How to self study chess??

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violinandchess

i want study chess alone and be best :) so i bought frits 12 now what do i do with that ahaha :)xxD?

 

i dont know how to study well,in fritz engine how do i improve ???

Pat_Zerr

The trouble with teaching yourself is that you don't have anyone to tell you that you're not learning something right.  I, too, am in the same situation, but I've found that reading books and online articles about chess helps, as well as playing games and getting some experience.

I don't know about Fritz, but Chessmaster 11 has tutorials which show you how to play, from the beginning basics up to complicated strategy.

happyfanatic

You can use the engine to blundercheck your game for large mistakes where the evaluation swings more then a pawn on a given move.  Such moves represent blunders and missed tactical blows.  Then you can see what tactics you missed and need to work on along with trying to identify what caused really simple oversights like dropping a piece.  

creativeh9

I think that we cannot learn chess by ourselves..We gotta have second person with us

waffllemaster
vibaviattigala wrote:

i want study chess alone and be best :) so i bought frits 12 now what do i do with that ahaha :)xxD?

 

i dont know how to study well,in fritz engine how do i improve ???


Throw out computers.  Spend money on books (and actually read them :).  Play against humans who are tough (but not ones that crush you every time).  Go over your games (wins and losses) seriously, take your mistakes seriously and remember them.  Ask stronger players to look over your games.  Over time you will be very strong.

The secret to chess strength is the secret to anything else.  Work+time = improvement.  As an old coach would say "you're going to get out of it what you put into it."  Having Fritz12 say "this move was bad" fixes one position out of a billion billion for you.  Understanding why the move was bad and reading books fixes thousands upon thousands of related positions.