2006-09-16 18:22:19 · 14 answers · asked by brettbrissaw 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
Get a good electronic chess set, with multiple difficulty levels and play like crazy until you can beat the darn thing.
Or play as often as you can against as many real partners as possible... it can be somewhat limiting to always face the same opponent.
2006-09-16 18:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by sueflower 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Im 19 years old and have gotten fairly well at chess. I played with my dad every day before he died 5 years ago and he never took it easy on me and he never let me win. And he had won a bunch of local tournaments in our area. After he died I learned that it was very rare that I lost to someone my age and if I did it was because I made a stupid mistake not because they are better than me. When I started playing older people I learned that the result was much the same.
So I guess my advice is to play people that are better than you because in doing that you gain knowledge and skills and different strategies. The more people you play the more styles you play against and learn to use against other people. Not everyone plays the same so its good to know a variety of strategies to use against any stlye you may come up against. Not to mention you should get to where YOU dont fall into the same traps more than once and how to defend your self if you do.
And if your just out to beat some novices pretty quick theres is a fairly easy four move tecnique that i use on people that are unsuspecting just because of my age. But if they know about it you leave yourself very exposed in the early game. All you end up having to move is your King's pawn, one bishop, and your Queen twice for the kill.
Good Luck and I hope you get better.
2006-09-17 03:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by josefenfinger 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Learn from old masters games by learning the chess notation.
Try out those chess problems in newspapers and buy yourself a good chess book which shows standard openings.
Try to be creative and learn from all your mistakes.
Once you learn the advantages and weaknesses of each type of attack and defence, your playing should improve.
This is where playing the game helps - you can test new ideas.
2006-09-17 17:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay. I hear a lot of people just saying 'practice.' That answer holds no water. If you spend decades learning the wrong things, reading the wrong material, and using the wrong techniques, your game will not get much better.
Don't worry, there's lots of hope! Chess can be studied, like many other subjects. You can learn enough to noticeably improve your game in a couple of months, or even attain an expert title in a couple of years (YES- it only takes a couple of years to reach expert). Best of all, anyone can do it! I'll give you a brief (I know, mr. longwinded here) Five step program for success.
1. Become INTIMATELY familiar with how the PIECES MOVE and the CHESSBOARD. There are various exercises for that. For instance- as fast as you can- I have a knight on a1, can you move it to h8 WITHOUT looking at a chessboard? I have a bishop on g3. Is it a light colored or dark colored squre bishop? No looking at the board!
2. LEARN BASIC MATES. back rank mates. rook and rook vs. king. queen and king vs. king. rook and king vs. king. Bonus points for king, bishop, and knight vs. king.
3. LEARN BASIC PRINCIPLES. You learn this, and theres not a whole lot to practice, and you're game will be better than most casual players. Basic opening play principles (DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT, memorize openings! It can ruin one's game! Its okay to learn a few, but do not go overboard) Learn Force (both material and positional), time, space, and pawn structure ideas. This sounds really, really technical, but there are books that will explain it.
4. TACTICS AND COMBINATIONS. Master these, and you will be near expert level. I'm not making it up, this is what the soviet union did in their school system to make champions. Not just champions- most of the world champions. Tactics are basic patterns that show up in games, again, and again, and again. A piece attacking two at once. A piece preventing another from moving. A combination is sacraficing a piece to gain create a tactic on the chessboard that creates a forced advantage. If you don't think sacraficing your queen to create a mate in six is not cool, then you just haven't lived- lol. I
f you study tactics for over a year on a daily basis, you cannot help but to impove. The side effects are strange chess dreams- There are lots of tactics/combinations books out there. I reccomend any. There is even a website- http://chess.emrald.net Its free! Check it out!
6. DESTROY ALL YOUR ADVASARIES! If you've actually read this and put it to use, you have to be itching to use it. Play your friends, whatch them get confused and surrender. Then go to your local chess club. Play lots there. Learn to play with a clock. Enter a tournament, eventually win a few. Continue to work on tactics. Borrow books. Go over your own games and games of world class players. Scalp a master in tournament play sometime. Find a whole new world. And then you can write a yahoo answer on it!
I digress. I teach the subject. If you have questions, ask. Enjoy.
2006-09-17 17:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by coffee_addict 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Practice, practice, practice. play against opponents(human or computer) who are better than you. It doesn't have to be 'whole games' many, many time when dad was teaching me to improve my chess game he would 'start' me out with a king and two other pieces (2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights or mixed up combinations) and I would have to chase his king all over the board until I either had him in checkmate or he could move that king any where. as a result my end game is stronger than anyone I have ever played.
2006-09-18 13:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Brer Buffalo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Practice lots.
2. Read books on it (openings, endgame, etc)
3. Play lots of people, including some that are a bit better than you.
4. Go over a game afterwards to see what was right and wrong (analysis).
5. Oh, did I mention practice a lot. :-)
2006-09-17 07:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by aRTy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is to play equally against yourself. It's a good practice to see a player equal to yourself (in this case it IS yourself) and make sure you can find a way out of your own defence.
2006-09-17 17:48:40 · answer #7 · answered by Jasmineleaf 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Practice. Learn to anticipate oponent's moves. Think strategy.
2006-09-17 01:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by OnThe36th 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Think of moves in groops. Common pieces and moves can help simplify and so allow you to project your moves further into the future.
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2006-09-17 02:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Poker Guide 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Learn some theory, and some start.
2006-09-17 06:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by orion 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