Playing chess?

Question

please give me some tips on how to be a very good chess player

Answer 1

Always try to think ahead of the game.  That is a big tip because chess is about thinking ahead.  Also, make sure you never lose your queen or king.  The queen is the best piece.  If you lose your king, you lose the game.  Try not to lose any pieces, but if you have to lose a piece, lose the pawns.  The others are more importat than them.  Hope this helps!  Good luck when playing=)

Answer 2

CHECK out WCN.com

the world chess network is a fun place to play chess.

ALSO

check out

http://www.chesscafe.com/heisman/heisman...

he does a colum called novice nook....

ALSO

do a google search for chess clubs in your area, get involved in a local chess club.

Answer 3

Practice always helps.

Answer 4

practice with computer, since they are usually faster (which can train ure speed).

chess softwares also provides tutorials and provide analysis of moves. you will realise that a few games with the computer will accelerate ure performace and wins when you play with ure friends

Answer 5

Always be ahead of the game

Look at yoour players face to see which one he is looking at

and if he does that to you...

then move into a different place that you weren't looking at

If this helps Your welcome

If it doesnt then I dont care

Answer 6

practice with players that are better at it.  and take your time.  try to look forward to the next 3 to 5 moves and consider your opponent's probable response to each of them.

Answer 7

THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION YOU CAN GET

I used to play professionally and have coached many chess players.

Learn about basic tactics and how they work.  Learn what a pin, fork, skewer etc are.  If you want to read a book, I recommend a Jeremy Silman book.  I forget what it is called, but It is the read one.

Answer 8

No thanks...

Answer 9

Play with people who are better than you, and ask themfor suggestions.

Borrow some library books.

Answer 10

after you make a move look away from your plan for the next move, also, before making a move see if where you are moving will get captured, and if so, is it worth it? Also, try to put the other guy in check almost all the time, don't be ruthless but still, and on your openings try to make them offensive not defensive, try to play people better than you, and be a good sport when you loose, think of it just as if you are getting better, this is how i got to be number 1 in my chess-club, one last thing, always look out for the four move checkmate, search it on yahoo video and some one should tell you how to stop it, good luck

Answer 11

Pretty good tutorial

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

Answer 12

A big tip:  practice playing with others so you can learn from it.

Answer 13

These days the best way to learn chess is to get a chess-playing program ( e.g. Chess 7.0 ) and play against it at different levels. It will not play unsound moves as will the average player you find to play against over the board and you will make faster progress. You will also learn standard openings and be able to practice standard endings.

Also, read some books like those by I.A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld, Chess for Dummies, classics by Emmanuel Lasker, by Edward Lasker ( also interesting reading).

Answer 14

be smart

Answer 15

CHESS TIPS

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: 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!