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Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by SimbaOnSteroids on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:12AM (#14373182)
Maybe unrelated how does one go about learning chess passed "the knight moves in an L-shape"
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by noir_lord on Saturday May 20, 2017 @05:51AM (#14381643)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049NnoR1LGE&list=PLVWaFpMwta...

GM Ben Finegold at the "Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis" he's always entertaining and his videos are packed full of content that would appeal to an average player.

Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by lmm on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:19AM (#14373575)
Mainly practice. Once you've got a sense of your play style you can find openings that fit it and study the books on them, and you should do the endgame drills at some point (at least you should know how to win vs a lone king with a king and rook (easy), king and two bishops (tricky), king and pawn (position-dependent, not always possible) - I've literally never needed to do king, bishop and knight). But the main thing is to just play a lot of games.
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by cglouch on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:46PM (#14377884)
There's some great chess people on youtube - I'm a fan of John Bartholomew. He has playlists called "Chess Fundamentals" and "Climbing the Rating Ladder" that are geared towards beginners who know the basics but want to start improving their play. Practicing "tactics" on sites like chess.com, lichess, or chesstempo is another good way to improve.
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by Nition on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:26AM (#14373230)
Learn the moves for the other pieces. :P
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by mhb on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:06AM (#14375190)
This was here a little while ago and it is great: http://www.chesstactics.org
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by tudorconstantin on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:32AM (#14373261)
I was acting like I was one who knew the rules but was "just making sure I remember them correctly"