get your knights out (in the middle!) and then your bishops

make sure your attacking as many squares as possible around or in the centre.

Oh yes, you should try looking up on the internet, I've tried it and you find loads!

Also do forks, discovery and skewers on the internet

Answer 11

Don't worry about the "4 move checkmate" and all that kind of stuff. It can be done but only if your playing an idiot. Another thing, if you try to get fancy and set up prefrabricated formations, sometimes you get to focused on what your doing, lose track of what their doing and start losing pieces. Different sort of prefabricated set ups are good to learn but save them for when you get a little better.

My advice to you is be aggressive. Always try to put your opponent on the defense. For example say they put one of your knights in check and you could move out of it however it would be a retreat, or s***w up some sort of position you had been working on for a few moves. In this case i will search the board for a move to put one of their knights (or an equally valuable piece) in check also. Then when its their turn they have to make a trade or retreat. At that point its phycological because your saying your not afraid to get your hands dirty. It'll make then think twice about advancing their power pieces. (haha i may be looking too deep into it, but seriously instead of always retreating put them on the decision.) it's a good way to perserve any position you had on the board. Basically i've found people hate to trade, so it works alot.

And as someone else said don't be afraid to use your queen. Such a powerful piece should be used and used alot. Just keep an eye on her, it's so easy to move into a knight check or what have you.