I know how to move the pieces on the board and tried to just play to find a strategy but it's not working. I heard that there were websites that show you good moves in certain chess situations that you are very commonly going to come across and explain why as well. I am looking to learn in a better way. Then adapt what I learn in to my own style. Please help with any info possible thank you.|||Here is the US Chess Federation web site with a list of basic top ten tips.
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/911…
Wikipedia has some good general chess information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
This page explains the names of the squares and the notation for moves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_algeb…
Here are my favorite ideas for beginners. All of these ideas came from other people. I don't claim to have originated any of them.
In this context
“piece” means a bishop, knight, or rook, not pawns, not the queen, not the king.
“develop a piece” means to move it from its starting square to some place else on the board.
Try to follow the suggestions below, but of course the first rule is always to look and make sure you or your opponent are not leaving something unguarded and under attack. Remember that “loose pieces drop off.” Don’t lose a piece or pawn just to follow one of these suggestions.
1. Most of the time as a beginner, your first move as white should be e4. Bobby Fisher said it is “Best by test.” As you learn more you can try d4, c4, Nf3 and others as opening moves. Try to control the middle of the board and keep each piece as mobile as possible. In other words, develop each piece to a square where it attacks and defends as many squares as possible. To take an obvious example, Nf3 is nearly always better than Nh3. Develop at least one knight within the first few moves.
2. Develop your pieces quickly at the beginning of the game. Don't move the same piece twice in the opening stages without a very good reason. Think of the opening moves as a race to develop your pieces before your opponent develops his. If you get more pieces involved in the game than your opponent does, it's almost as if you are ahead by the difference in your development. So for example, if you have both your knights and bishops in play but two of your opponents pieces are still sitting on their initial squares, it’s almost as if you have a two piece advantage.
3. Don't launch early attacks when you have only a couple of pieces developed. Instead work to get all or most of your pieces involved in the game before attacking the opponent’s king, and don't launch an early attack with the queen unless there is a clear immediate win visible. Hold back with your queen at the beginning. If your opponent develops his queen early you will often be able to gain time by a move that simultaneously develops a piece and attacks his queen.
4. Use all your pieces, including the rooks. Castle early. It’s the only move in chess where you get to move two pieces at once, and they both move to better squares. The rook moves out of the corner and to a position where it can attack the middle of the board. The King moves to safety behind a wall of pawns. Connect the rooks on the back rank with no pieces between them. Move them toward the middle file on the back rank. Don't let these powerful pieces sit idle in the corner, waiting until you have run out of things to do with your knights and bishops.
5. Avoid situations in which you are weak on either the black or white squares in a particular quadrant of the board.
6. Look for situations in which you can win control of a key square near your opponents King. That often threatens checkmate. Conversely, watch out for loss of control of your key squares.
7. Don't make aimless moves with pawns. Too many beginning players move pawns because they can't think of anything else to do. Remember that pawns can't move backwards. Move them forward only when you have a purpose. On the other hand if you have a passed pawn (meaning it has passed your opponent’s pawns, so his pawns can’t attack your pawn) and if you can protect it — Push the pawn! It becomes more powerful each step it takes towards the 8th rank. It often helps to have a rook behind your passed pawn, backing it up as it marches ahead.
8. Don''t wait for your opponent to make a mistake. Look for ways to force him to move to a square that allows you to create a tactical advantage such as a pin, an x-ray attack, a discovered check, a fork and so on. Study tactics. “Winning Chess Tactics” by Seirawan and Silman is a good book for beginners.
9. Look for asymmetry or imbalances between the two sides. In which sector are you stronger than your opponent? and where is he stronger than you? Attack or counter attack where he is weak.
10. Sometimes the best defense is a counter-attack.
11. If you can't figure out what to do, look for a piece that could be on a better square or that could have a better scope of activity and figure out how to make that happen.|||www.chess.com is probably the best bet. It's very user friendly, and free if you want it to be. If you really want to learn, I'd suggest getting the membership, because it will give you access to all of the MANY learning aids that are available, but you can learn a great deal simply by playing free games and reading/watching the free stuff you can. Chess.com has updates every week by experts-grandmasters, so the information given is great.
You can also find some great videos on youtube. Search some of the top end chess players and you'll find that many of them have videos on youtube, which is practically free coaching.
Enjoy, and good luck in chess.|||there is an "easy-way" and a "hard-way"
everybody here is giving you the HARD WAY
MY way is the easy-way
...get this book !!
author : irving chernev
title : winning chess, how to see three moves ahead
it's a used %26amp; out of print book....but it has EVERYTHING you need !!
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