What is a foolproof strategy to win at chess?

My little brother has entered a chess club and I want to give him a challenge. I need a foolproof way to win every time.|||Hello;



Before I answer your question, I need to know what I should tell your little brother when he posts "My big brother wins every game even though I am studying hard and joined the chess club, how can I beat him?"



Sorry ... if Magnus Carlson is your little brother then no one can help you!



Chess is a game of skill, if you are more skilled than your little brother then you will win. That is the only real strategy to win at chess. It is very difficult to win every game against a determined opponent.



Lets go to another place, instead of feeling threatened by your little brother, try being supportive. Help him to improve at chess (and improve your own play in the process). I wouldn't worry about giving him a challenge, that isn't that hard -- just play the best you can. He will respect you for trying hard even if you don't win.



Sibling rivalry has its place, but not in chess. After all, whenever we play against another man, are we not playing against our brother? The motto of the International chess federation is "Gens Una Sumus". Translated from the Latin it means "We are all one family".



Would there be anything wrong in acknowledging his work? Wouldn't you feel proud to say "That is my little brother, he is an excellent chess player"?



Best of luck,



Bill



P.S. Two brothers who were great chess players were Donald and Robert Byrne ... they probably played thousands of games, both of them were United States National Champions. Donald became famous for playing "The Game Of The Century" (He lost to Bobby Fischer). Robert Byrne went on to be a contender for the World Championship. In the end the score between them was:



Classical games: Donald Byrne beat Robert Eugene Byrne 2 to 1, with 3 draws.



According to http://www.chessgames.com|||There's no foolproof way to win at chess every time, unless you're playing against nothing but fools. No one starts out winning every game. If that's your goal, then give it up, because that's a sign that you're too lazy to ever acquire any actual skill for the game.





You learn how to play the game well by losing to players who are better than you are, and then LEARNING something from each game that you lose.





Find another hobby.|||As others have indicated, there is no such thing as a, "foolproof strategy to win at chess." If there were, we'd all be using it. :)





But there are things you can do to help, if you're willing to spend some time learning. See if your library has a book like "Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess," "How to be a Winner at Chess," or, "Starting Out: 1 e4!: A Reliable Repertoire for the Improving Player" - but if you get the last, get only the last... There's a whole series of "Starting Out" books by Everyman Chess. That's the one you probably want. But be careful: All beginning players tend to study openings to excess, which is actually detrimental because you really need to learn endgames first, then tactics, then positional strategy, and only then (when you know what a winning ending looks like and have the tools to get there,) should you want to learn the openings which will lead to middlegames which lead into the endings you can win with.





Second: Play! Play online, very short games (like 5-10 minutes per side.) You *will* lose a lot. Plan on it. But the purpose of doing this is to get you used to the things that can happen over the chessboard in general. Bonus points for figuring out from lots of those games just why you're losing. Do you not see your pieces are under attack? Does your opponents use combinations of two or three moves that end up losing a piece? Do you put your pieces in places where they can be taken for free? Noticing what happens during your play and experimenting to prevent it will improve your play.





Third: Learn how to record your games using chess notation. I'd recommend my own pedantic tutorial on it, but I recently lost all my blog images- oh, well. Try http://main.uschess.org/docs/forms/Keepi鈥?/a> to start out. Aside from the intimidation factor ("Look, brother! I'm writing down all the moves of our games.... :O"), when you play over the games again you will start noticing where your mistakes are occurring.





Finally: Find a local chess club. If you're in the US, use the locator at http://main.uschess.org/component/option鈥?/a> to find a club near you. Chess clubs often have either people who give lessons for money and/or other players who will look over your recorded games with you to help you learn.





Now, you may not want to do any of these, or just a few of them. But if you do them, you will definitely improve your play. Work consistently at it, and you will beat your brother. And have a lot of fun learning and playing in the meantime. There are no shortcuts, only degrees of how much you're willing to learn and how quickly you learn it in.





Good luck!|||There are no fool proof strategies there's always a possibility your opponent will see through them and refute them.



To underestimate your opponent is a serious mistake.|||no such thing, play for control of the center of the board,castle within the first ten moves, don't bring queen out to early good luck|||Simple, get him in a position where you can checkmate his king. Then checkmate him and you will win every time!|||Play someone who is stupid.