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Reddit mentions of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
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| Color | Black |
| Height | 6.87 Inches |
| Length | 4.12 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | July 1982 |
| Weight | 0.3747858454 Pounds |
| Width | 0.72 Inches |
Congrats on your win!. Try this book https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481030940&sr=1-1&keywords=bobby+fischer+teaches+chess
It basically starts with one move to win, then two moves to win, then 3, etc. You'll start to notice patterns and see tactics. Write in the book and do everything in order. After I did this I was able to beat the computer easily and noticed my playing went up drastically online. However you have to keep it up so do the puzzles every day and when you're done with the book get more chess puzzles.
The general consensus for novice chess players is to do a few things:
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So let's look at each of those items quickly.
Playing as much as possible.
If you can't play OTB, you still have a billion options. Here are some online options:
Don't have wifi and still need a game? There are plenty of apps for your phone/tablet:
Analyzing your games.
This is crucial. When you are done with your games, go over them and analyze the moves yourself. Where did you/your opponent go wrong? What did you do right? Did you miss tactics or mates? Did your opponent play an opening you were unfamiliar with? Did you reach an uncomfortable endgame and not know how to proceed? If your opponent played the same moves again in a different game, what would you do differently? Answering questions like these on your own will help you in future games.
After your initial analysis, you can then show it to a stronger player (you can submit your games to this subreddit to get criticisms, if you provide your initial analysis along with the PGN) and/or using a program to run a deeper analysis for you. Lichess provides free computer analysis on their site and I also made a quickie SCID/Stockfish tutorial a while back if you want more control over the depth of analysis.
Studying tactics.
"Tactics is almost undoubtedly the most productive single area that beginners and intermediates can study to improve their game - the more practice, the better." -- Dan Heisman (PDF)
There are a ton of places to study tactics online and you should make use of them.
Chess Tempo seems to be the gold standard when it comes to online tactics training. I would start with their standard set (Which means that time isn't a factor. You can stare at a board forever until you find the tactic, and the time won't affect your rating.) at first, but eventually play the other sets as well. I do a mix of each of them every day. Don't make it homework though, or you'll burn out, and chess will feel like a chore.
Don't forget to make use of their endgame trainer. After the first 20, you can only do 2 per day, and I recommend making it a top priority. Studying endgames, even for just a few minutes per day, will be very beneficial to your play.
Chess.com also has a tactics trainer, and for free users you get 5 tactics per day. At the very least, do the 5 chess.com tactics and the Chess Tempo endgames. You can find time for this every day, I assure you.
As a side note, this isn't really tactics but lots of people like this Lichess Coordinates Trainer for learning the names of the squares. If you do this once a day, for both black & white, it will take you about 1 minute. Easy.
Developing your pieces in the opening.
Read Dan Heisman's Beginner Guidelines, which I copied into this thread. At this stage, you don't need to study opening lines. However, whenever you read a point in the opening that you are unfamiliar with, you should look it up in an opening book, database, or online to find the common moves in that position. This will help you spot errors in your play and will set you up for success when you play that line in the future.
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There are a ton of other resources that you should look into.
For videos, I would recommend these channels:
As for books, the ones that seem to be promoted for you level the most are:
There are a bunch of great chess columns out there, but I suggest starting with ChessCafe.com, and specifically Dan Heisman's Novice Nook.
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Well fuck. I thought I was just typing out something quick, but I turned it into a novel. Sorry about that.
Time to eat some pumpkin bread and watch Sunday Night Football!
If you and her together go through the book "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" just $8 on Amazon there'll be less of a chance of her getting crushed, and you too will come up to speed
It might be a bit simple, but Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. I'm reading it right now, but it is mostly "can white mate in this position". Not sure if it would be too easy for 1200. But no board or knowledge of notation required.
hah.
yeah. let me point out something you said... " I've been trying to get better for a couple of days" & " I would assume ... a huge improvement spike"...
not so man. not so. you can do this self-taught to a fair degree, but you're still going to have to read and practice. hundreds of games, not a few days worths.
There are some base concepts and tactics that can help, once you see them in use. it's kinda like any other interest, there is a language and skill-set all it's own. I highly suggest Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. It hits home 3 very important concepts. Some of it is overly simple, but it does hit home those 3 big tools. You'll also read through it, get done, and not ever see the need to og re-read it. I suggest it only because you seem to be having some basic-level troubles. Here's a PDF Version.
2 books really helped me:
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
and
Winning Chess Tactics
Also my chess.com ID is: Masageef
start a free account, challenge me and I could talk you through some stuff. (I'm not great but I've played chess everyday for probably around 10 years).
You can sign up and play on these websites.
