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Questions tagged [beginner]

Questions of interest to or relating to new players.

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What's an ideal game for teaching a new beginner?

I sent my nephew a chess set for his 8th birthday. He doesn't play yet. When my children were small, I taught them to play by working through a simple game in which each piece was introduced in turn. I made it into a story (e.g. "Now your queen is…
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How to deal with unorthodox players?

I am new to chess and know only a bit of opening theory and understand some general ideas like developing my pieces, threatening and controlling the center of the board, etc. but I struggle against players who follow no opening and just bring out…
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What programs (preferably open source) offer play against a computer with fine-grained difficulty-related adjustments?

My last serious attempt to get into chess ran into a basic difficulty with the program: with a bit of work, I got to a point where I could beat difficulty 1 or 2 on a scale of 10, but got consistently clobbered when I took on difficulty 3. I have…
Christos Hayward
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Which chess courses should I start with?

I know the rules and played with my friends but without any knowledge of opening tactics etc. And all material I could find online was not in an ordered manner . So can you suggest some courses I can enroll myself online which cover the basics going…
Aryvd
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Any suggested check list for beginners?

is there a simple / basic / quick checklist that beginners can use when in super easy games? I am not worried about questions like pawn structure, applying pressure, maintaining momentum, I am talking super basic like, will my knight move open my…
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Becoming a pretty good chess player

First of all I am sorry if my English is not very good. I started to play chess some time ago. I want to start to play pretty good to have fun in tournaments but I have no idea how to create a plan of study. Can some one explain what the difference…
Stefano Govoni
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Preparation of chess openings and all about chess?

I am an enthusiastic player of chess...and a full time working professional... I have following questions regarding chess to develop my game: How to prepare fundamental opening lines to play as white or black...which openings to start with? How to…
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Benefits Of PGN Files

I’m wanting to improve at Chess and reduce my number of mistakes and blunders in order for me to win more games. Can Pgn files help me with my quest to improve? If not then what can I do? What is a good strategy to use in order improve my rating.
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