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| Posted by awingman mailcafe.net 1/08/2006 10:21:01 Play online chess |  Subject: Openings softwareMessage: What is the best way for me to learn chess openings, is there any chess software someone can recommend that I can download and train with? I dont really want to buy more books... | ||||
| Posted by chuckventimiglia mailcafe.net 1/08/2006 11:51:18 Play online chess | Yes!! Message: There you can navigate the website to find just about anything you may want. I recommend the CDs on specific openings. They are very comprehensive, easy to study and they cover all the variants of that opening plus they have a database with high quality games specific to that opening. | ||||
| Posted by parker02 mailcafe.net 1/08/2006 18:07:53 Play online chess | I like Message: Helps me a lot as a beginner and trying to figure out opening moves. ——— Back to school: Chess 101 — As schools across the area resume classes, it's time for a refresher to relearn what many of us already know, but all too often forget. Even strong chess Grandmasters can forget the basics and make silly mistakes. A few simple tips like king safety, maintaining active pieces and practicing patience can really help improve your play. King safety is an oft-overlooked concept. Back in the 1800s, all the top chess players played for checkmate from the first move. Sacrificing a pawn, a piece or more was quite common, all in an attempt to get at the opponent's king. Aggressive play was often rewarded with inaccurate defense, and many wins were what chess players call "brilliancies." As chess players became ... Posted by awingman | mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 18:39:02 Play online chess GreatMessage: ——— Chess: the genius of Bobby Fischer — If you didn't manage to see the excellent documentary Bobby Fischer Against The World in the cinema this summer, the DVD is released on 12 September. As the film was made for a wide audience it was understandable that the director chose not to discuss Fischer's chess-playing too deeply. But the clarity of his style on the chessboard makes for a telling contrast with his life away from it. Over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at some of Fischer's chess games. Here Black's king and bishop stand well, but White still has irritating counterplay. How did Fischer keep control? RB: Over the chess board how many of us, if we're honest, would simply snatch the pawn on ... Posted by basbos | mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 23:44:21 Play online chess just opinion!Message: 1. Develop your chess pieces! Beginning chess players need to see their knights, bishops, rooks, and queen as soldiers sleeping in the chess "barracks" on the back rank. Not until they are moved off of the back row (or rank) will they be able to fight the enemy. 2. Attack the center four squares of the chessboard! As you learn how each of your chess pieces and pawns captures, you need to be sure and attack e4, e5, d4, & d5 at least as many times as your opponent does. Don't rush your chess pieces to the outside files (a,b,g, & h) until the center of the chess board is sufficiently threatened. The most frequent and most violent attacks in chess will either come through the center of the chess board or will come as a result of a center that wasn't attacked enough times. 3. Protect your king! Always remember that despite all of the many, many chess components that will demand your attention during a game of chess, all of them are secondary to checking your king's safety before every move. Normally, the king needs to be removed from the center of the chessboard, where the action is most furious, by a special move called "castling". When castling in chess, the king moves two squares toward either rook, and that rook "leap frogs" over the king landing on the square next to him. This is the only time in chess when the king can move two spaces in one turn on the chessboard. ------------------------------------- also I found: 1. Do not make more than two or three Pawn moves (first develop your central Pawns). 2. As soon as possible develop your Bishops and Knights. 3. Your pieces should occupy or attack the central squares. 4. Do not move with the same piece twice if it does not give you any direct profits. 5. Do not go for opponent's Pawns if it does not help the development of your forces'. 6. Do not hurry to bring out your Queen until your King has castled. 7. Develop your pieces in such a way that they prevent the development of your opponent. ----------------------------------- and a good point presented by IM Josh: Prevent your opponent from applying these rules Here is also a quot after GM Capablanca : "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." ——— Numberplay: Avoiding Attack — This week we hear from the second half of the Math for Love duo, Daniel Finkel, who has composed several variations on a chess classic. If you haven’t played much chess you won’t be at a disadvantage — all you need is a little logic. And watch out for that knight! Here’s Mr. Finkel: The 8 Queens Puzzle is a classic conundrum of the chess/logic/math variety: how do you place eight queens on a chessboard so that no two queens are attacking each other? Here is one possible configuration: Today, let’s pose the question for some of the less famous chess pieces on the board. 1. (Warm-up) Place eight rooks on a chessboard without any of them attacking each other. How do you know that placing ... |