Help a chess noob

DMBFan23 · #1 10-09-2006, 04:41 PM

Sup PoG,

So with all the chess threads here, I figured I'd do some googling and see what I could find. I've played chess before, never formally, and can beat all my friends who haven't played much chess but lose to anyone who has studied chess at all.

I searched around for a while and found FICS, got my ass handed to me a couple times, and googled some chess strategy and came up with about 100000 pages of stuff, which is a bit overwhelming.

Where should I go to start learning about chess? is there a good book that you would recommend for beginners? any opinion on the many online references? how did you learn?

Thanks in advance y'all

BluffBlank · #2 10-09-2006, 04:46 PM

I asked this a few days ago and the book "My System" was recommended.

Also, if you need some help dating "The System" is apparently recommended by Amazon.

checkmate36 · #3 10-09-2006, 05:39 PM

link

It looks like a little kid book but I think its a good one.

amplify · #4 10-09-2006, 08:54 PM

Try this one.

It's a classic, you can play through the games over and over, and it's not going to bang you over the head with variations. Great starter.

checkmate36 · #5 10-09-2006, 09:43 PM

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Try this one.

It's a classic, you can play through the games over and over, and it's not going to bang you over the head with variations. Great starter.

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I have never seen that one. Is it similar to Logical Chess by the same author?? In that book he goes over every move thats made with reasons why.

Maybe I will have to get this one as well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

DMBFan23 · #6 10-09-2006, 11:56 PM

sweet, might head down to the library and see if they have any of these. thanks

gull · #7 10-10-2006, 03:03 AM

It's all about pattern recognition. Focus on learning theory and playing and playing and playing.

DMBFan23 · #8 10-10-2006, 10:13 AM

I SUCK SO BAD AT CHESS I CANNOT WIN A SINGLE GAME

ScottHoward · #9 10-10-2006, 11:14 AM

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It's all about pattern recognition. Focus on learning theory and playing and playing and playing.

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somebody can yell at me if im wrong, but the first thing that needs to be learned is tactics. discovery, forks,skewers, pins, all that [censored]

amplify · #10 10-11-2006, 10:16 PM

I must say, I have been feeling the need to pretty much start all over again and relearn the game as I am so out of practice that it hurts.

I am going through How to Reassess Your Chess and am finding it to be quite awesome.

There is a .pgn database available here.

Which you can load for free into chessbase light from here.