Internet Chess

Internet Chess Secrets

2006-04-13T09:57:00.000-07:00

The best book I've found to really teach you how to
win the game is Chess Success Secrets. This puts the
insider knowledge you need to know in one convenient,
easy to read and understand place:
Chess Success Secrets here

More on Internet Chess

2006-04-11T17:35:00.000-07:00

It's all well and good to play Internet chess with great
opening and midgames. However, the object is to win --
and that generally takes place in the end game.

However, many players seem the end game as much less
interesting and do not study it like they do the
openings and midgame. It does not contain the same
complications and fascination, but to win Internet
chess games, it's a good idea to master at least
the common endgames.

Yes, they are more mechanical and interesting. But
because there're only a few pieces involved the
puzzles are easier to define, and the common ones
have been solved.

Yet many players lose or draw when they should be
able to win. For instance, in a King and Pawn
versus King endgame.

You also want to master Rook and pawn endings.

Remember, that even among Grandmasters the old joke is
true: The winner of a match is the one who makes the
next to last mistake.

You can also check out my other chess blogs --
Russian Chess Masters
Chess Theory PDF
Play Chess Online
History of Chess
Online Chess
Chess Games
Play Chess
Chess Sets
Chess Rules

Internet Chess

2006-04-11T17:34:00.000-07:00

Although you should have a grand, overall strategy for winning
any game of Internet chess you play (or regular chess, for
that matter), it's even more important to have a good
working knowledge of short term, one or two move tactics.

According to experts, you can survive bad strategy but not
bad tactics. And fortunately, this is one of the most fun
parts of chess.

Tactical themes include:

Pins -- the most common. There're relative pins and
absolute pins. Also cross-pins.

One chess researcher studied nearly 20,000
master level games and discovered the pins determined
the ultimate outcome of almost half the games.

Double Attacks

Skewers

Forks

The Discovery

Interference

Clearance

Deflection

The Decoy

Obstruction

In-Between Move

Batteries

Annhilation of Defense

Practice recognizing and creating opportunities to use all
these tactics against your opponents playing Internet chess,
and you'll see your win rate and your rating grow steadily higher.

Internet Chess

2006-04-10T04:58:00.000-07:00

Internet Chess

You can start to play Internet chess without knowing
what you're doing and through hit and miss you
can learn to do better. But isn't it smarter
to learn to play Internet chess from the accumulated wisdom of
players who've gone before you?

The best book for teaching how to play Internet chess like
a champion I've found is Chess Success Secrets, which you
can read more about by clicking here

It's the next best thing to cloning Garry Kasparov's
brain and transplanting it into your skull before
you play Internet chess.

Internet Chess

2006-04-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

Internet Chess

Garry Karsparov is now officially retired from chess,
but very busy with the things that interest him.
He just recently released the 5th volume of
his series of books on his "great precedessors."
He is working on a book on decision making, and
gives many speeches on that subject across Russia.

He was an outspoken critic of communism while the
Soviet Union still existed, and is now active in
politics in Russia.

This is a fascinating interview for his views on
modern chess and many of the top people in it,
including his eternal opponent, Karpov, who he
regards as a great chess player. He also ranks
Korchnoi as probably the greatest chess player
who was never world champion.

He also attacks FIDE, an organization I don't think
he's ever really cared for. He believes that they
need to become professional organizers and
arrange sponsorships to publicize the World
Championship. To stop their internal politicking
and bring in more publicity and money.

Karsparov chairs the group "Committee 2008 -- Free Russia"
which strongly opposes President Vladimir Putin.

Formed in January 2004, the air of the Committee
2008 -- Free Russiaaim is to free and fair presidential
elections in 2008. Other members include: Vladimir
Bukovsky, Boris Nemtsov, Yevgeny Kiselyov, Vladimir
V. Kara-Murza, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Irina Khakamada.

You can read this interview here:

Internet Chess
Interview with Garry Karsparov

Internet Chess

2006-04-06T19:22:00.000-07:00

Internet chess is where you can play against someone on
the other side of the planet. Or at 3 AM in the morning.
Or against someone with a rating almost identical to yours.
Or much better than yours. There're many places to play
Internet chess for no cost.

Internet Chess