I'm new to chess can someone help me :( - Chess Forums

Waltz03

Mar 27, 2018

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#1

I'm only 14 years old and i find interest in chess, but damn last time i joined the tournament in our school, i got beaten by some 5th grader kid. It was very embarassing and shameful. Can someone atleast teach me some basic tactics, It'll be a pleasure for someone to help me :D

Yenny-Leon

Mar 27, 2018

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#2

It might be tough to find anyone who will tutor you for free. But if you're willing to upgrade to a gold/platinum/diamond account, I hear there are lots of good videos and interactive tactics exercises on this site. I plan to upgrade soon.

bamboozeledchess

Mar 27, 2018

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#3

if it makes you feel better Magnus at the age of 12 was beating just about every one that challenged him. In other words, age has nothing to do with it, just skill and crativity.

IMKeto

Mar 27, 2018

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#4

Opening Principles:

1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5

2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key

3. Castle

4. Connect your rooks

Tactics...tactics...tactics...

Pre Move Checklist:

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.

2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.

3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.

4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.

5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"

Middlegame Planning:

1. Expand your position:

a. Gain more space.

b. Improve the position of your pieces.

2. Decide on what side of the board to play.

a. Queenside: a-c files.

b. Center: d-e files.

c. Kingside: f-h files.

Compare, space, material, and weakness(es)

Play where you have the advantage.

3. DO NOT HURRY. Regroup your pieces, and be patient.

Slytherin5

Mar 27, 2018

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#5

Chess.com has a section called lessons, which can be accessed through the sidebar to the left. Hover over the symbol with a blue and white checker pattern and a yellow arrow pointing upwards to the right., then select lessons. There you should find everything you need to know about chess. Or if you are looking for something simpler, visit the openings section: https://www.chess.com/lessons/course/364

zombiemaster22

Mar 27, 2018

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#6

quit before it consumes your life and your time

jambyvedar

Mar 30, 2018

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#7

Focus at reducing blunders of losing pieces for nothing. Improve your ability to spot tactics that give you material advantage or mate combinations. Improve your ability to spot threats of your opponents. You can do that if you improve your tactics by studying them.

Study well these links that i will show you and in due time you will see improvements in your game.

http://www.chessfornovices.com/whatarechesstactics.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG-mJgj-E4

Waltz03

May 19, 2018

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jambyvedar wrote:

Focus at reducing blunders of losing pieces for nothing. Improve your ability to spot tactics that give you material advantage or mate combinations. Improve your ability to spot threats f your opponents. You can do that if you improve your tactics by studying them.

Study well these links that i will show you and in due time you will see improvements in your game.

http://www.chessfornovices.com/whatarechesstactics.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG-mJgj-E4

thank you for the tips, i appreciate it

jambyvedar

May 20, 2018

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#9

Waltz03 wrote:

jambyvedar wrote:

Focus at reducing blunders of losing pieces for nothing. Improve your ability to spot tactics that give you material advantage or mate combinations. Improve your ability to spot threats f your opponents. You can do that if you improve your tactics by studying them.

Study well these links that i will show you and in due time you will see improvements in your game.

http://www.chessfornovices.com/whatarechesstactics.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG-mJgj-E4

thank you for the tips, i appreciate it

I also noticed you are 0-22 at tactics trainer. When you are looking for the solution, try as hard as you can at finding the answer. You also play bullet chess and 5 minutes blitz chess. Try playing 10 minutes blitz chess. Playing at faster time control will make you develop superficial thinking and laziness. The longer the time control that you play, the better it will be for your improvement.

Continue playing at tournaments. Losing is part of learning process. Many chess beginners play tournaments. Since you are from Philippines, look at the tournament listings here.

http://pinoychess.informe.com/forum/viewforum.php?sid=54bd66beda7d43e4d3312117a419c557

And don't forget to study the links that I have given you.

sheetspread3

May 21, 2018

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#10

5 tactics puzzles and 1 lesson on chess.com each day, as well as playing games where you take your time (regardless of clock setting) and analyze afterwards will improve your skill tremendously within 3-6 months.

MickinMD

May 26, 2018

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#11

There are some free books that are old but excellent for giving you a good basic understanding of all aspects of the game at the introductory tournament level.

