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How to Get Started in the Fascinating World of Playing Chess Games

          If you want to try something new and are new to chess, no problem.  Chess is a game of skill and everyone can learn to play chess reasonably well, and, in time, You Can find someone you can play against at your level.  Chess basics, such as the chess pieces and the fundamental moves for chess games, are not hard to learn and can be learned from books, online information and exercises.

          Chess is a Board Game for two players and once you get chessmen and board, learn some basics, then you can search for some friendly competition.  If you look around, you may find a family member, a friend, a neighbor, or a co-worker who plays chess.  If not, there are certainly various ways to find other players to practice with such as:  local chess clubs in the community or schools; computer chess software; or internet chess.  You can even find chess games at local chess hangouts such as at coffee shops or book stores (eg., Borders Books) which may be advertised locally on Craigslist or elsewhere online.  Some libraries have a chess club on Saturdays to learn and practice chess games during the year.  Occasionally, there are community education programs available to learn and play chess.    Playing chess games against someone who is at or just above your skill level is one of the best ways to advance your interest and learning of chess.

          The library or bookstore can yield some good books for the basic rules, moves and tactics.  There is a series of books by Yasser Seirawan for learning chess such as: Play Winning Chess (easiest one), Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Openings, and others in the series.  Also, there are:  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff; Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer; Beginning Chess by Bruce Pandolfini; Chess For Success by Tony Gillam; and other good books for beginners to chess.  For chess puzzles there is a very large book – Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games – by Laszlo Polgar.

          Chess in cyberspace has evolved and is perpetually changing, but, good sites can be located with some basic searching.  For example, three such internet gaming room sites are:  Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)/(freechess.org); Internet Chess Club (chessclub.com); and Playchess (Playchess.de) in which the last two require paid membership, though you can login free as a guest.  Plus, a different popular free chess player server is Games.Yahoo.com.  Another chess learning choice can be Chess Magnet School (ChessMagnetSchool.com) which combines good textural instructional material and lots of exercises.  It starts with learning the rules and moves, then, moves to strategies and tactics of chess games.  There is a monthly, quarterly or yearly fee, but you can start with a thirty day free trial by going to the United States Chess Federation (USCF)/(uschess.org) (and click on - Learn to Play Chess).  There are other good sites and even some that are kids programs, but can be very specific for adults also, such as Silver Knights Chess (SilverKnightsChess.com) where you first join the site and learn through the Online Training Center which has chess videos that are sorted by skill level.  There is a monthly fee which gives unlimited access to all chess videos (beginner, intermediate and advanced) with new videos added every week.  There are also good computer chess games on CD’s or DVD’s that can be purchased such as – ChessMaster 10th Edition – which has good instructional material with a thorough course of rules and Basic Strategy.

          Chess is ultimately learned by playing and can become more and more stimulating and challenging the more you participate in it.  As you progress you can learn different techniques and see patterns of chess more clearly.  Learn some basics, get chessmen and board, find some chess games, have fun and don’t force it.  Chess improvement will come at its’ own pace.  So, relax, study and play!  By entering into the fascinating world of chess you will gain the benefits of learning chess, as well as, the enjoyment of a game that you can keep on learning for a lifetime.

About the Author

J.B. DeWilde. To Enhance your Chess Games, visit: http://www.ChessWorthy.com

Can I teach myself how to play chess without using the computer?

I’ve always been interested in the game of chess. I dad was going to teach me how to play but I was killed in Afghanistan 2 years ago. The only people I know who play chess now are my cousins but they live far away. It it seems I might have to teach myself. Can I teach myself how to p;ay chess and how?

First and foremost, I’m sorry to hear about your Dad. The country will be forever indebted to him for his service.

You can certainly teach your self how to play chess. While web sites are fine, I personally think that the best way to learn is to sit down with a real chess set and a good chess book.

You may already have a chess set…if You Don‘t you can get an inexpensive set in lots of places…. stores such as Wal Mart, K Mart, Target will have chess sets in their games departments (most times, it will come in a set with other games, such as checkers and backgammon, which are also fun to play).

A couple of good books I’d highly recommend for a beginner are two books by Susan Polgar.

The first is called “A World Champion’s Guide to Chess” and the other book is called “Chess Tactics for Champions”. AWCG will tell you everything you need to know about how to play the game, including how to record the moves of a game (chess notation).

Once you learn the basics of the Game From those two books, you can even play against your cousins via email if you want… just make your moves and email the moves back and forth to each other… that way, you’ll both be looking at the same board. You can fix it so you can take a day or two to think about your moves before you make them and email each other.

“Chessmaster” is a good chess software for beginners, because it contains some excellent tutorials about the game, which you can go though at Your Own pace.

Once you get through those two books, there are a lot of other good chess books for beginners. Bruce Pandolfini puts out a lot of good books for your level, well written and easy to understand. There are chess books out there for all levels of skill, but don’t worry about the more advanced stuff at this point. You’ll get there eventually.

You might check around with your friends too… you might be surprised to find that some of them might play chess, and maybe you didn’t know it before.

One other thing: In order to really study and learn the game, what you will need to do is study “Endgames” first, then the “Middlegame” and then “Openings”…. that sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me on this… the game is much easier to learn when there are only a few pieces on the board, so that you can see how various pieces work together, without worrying about a lot of other pieces cluttering things up.

The World Champion’s Guide (Polgar) has an endgame section in it.
You might want to also check out Bruce Pandolfin’s “Endgame Course”.

If you have the money to buy a good series, you might try Yasser Seirawan’s “Winning Chess” series. His books are excellent, written on a beginner/novice level, which is what you’re looking for right now.

The books should be studied in the following order:

1) Play Winning Chess
2) Wining Chess Endgames
3) Winning Chess Tactics
4) Winning Chess Strategies

After those, you can move on to:

5) Winning Chess Combinations
6) Winning Chess Brilliancies
7) Winning Chess Openings

Seirawan does a great job of explaining the game, he’s an outstanding teacher.

Anyway, these will get you started.

Again, I’m sorry to hear about your father. Once you get into chess, you’ll understand why he wanted to teach it to you… it’s an amazing game, and it’s something you can play and enjoy for the rest of your life.

There aren’t enough genuine heroes around these days… but your Dad was definitely one of them, and I think he’d be very proud to know that you’re taking up the game.