Hi, so I've always loved chess and found it fascinating, but I'm really terrible at it. Like I've spent hours watching a lot of fascinating matches with Bobby Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen, Anand and so on, but I don't understand the strategies myself-- I still find it interesting and entertaining though :b
But I'm having fun playing your stockfish in here and was wondering, do you think there's any particular strategy that's best to use as a person trying to learn the fundementals of the game? Overly defensive? Overly aggressive? Doing the same opening to try and perfect and understand that opening as well as possible or something else?
Thank you for your time :)
Probably finding a coach and doing lots of puzzles is the best way for a beginner to improve.
Do tactics first. It's like vocabulary for chess. Then you can proceed with a plan, because you stop losing pieces. Try playing longer games and follow the basic, development, center control, etc.
Posting games for analysis might help too
first : Don't look at the board, it prevents from thinking
second : put your pieces on squarres of the same color (ie white pieces on white squares), your opponent will probably not see a few of them.
third and last : never believe others' advice because they only try to prevent you from getting stronger than themselves.
I 'd say i am still a "beginner". And at the very beginning i solved puzzles and things like that. Then I focused myself in a few openings without any complicated endgame endings. I played alot Blitz and Bullet games, just to "overlook" things faster than usual.
You have to play if u want to get better ! Do not only watch videos from GMs. Get your own style ; ). I highly recommend watching videos from "mikhail tal" ; ) peace and good luck with your chess !
also there are a few channels where u can watch interesting games !
i am not making any ads for you guys, but i can also highly recommend vids from "mato jelic" his chanel :
www.youtube.com/user/MatoJelichave fun !
I am still a beginner too. I follow people on youtube who comment on games, watch streams every now and then, and watch and read stuff on certain openings. Try to create your own opening repetoire!
I also do a lot of tactics and opening puzzles. I dont really seem to make any progress on that part but they certainly help me to get a comfortable feel of the game.
Personally I enjoy classical time controls like 15+0 more than blitz and bullet. I feel like I learn more from slower games. I also review my games afterwards by computer analysis. I only analyse the games which I played serious.
i really like to practise with LucasChess. There is so much valuable stuff in there. Try the Siberian Railway, it's tactics & games & endgame stuff mixed up in a very good way imo.
Free Program:
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com/If you can't solve the elementary checkmates and you don't know technique to win all the practical endgames every player must know forget about it.
You won't bloody all your opponents with tactics and dirty tricks good players will trade and grind the game down to a few pieces mastery of the endgame is one of the things that separates the good players from the really bad ones in the world.
100 Endings you must Know by Jesus De Villa:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Endgames-You-Must-Know/dp/9056916173/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457889891&sr=8-1&keywords=100+endgames+you+must+knowUnderstanding Chess Endings by John Nunn:
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Chess-Endgames-John-Nunn/dp/1906454116/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457890410&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+chess+endingsStudying them is one thing practicing them is vital too you should try to find a partner (preferably much stronger than you) to play them on a real set with a clock at a Chess Club if you don't have one a computer is a good substitute set the program at the highest level.
