What's the best advice you can give a 12 year old kid who is new to chess?

Answer 1

one thing you should do is always plan ahead, don't plan just for that one move.. have a plan and think ahead, think about how the opponent will move too. good luck.

Answer 2

The first thing you need to do is be sure you know all the rules. It sounds dumb, but are you positive you know all the details of castling, en passant pawn captures, and the touch move rule? A good beginner's book, such as The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess or Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours, is a good place to start. Those will also give you some history and basic strategy pointers, as well.

Next, you need to get good at tactics. Tactics are specific moves that will help you gain an advantage, as opposed to strategy, which is more long term ideas. Having a long term goal of controlling the center of the board or attacking on one side won't help you much if you overlook a specific move that allows your opponent to win your queen. So study tactics before strategy.

The best way to practice tactics, besides just playing a lot, is to get a good book of chess puzzles. There are many out there, so I'd recommend going to a book store and looking through some of them. Go with an easy one first, and just go through the whole book several times, until you can spot the solutions instantly. The goal here is to be able to spot common tactical motifs INSTANTLY every time they come up in your games. Just being able to see them after looking for a minute or two isn't good enough when you're playing a game with a time limit. So repetition is key. Work your way up to harder books, and apply the same method to studying all of them - go through them over and over until you can spot every solution instantly.

The other key is practice, practice, practice. Don't fall into the common trap of thinking that you can get better just by reading lots of books. I had that problem. I like doing puzzles more than playing, I think, but I know that I should spend roughly equal amounts of time on both if I really want to improve. Also, be sure to review the moves of your games afterwards to see what you did wrong and how you can do better. Get better players to help review them with you and give you advice on your moves. If you don't know any better players who can do this, post your games to chess discussion groups on the internet (or here!) and ask for analysis.

Once you get good at tactics, endgames should be your next area of study, before moving on to openings and middle game strategy.

Also, if you're serious about improving, play on a really good online site like FICS (freechess.org) instead of something cheesy like Yahoo! Games. No offense to those who play on Yahoo, but there are just a lot of very immature people there, and the interface really isn't very good.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Answer 3

1) Learn the elements, the basic mates and the fundemental
principles of chess.

2) Think of chess as a unified whole where every piece is
doing a job and cooperating with each other in a coordinated
way to win the game.

3) Don't play stupid moves like 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 to intimdate your
opponent because all he/she going to do is settle back bring
out his/her army and shoo your Queen away worse you
could fall into a trap!

4) Don't play fast take your time and think carefully what your
doing if you play too quickly you'll make inaccuracies and
make mistake.

5) Sportmanship if you lose congratulate your opponent and
when you win don't rub your opponents loss in his/her face
by insulting him/her or trash talking and putting them down.


6) Don't cheat with programs if you play online.

Answer 4

think ahead. that's what chess is about, seeing what your move may cause your opponent to do, and the possible outcome of his/her move. it's all about how you can force them into a no win situation.

Answer 5

-dont try to learn cliche defenses, or silly tricks.
-keep in mind that your quality of play will change very much depending on the skill of your opponent.
-before making a move, put yourself in your opponents shoes, and think about how he will react.
-remember to ALWAYS defend your king. never put him in a position where he cannot escape.
-dont go crazy and press your attacks.

Answer 6

join the uscf, united states chess federation, uschess.org and play, play, play

Answer 7

Play football!

Answer 8

tell them its a challenging game but with lots of practice he'll get the hang of it, its an amazing game for a child. good luck

Answer 9

"""think before u play""""


u have two ways to play it

1> very aggresive
2> defensive

for a beginner i would advise defensive


good luck!!

Answer 10

Have Fun. It's a game. but of strategy and patiance