One is Chess Fundamentals by 1920's World Champion Jose Capablanca. It's here in English and there may be some free Spanish versions available. This link is the legally free ("public domain") 1934 edition, to which a group named "Caissa Lovers" changed the old descriptive notation to modern algebraic notation and is relatively short - about 121 pages.

http://www.sources.com/SSR/Docs/Capablanca-ChessFundamentals.pdf

Also, there are public domain books by the 1894-1921 World Champion Emanual Lasker. His Common Sense in Chess and his Manual of Chess are worth doing a google search to find. They may be only available in descriptive notation, but it is not hard to learn. Here are those two in descriptive notation:

http://www.simardartizanfarm.ca/pdf/-_Lasker_s_Manual_of_Chess.pdf

https://ia801408.us.archive.org/14/items/commonsenseinche00laskrich/commonsenseinche00laskrich.pdf

I found the following account of a 2013 comment explaining which old but-excellent chess books are now in the public domain (http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1365847618):

Public domain chess books? 04/13/13 at 11:06:58	Post Tools
I've recently been wondering about the status of some famous chess classics with regards to being in the public domain. Project Gutenberg et al have a few, but there doesn't seem to be a comprehensive list. If the truth be told, I'm more interested in books that might still be worthwhile to read these days, even if just for beginners/relatively weak players. Public domain means that not only can scans be passed freely around, working them into modern form and redistributing improved formats for reading on tablets is perfectly legal. The rules are rather complex around the world, but the main ones (for me at least) are: 1) Anything published in 1923 and before is public domain 2) Anything published after 1923 is public domain in the EU 70 years after the author's death (rounded up: Capablanca died 8 March 1942 so his writings are public domain in the EU from 1st January 2013) 3) Anything published after 1923 is public domain in the USA 80 years after the author's death 4) Any translator is considered a co-author of the translated work. Thus Quality Chess' edition on My System will likely be under copyright 200 years after the original publication of the book. My attempt to dredge up all the possible notable books that are public domain are below. I prefer the English edition if available but e.g. German is given if it doesn't exist. An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, Philidor (1816 for the English editions) Analysis of the Game of Chess, Philidor (1749, English editions later) The Chess Player's Handbook, Staunton (1847) The Modern Chess Instructor, Steinitz (1889) Dreihundert Schachpartien, Tarrasch (1896) Common Sense in Chess, Emanuel Lasker (1896) The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg 1909, Lasker (1910) Die Moderne Schachpartie, Tarrasch (1912) Chess Strategy, Ed. Lasker (1915) Handbuch des Schachspiels 8th edition (1916) (The latest edition) My Chess Career, Capablanca, (1920) Chess Fundamentals, Capablanca (1921) The Middle Game in Chess, Znosko-Borovskii (1922) Modern Ideas in Chess, Reti (1923) In addition, the authors of the following are well known at least but I don't know if they will be of value: Chess Praxis, Staunton (1860) Chess match between Steinitz and Blackburne, Steinitz & Blackburne (1876) The Chess Openings, Bird (1877) Lasker's How to Play Chess, Lasker (1900) Chess Openings, Marshall (1904) The following should be in the public domain in the EU following the author's death + 70 years, but not yet in the US: Die Blockade, Nimzovitch (1925) Lasker's Manual of Chess, Lasker, (1925) Die Praxis meines Systems, Nimzovitch (1929), English translation under copyright My System, Nimzovitch (1930) (Translator Hereford died in 1937 according to Winter) [1] Das Schachspiel, Tarrasch (1931) The Game of Chess, Tarrasch (1931) (Translator status unknown) The Art of Sacrifice in Chess, Spielmann (1935) (German edition at least, I don't know the translators details...) I haven't yet found any notable books that are out of copyright in the US following the death + 80 years rule, but the above should all be coming through soon. Also: Masters of the Chessboard, Reti (1933) has a fairly complex situation as noted by Winter in C.N. 6889 - translated by Schwendemann, who know one knows anything about, but the translation was re-written by du Mont. The original German edition should be in the public domain, although some of that edition was written by others after Reti died so that is unclear. Does anyone know of any other worthwhile classics that should be considered and/or have thoughts about the above books[2]? Alekhine's works are still under copyright until 2017 at least, depending on the translator [1] Yes, both German and English edition of My System is in the public domain in the E.U. as far as I can tell, which is a fairly major event! [2] Personally, I've only read Staunton's Chess Players Handbook and Lasker's Common Sense in Chess from this list.

BengtEkerot

May 27, 2018

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#12

Sometimes the power of underestimation is a terrible fiend. I've done all my worst blunders against my seven year old daughter.

NM PremierChess64

Jun 3, 2018

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#13

Like www.facebook.com/premierchess for puzzles and other daily educational content.

jambyvedar

Jun 5, 2018

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#14

I noticed you are now 0-26 in tactics training. Did you read the tactical theme introduction link that i posted? As an alternative search at youtube chess tactical themes like pin,fork,discovery, skewer etc. and you are still playing 5 minutes blitz. try at least 10 minutes. if you continue what you are doing, you won't improve. study the tactical themes that I have given. you are asking for help, but is not following it.

sakshi4win

Jun 7, 2018

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#15

playing frequently helps