Getting past being a beginner in chess
By spoonitnow
@spoonitnow (43)
United States
February 10, 2007 12:47am CST
Everyone who plays chess has been told most of the same stuff as far as what kind of beginner tips they are given. Control the center, develop pieces, keep your king safe, etc. So what should you do to take a step past that?
I wrote an article about this for AC, and it was published here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/137036/getting_ahead_in_chess.html
I highly suggest reading this article to anyone on the beginner/novice level who wants to figure out how to improve.
1 response
@rein2410 (809)
• Australia
10 Feb 07
Wow, you must be really good at chess, I will check out your article. but, strategy that I developed are made when I was actually playing and yes, I failed so many times but it built when we are playing. theory alone will not make you a great player. You have to see the surrounding properly and understand every move available which you can achieve through experience and you also need patient in that. when you can actually master that technique, you will become better player the more you play as you will become used to the pieces and board of the chess.
@spoonitnow (43)
• United States
10 Feb 07
If you read the article, you'll see that I'm advocating both a study of chess theory, tactics, and strategy, as well as regular play to put that theory into practice. Thanks for your reply, and let me know how you liked the article, because I'm in the process of writing more chess articles and have already submitted a few. I'm also in the middle of writing a series of articles that will serve as a mini-course on endgames and endgame theory.
