Morphy's opera box game. Shows the importance of developing all your pieces.
Evergreen Game. For the nice finish.
Adams - Torre, New Orleans 1920 to teach deflection.
Best chess game to show a newbie?
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Where I teach chess they teach those classic games (Opera game, etc.) but I didn't mention those games here because I have some misgivings about those:
1. most games don't look like that; they're atypical games
2. many were played with rook odds, which the student won't have
3. I believe Morphy largely relied on knowing how his opponents played
4. the openings they used are sometimes out of date, like the Philidor
When I was learning, Bobby Fischer had published a game he played in Boy's Life magazine that was against a friend of his, who was playing Black. That game stayed on my mind, it was a classic, and it was my paragon of chess play. Fischer's opponent let him get a huge center with e4, d4, c4, then began to lose pieces, followed by a fast mate, as a real and typical game would progress, unlike a Morphy game. That's the kind of game I would try to find. Various teach-yourself chess books have many such games, though I don't remember any by name offhand since I'm a little beyond those books now. I'll keep an eye out for such books and games for you (and I), though.
Fischer v. Spassky game three 1972!?!!? WTF man. A newbie will never understand it.
Haven't you even seen the Immortal Game?!
I wonder if you're qualified to teach a pig to wallow in shit with such questions!
Maybe the annotated games from Chernev Logical Chess Move by Move. It's designed for beginners.
For a super-noob, Everyone's 2nd Chessbook by Dan Heisman. The second edition. It is out of print but you can get it on Amazon.
That's it. He goes over basic games and mistakes beginners make.
THEN get more advanced with Chernev.
BLAMyourmovesuckah wrote:
Fischer v. Spassky game three 1972!?!!? WTF man. A newbie will never understand it.
Haven't you even seen the Immortal Game?!
I wonder if you're qualified to teach a pig to wallow in shit with such questions!
It's not too bad, I understood it a few weeks after I learnt how to play
hello :)
BLAMyourmovesuckah wrote:
I wonder if you're qualified to teach a mean person to be nice
Well if I were I'd start with you!
I'm fairly sure seeing the Opera house game has had more effect on many than any other. It's just so applicable. Both the actual line, and the principles.
She said she wants to show it to a "newbie" though. They probably won't appreciate the abstruse right away, unless they are unbelievably gifted.
I know nothing about the Opera House game, but maybe it is applicable to a "newbie?"
Chicken_Monster wrote:
She said she wants to show it to a "newbie" though. They probably won't appreciate the abstruse right away, unless they are unbelievably gifted.
I know nothing about the Opera House game, but maybe it is applicable to a "newbie?"
Definitely.
XPLAYERJX wrote:
How new is the player your teaching have they never played chess before? or Do they have some idea of how the piece's move and game goes.
If they are completely new at chess you shouldn't be showing them any game's. You should be showing them how the piece's move, How castling is done, how to do en-passant, how to promote pawn's, An most important the value of each one of the piece's.
I was once ranked 500 and use to sac my rook's for bishops becuase I thought the bishops were worth more because they were next to the king and queen. Which in real life the people next to king and queen are royal courts which are more important than ones further down.
I final one day found out that the rooks worth more lol. I use to resign game's when my bishops were taken lol.
She knew how the pieces moved but was a little iffy about how castling works (I did explain it before the game started). So, I think some strainghtforward instruction might have been more helpful, but it is hard to make that interesting.
Just watched the Opera house game and I have to say I think Morphy's games more readily display the beauty of chess than many others.
I think a newbie can appreciate a complicated game at some level. Morphy's moves, for example, have underlying reasoning that even you or I don't understand, but they also display a clear purpose that seems accessible.
Also, everyone loves a pretty checkmate
For beginners, the game shouldn't be too long and there needs to be some 'excitement' after not too many moves. Better too if the exciting bit can last a few moves, rather than being an instant mate.
On those grounds, I would suggest the great king hunt game between Edward Lasker and George Thomas in 1912. The nice thing about this is the last moves are forced (although white has a few alternative mating options), so the beginner can participate in deciding where the king has to go.
fburton wrote:
For beginners, the game shouldn't be too long and there needs to be some 'excitement' after not too many moves. Better too if the exciting bit can last a few moves, rather than being an instant mate.
On those grounds, I would suggest the great king hunt game between Edward Lasker and George Thomas in 1912. The nice thing about this is the last moves are forced (although white has a few alternative mating options), so the beginner can participate in deciding where the king has to go.
That is what I'm talking about! Great suggestion. A few more of this sort would be appreciated.
The game of the century I think is too complicated.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/beautiful-sacrifices-ii--anderssen-vs-kieseritzkythe-immortal-game
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361
https://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/walking-the-plank?gm=560
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/annotated-opera-game
Edit: I know these have been mentioned but the annotations make them more accessible :)
I just gave a "chess lesson" where I showed the moves of Fischer vs. Spassky (1972), game 3, to a chess newbie. It went alright. What is the best game to show to a newbie? What is the greatest game ever? Or should one do something else completely with chess newbie? How do you demonstrate the awesomeness of chess?