1.chess.com
2.lichess.org
3.chess24.com
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Watch beginner videos on youtube. You can subscribe to these channels and watch their videos regularly. Many of these channels are not entirely aimed at beginners. You can watch them for entertainment and learn chess history too.
1.https://www.youtube.com/user/AGADMATOR
2.https://www.youtube.com/user/ChessNetwork
3.https://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub
4.https://www.youtube.com/user/wwwChesscom
5.https://www.youtube.com/user/RosenChess
6.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqLLqbclDQ6IQg39Wsgy-4w
7.https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerPlayChess
8.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRXqVXhkHYp9HU9gJATgJA
Check out these books that are great for beginners and intermediate players.
1.https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/
2.https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Champions-step-step/dp/081293671X/
These two might be good, but I can't really speak from personal experience.
http://daveschloss.com/chesskid.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153
Saw them on a Chess.com beginner recommendation list or something like that.
Would it not be just as easy to ask /r/chess?
Anyway, in addition to what /u/Dazvac has said, you'll also want to learn about tactics; this is probably the most important part of chess. You can learn about them here and practice them here. Read through the first few pages of each chapter of the former site, then see if you can obtain the answers to the rest of the pages in each chapter. When you're fairly confident with the material in it, then train with the latter site. Don't worry if you fail the first 200 problems or so; you'll soon get to a point where the tactics are at your level (if you create an account).
As for reading material, I would suggest the two books "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" and "Logical Chess Move By Move". You can easily find pirated PDF copies online, but you can also buy them here and here. "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" mainly focuses around checkmating the king; "Logical Chess Move By Move" walks through games explaining EVERY SINGLE MOVE. It's also best if you have a chessboard set up when you read "Logical Chess", as it sometimes lists variations.
So here is, in summary, what the full list is:
Once you decide to get in into chess, no matter how good you are, you start to notice just how many people participate in global chess beyond a game occasionally played with friends/family. If you want to get into chess, you should really buy yourself a couple of books, starting at a child's level, and go from there. I would really suggest Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer himself as a good, easy, interactive starting point to learning how to solve chess logic puzzles and situations. I didn't know about chess puzzles until I got into them, and I like them more than Sudoku and Crossword Puzzles now. After understanding a bit, then you can really benefit from the tons of videos online. And of course, nothing beats playing chess just by itself to learn!
Just because of the nature of chess and go outside Asia, there's a lot more terrible chess players out there. If your friends aren't serious, you could probably at least give a good fight to all of them after going through this book. (corollary: if they are serious, you will probably never beat them unless you're serious about chess too).
There is always an opportunity cost, though. If you REALLY want to get good at go, splitting your time into another game is always going to hurt you.
The book Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess. Easy and it walks you through some great strategies in a simple fashion.
I enjoyed Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. It is a straight forward book that concentrates on mating moves. It starts assuming you don't know how to play, but it teaches you how to recognize first one move mates, then two, and so on. The big take away I took from the book was how to recognize positions that lead to mate. This lets you know what to avoid yourself and what to take advantage of when your opponent does it.
I loved my copy of Bobby Fisher Teaaches Chess... Buy it... its like a wierd puzzle book, and after you know how to kick ass at chess the right way.... https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/ref=mt_mass_market_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me= GREAT TEACHER....easy for beginer, then you become the master.
I know this is not an Android game, but I would recommend working your way through this book if you want to learn: http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153
no it is a good way to teach structured thinking. Get a copy of BOBBY FISHER TEACHES CHESS. It is a really fun read and it will improve your game immensely in one reading, more with a reread. After that, if she kicks your ass you just lose at chess but win as a dad.
http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409024153&sr=1-1&keywords=bobby+fisher+teaches+chess
A stalemate is when it's your opponent's move, and they have no legal move left. That's exactly what you've done: white cannot move without putting their king in check from either the queen or the rook. Ergo, a stalemate.
In a tournament a stalemate scores one half of a point for each player, just like a tie.
No offense intended, but based on the fact that you don't know what a stalemate is, and you couldn't manage a checkmate with an overwhelming advantage in material, you have a lot to learn about chess :) If you can find a used copy of "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" for a couple bucks I suggest you buy it - it's all checkmate exercises. And it's the end of the game that counts.
I would recommend you start with Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess as a starting point.
Yes, he turned into a freakshow, but the man could play some chess. You're not going to learn to be a champion by reading this, but it will help you learn the basics and, more importantly, teach you what you need to learn.
Then go out and play. Pick up a decent chess set you can carry around and get as many people to play as you can. Take notes. Learn from your mistakes. And keep playing.
When I was in middle school. I enjoyed reading bobby fischer teaches chess!
http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404435265&sr=8-1&keywords=bobby+fischer+teaches+chess
just get him this: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess.