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Learn to play chess online
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#2There was some chess tutorial going around online that I failed to properly bookmark. The tutorial was premised on the fact that for casual fun games, you shouldn't have to memorize a bunch of strategic openings and instead adopt some of the older methods of playing before everyone memorized everything.
Does anyone remember this and have a link to it?
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#3Lichess.org is fun too. I'm not much of a chess player but I sometimes find the chess puzzles to be fun at http://en.lichess.org/training
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#4There was some chess tutorial going around online that I failed to properly bookmark. The tutorial was premised on the fact that for casual fun games, you shouldn't have to memorize a bunch of strategic openings and instead adopt some of the older methods of playing before everyone memorized everything. Does anyone remember this and have a link to it?
It might have been a link to 'Fischer Random' chess. This is played like normal chess but the arrangement of pieces on the back row is random, with some restrictions for game balance.
The random starting position removes the advantage of memorizing openings.
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#5There was some chess tutorial going around online that I failed to properly bookmark. The tutorial was premised on the fact that for casual fun games, you shouldn't have to memorize a bunch of strategic openings and instead adopt some of the older methods of playing before everyone memorized everything. Does anyone remember this and have a link to it?
That's usually the recommended way of learning chess:
1. Basic moves and tactics
2. Advanced tactics
3. Strategy
4. End game (when few pieces are left the board)
5. Middle game
6. And finally, openings
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#6Chess is relatively easy to learn, but incredibly difficult to master (especially if you're just starting out but are old enough to be reading HN). It can also be really addictive. Many have made it in to a complete obsession. Reminds me of math in some ways, for its depth, beauty, and difficulty.
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#7Lichess.org is fun too. I'm not much of a chess player but I sometimes find the chess puzzles to be fun at http://en.lichess.org/training
That is really useful, I like assortments of puzzles like these. They keep my brain sharp.
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#8I've gone to chessacademy.com before to see if this existed and it didn't. Thankful it does now!
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#9Is there anything similar for Go?
Re: Learn to play chess online
#10Chess is relatively easy to learn, but incredibly difficult to master (especially if you're just starting out but are old enough to be reading HN). It can also be really addictive. Many have made it in to a complete obsession. Reminds me of math in some ways, for its depth, beauty, and difficulty.
I entered that obsession. Then I realized just how long it would really take me to even get decent and stopped. Now I simply respect chess from a distance.