Chess Help!!!!!?

Question

what is a good move to make in the begining when you first start the game?

Answer 1

For some free chess tutoring, download the demo of Chess Mentor at
http://www.chessmentor.com/demo.html...


Also, here are a few tips from my bag-o-tricks (from books I've read) and then I have some great resource recommendations for you:

In the opening, avoid moving the same piece twice.
This will help you get your pieces activated quicker. Clear out the area between your king and rook as soon as possible so you can castle early.
Move pawn to e4 on your first move.
Then focus on controlling the center of the board.
Always capture towards the center whenever possible.
Avoid placing knights and bishops on the edge of the board.
Use pawns to support bigger pieces, never have bigger pieces support other big pieces or pawns. This will keep stronger pieces available for attacks.
Always ask yourself, "If I were my opponent, what would be my next best move?" Then find a way to either prevent that move or plan a counter move that will make your opponent sorry for making his.
If you are even in material or slightly ahead, don't be afraid to trade off pieces evenly including queens. This will clear the board of clutter and make your lead more obvious. It will also make for a quicker game.
*Remember that a lone bishop can only capture on 50% of the board. (White squares only, or black only depending on the bishop). But a lone knight can capture on 100% of the board. (Both colored squares as he alternates on each move.) This may be important if you have to decide which one to sacrifice or trade off near the end game.
*Pawns are insignificant at first, but they become mightier as they move forward towards the eighth rank and become queens! Don't underestimate them!
Seek out a target and hit it! Whenever your opponent leaves a piece unprotected, make that your target!
Most pieces work better as a team closer together than they do apart.
Don't just watch for opportunities for forks, pins and skewers. Look for ways to create them! Entice your opponent into those situations with small sacrifices.

RESOURCES:

Bruce Pandolfini's book, Beginning Chess is the best book by far that I've seen which will train your eye to see golden opportunities that are regularly overlooked. It's a fun way to learn because it gives you chess drills and scores your perfomance. That way, you can always go through the book again and try to beat your previous best score!

Also, Susan Polgar's book, Chess Tactics For Champions ($17 at Barnes & Noble) is a great way to learn how to create forks, pins and skewers. My game improved greatly after reading just the first 10 pages! A very exciting book! After spending a little time with it you can't wait to play a game and try out what she shows you! A really great book!!You would probably enjoy her website, too: Polgarchess.com.

For $10 at Staples you can get the PC software called Majestic Chess. I highly recommend it for this reason...It has a very unique "story mode" which is the most entertaining way to develop your chess skills that I've ever seen! In the story mode, you are riding a horse to progressive locations. At the first location, you are taught chess basics (you may skip any location at any time if you feel already know that particular lesson.) Then, after it teaches you, you are challenged to a drill (a test on what you've learned.) If you pass the test you are given a chess piece to play with in the next challenge. You are given additional pieces as you pass the tests along the journey and you will need them to win the challenges that lie ahead. So, you are being trained piece by piece until you have built an entire chess set to play with. The challenges are excellent and really make you think. The training really does develop your ability to recognize opportunities and pitfalls that you wouldn't have seen before playing this excellent chess game. And a word should be said about the magnificent environments in which you play your games. Very soothing and pleasing visuals and music make this game a joy to play. And of course, you can just play a regular chess game against the computer at any time as well...so you have the nice story mode, or you have the computer opponent ready to play a regular game at any time. So it is a well rounded chess tool.

Good luck! I hope this helped!

Castle early!

Answer 2

There are many good chess openings. As White, most players will play the king's pawn (E4-E6). As black, it depends on where white moved. If white plays E6-E6, I usually play E7-E5 to block that pawn from moving forward, control the center, and stop the queen's pawn from moving up two without being taken. Another popular move for black in that case at the grand master level is the Sicilian Defence, C7-C5. After a few center pawns are out, bring the knights to their positions closest to the middle of the board. After that advance the bishops.

Here is a good page with the common chess openings,
http://www.chess-poster.com/openings/openings.htm

Answer 3

There are many great chess openings, however what you would like to do is develop your minor and major pieces in such a way that you control the center of the board. There are three goals in the opening 1. Center pawns in the center, the center pawns are the king's and queen"s pawn. 2. Minor pieces towards the center, the minor pieces are the knights and the bishops. 3. Castle to give the king cover from attack. Start with P - K4 or P-Q4 then develop the minor pieces to support the pawn. Good luck and find a book on opening moves. I like gambits myself because they lead to open games.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Bobby Fisher described e4 (or PK4 during his time) as "The Best". In beginner tournaments, the most common response is e5, while the more common move in more advanced play is the Sicilian - c5.

From what I see in tournaments, the kings pawn opening, e4, is less frequently used than the queens pawn opening - d4.

If you need to ask this question, I would venture the important things to consider are:
1) dont get mated with the opponent's Queen on the King's bishop pawn, ie., castle
2) try to control the center with pawns e4/d4 and minor pieces, eg. Nf3/Nc3/Bc5 ..
3) look before you play to avoid falling into one of the numerous opening traps
4) castle.

Answer 6

e4, d4, and Nf3 each have plusses an minuses.

1 e4 Or (pawn to king four) increase scope of the bishop and queen but nothing is defending the pawn on e4 (King 4)

1 d4 (or pawn to Queen four) increases the scope of the other bishop, but not so much the queen. the pawn, however is defended by the queen.

Both pawn moves trade control of less important squares (on the third rank) for attacking on the 5th rank and occupying a square on the 4th rank.

1 Nf3 (or knight to King's Bishop 3) effects the center but does not occupy it. It is more flexible than a pawn move. You can see what he does before replying accordingly. Of course he might prevent what you wanted to do.

Good luck.

Answer 7

I like to use the knights in making moves on the board . But I heard its always good to use all your pieces . Don't just let them all sit there in the game.

Answer 8

I like to open my queen and bishop as soon as possible. I have developed a method to move in to check mate quickly usinf these starters.

Answer 9

ok... if im black i always like to do a mirror version of what the other player is doing so if they move thier knight on their left you move your night on your right... and so on
and a good checkmate is getting the king caught between 2 rooks if they dont move thier king

Answer 10

E4 is probably the best move