Chess thread

Below is a link of good chess tutorial lessons.

http://www.chesscafe.com/heisman/heisman.htm

 

Didn't win the tournament. I had too many draws. But I had a lot of fun. I don't know why when it comes to tournaments I get nervous so I feel like I can't bring my best game. I haven't played for a while after the tournament.

 

I just love to play chess daily in online.

 

Not a bad result, yeah its important to enjoy, you are right even thought you did not win the tournament, the important thing is you enjoy it and meet lots of people. You can play online chesscube and FICS are good site, you will have a rating there, these are really cool site to practice chess


There are many celebrities who plays and love chess, I will list some of them

Artists and musicians: Bono (U2), Madonna, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Guy Ritchie, Frank Sinatra, Salvador Dali, Ludwig van Beethoven, David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Sting, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Cher, Frederic Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, David Oistrakh, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, Marcel Duchamp.

Movie and TV stars: Will Smith, Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Ben Affleck, Salma Hayek, Nicholas Cage, Christina Ricci, Bill Cosby, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Keanu Reeves, Antonio Banderas, Steve Martin, Anthony Hopkins, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Martin Lawrence, Brooke Shields, Marlon Brando, Marlene Dietrich, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ingmar Bergman, Mel Brooks, Alfred Hitchcock, Ian Holm, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Kubrick, David Letterman, James Mason, Paul Newman, Chuck Norris, Edward Norton, Bill O'Reilly, Al Pacino, Jason Priestley, Tim Robbins, Kevin Spacey, David Spade, Sylvester Stallone, Oliver Stone, Barbra Streisand, John Wayne, Robin Williams.

 

Hmm....

I think chess very nice, but, too waste time..

 

Not really dude, for many player who are very familiar with chess, it's an art, sport and science combined. Playing chess has many benefits, if your are good enough you can earn on tournament, you meet lots of people, chess has the ability to make men happy, study have shown that chess helps improve a person's analytical skill, chess has a rich history, manny GM have become millionaire because of chess,it promotes bonding, it is a great thing etc.

 

More instructive informations

Queen double attack
http://www.chesstactics.org/index.php?Type=page&Action=none&From=2,2,1,1

Bishop double attack.
http://www.chesstactics.org/index.php?Type=page&Action=none&From=2,3,1,1

More info about chess tactics.
http://www.chesstactics.org/

How rooks can be effective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_file

Game 1
A game from magician of Riga Tal(world championship), he sacrifices his knight.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032537,

Game 2
A game from the chess machine, Capablanca, he positionally dominated his opponent. Notice how restricted the movement of his opponent's pieces.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066825&kpage=2#reply37

 

Basic chess opening strategies
http://www.thechesswebsite.com/learn-to-play-chess/chess-opening-strategies.php

Good vs Bad Bishop
http://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-strategy/good-bad-bishop.php

Some matting patterns
http://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-strategy/chess-mating-patterns-1.php

Deflection
http://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-strategy/chess-deflection.php

 

Chess is a gentleman's game !!!!....It requires a lot of patience !!!!!!.....It requires full concentration and strategy !!!!

 

Nice thread, I know a couple of very strong players who I allow to batter me occasionally. I enjoy a game but I'm not in their class.

I do enjoy looking at past games from the masters, Fischer, Kasparov, Steinitz, Morphy et al.

 

Yeah, you are correct it is a gentleman's game in a sense, that psychically you can't hurt each other. But on the board, what's happening is a war, fire on board.

You can also kick their asses, just study chess concepts like tactics, endgame and positional play.

 

I have seen many players at master level failed to draw or win these king and pawn endgames, cause they don't know the proper way to handle these endgames.

King and Pawn Endgames
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess/T...e/Pawn_Endings

 

Mate of Rook plus king against a king video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeMYBXEhCL0

 

A big tip is to not move your queen out to early unless there is a stellar move to be made with her

 

I love Chess!!! my favorite board game besides monopoly.

 

Common novice opening disaster

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6?

White may take the pawn with 3.Nxe5 because retaking with 3...fxe5 would result in either the loss of a rook after 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8 or an irresistible attack after 4...Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ (the rest of White's pieces come out with gain of time) d5! (best. If simply 6...Kg6 7.Qf5+ Kh6 8.d4+ g5 9.h4 Black is getting mated) 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Bxb7! again winning a rook because if 8...Bxb7 then 9.Qf5+, with a similar line as to above.

The only chance for Black after 3.Nxe5 that does not lose immediately is 3...Qe7, but White has a large advantage after 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Be2 because of his large lead in development.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_O.../2._Nf3/2...f6

 

Some of the the things that a chess player should study to improve.

Endgames:
1.Study bishop vs Knight
2.Study bishop vs bishop
3.Study rook endgames
4.Study pawn endgames

Tactics:
1. Solve matting problems
2. Solve problems that wins materials

Positional play:
1. Study isolated pawns and typical plan on this position
2. Study backward pawns and typical plan on this position
3. Study minority attack.
4. Study how rooks can be effective.

 

Below is a good chess lesson, the theme of weakness and bad bishop was explained very well, the lessons below are really instructive.

Knight vs Bad Bishop and Creating Weakness

http://blog.chess.com/mauerblume/the-different-value-of-minor-pieces-good-knight-vs-bad-bishop

 

Nice game below by Capablanca with nice chess tactics.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266655

 

Very interesting game for grow your mind i like to play chess