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Picked chess back up after not playing since I was 8, learning strategy/tactics instead of just “feel”. Started with Ruy Lopez, managed to check my opponent here with a second option of taking rook or the queen if moved to protect king. Felt proud, love a Bb5 anyway, but this felt nice to pull off. Is it as good a play (for a beginner anyway) as I think it is? And if I was to find myself in this position, how would I defend from here without losing too much vital material? submitted by /u/rbe40 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi All, So I started playing on January and I've played a few openings (Mostly D4) throughout these past few months. I can't help to feel somewhat stuck and sort of bored with my current opening (Jobava). I've only played the London and the Jobava variation. I stopped using the London when I was around 800-900 (Closer to 900). I then switched to the Jobava since it was a bit more fun, but at 1050+ I feel like the Jobava has become ineffective. And at around 1100 (chess.com), I always find myself in a predicament with that opening. Is there a better D4 opening? or is the Jobava actually a good ..read more

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I just read about the "opposition" tactic in the latest posts on this sub and I am sure this knowledge will be super helpful in my future games! I would love to have more of these basics that might help me get out of elo 800. Is there a list of those for lets say players with an elo 800-1000 mindset? Are there some specific rules that helped any of you improve? For me for example it was important to learn how to win each game with a king and rook or queen vs king. submitted by /u/1tsmebast1 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

How do you guys detect checkmate? In the game above, I used the queen to just give the opponent a check, but then the game told me it was a checkmate. After the game, when reviewing the board, I figured out the knight was blocking the king's exit pass. Are there any training materials that can help with identifying checkmate? submitted by /u/dharmikkkkk [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi all..... So after looking through a bunch of beginner books to start off my new hobby of chess, I decided on Chess for Idiots (and just to stress, that's for 'Idiots', not 'Dummies' - that is a separate, different book. I only mention it as someone got them confused in another post I made here). I decided on this book because I noticed that at the end of every chapter there is a quiz. And that was a good choice, because these quizzes really help solidify the knowledge learnt in each chapter. Also, it's one of those books that you don't need a chess board in front of you - each move in each ..read more

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I was just wondering how my fellow chess newbies felt about something. I am a beginner at chess, and maybe there are beginners, and then some other level of beginners. Because a lot of the posts I see on this sub go pretty much over my little newbie brain. I'm not complaining, it is what it is - just wondering if any other 'beginners' felt the same? This hasn't stopped this sub being really helpful. In terms of posting newbie questions myself, it's been really helpful to me, so again, I'm not in any way complaining. Just an observation on posts that other people make. Anyway, have a great eve ..read more