Submitted 10 hours ago by kylewalter101@thelemmy.club to [deleted]
Just got beaten the 4th time in a row. This time in just 13 total moves despite my slow ‘calculated’ moves. I’ve been playing for over a month now on a Chess game software
Where can I learn and master chess. Which worked for you
If you aren’t a Chess Master after playing for a whole month, there probably isn’t any hope for you.
I’m just kidding of course. Keep playing, keep losing, and keep learning! It’s going to take a LOT longer than a month.
Play more.
Chess is a lifelong study, and not something anyone truly “masters”.
If you are interested in getting better, I would suggest finding local chess clubs in your area and joining one. There will no doubt be strong players in the club that can help you get started and give you a direction.
I can recommend the classic book Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca as a great introduction to basic chess principles and ideas. It was one of the first chess books I ever read and got me started.
Beyond that, I think there’s a lot of value in playing with other people in person and studying your games. You learn a lot that way. Online chess is fun, but honestly, in my experience, not very instructive at lower ratings.
Duolingo has Chess now.
It’s pretty well done. Decently fun.
Read the beginner tips lists.
Basically, they are guidelines on how to not give away games.
eg.
Knights are weak on the board-edges.
Control the centre.
When in doubt, advance a pawn.
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Use SCID and Stockfish to identify key moves in games that shift the balance. It may be a strong-move, or a blunder, but they are pivotal to the outcome.
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Practise lichess.org puzzles. Forks and pinning the king.
Also lichess.org/learn
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As a beginning player, dump your bishops early. If you can trade your bishops for their knights, do it.
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Don’t listen to random advice online : )
I’m a comparatively average chess player. Go to a chess club and get advice from someone skilled who can see exactly what level you are at.
you have to play. There are chess websites where you play slow games, each player has like 3 days to make a move. The trick is to get about 20 of these games going. In this way you have a series of chess puzzles presented to you every day. And it can be really exciting to win a game that’s gone on for 3 months.
despite my slow ‘calculated’ moves.
You cannot learn it good by just trying on your own.
Chess needs theory, and practising. Lots of both. Look for real physical books, or text tutorials, but not youtube, because you are going to do it in your own time then.
I know the basics of chess but like it was not till I met a guy in college that I became aware of enpassant (or however its spelled). Anyone who gets like ternament level has to start memorizing openings and gambits. granted much of learning that is learning why the positioning is good which helps in making moves outside of one. But like if you just play by knowing the moves most people who know tournament openings and gambits and such will wipe the floor with you. Like when I played with that one friend Im pretty sure he treated it as a time to experiment and see what happens when he does not make optimal moves.
There are loads of such channels, of course, but I really like Chess Strategy for a range of puzzles and studies of varying levels of difficulty.
It won’t necessarily teach you how to win a game from start to finish, but it’s helped me see move possibilities. And it’s just fun in general, the host is great.
neidu4@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Trust me, it takes A LOT of time. I’ve been playing for around a decade, I’m ELO 1400ish, and I still consider myself a nooblet.
The problem with chess is that it’s an ancient game where anything you might try has already been dine by someone. Randomly move a horsey, and a skill opponent will recognize it as either a blunder, or part of a well known strategy. “Ha, I can see you’re trying to play a Venetian Sodomy Gambit, but I already anticipated this, so by moving this pawn you fell for my Cleveland Steamer Gambit. Eat dirt, noob. Also, check!”
Chess is truly an unforgiving game to 99.999% of us.
You will never master it. I sure as hell never will. But as long as we’re having fun, that’s all that matters.