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How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by 29athrowaway »

mptest wrote: post #165
sph wrote: post #55

Great article. I got into chess recently, and I can only recommend the "Learn chess with Dr. Wolf" app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-chess-with-dr-wolf/id135... It's got a beautiful UI, and it's a conversational chess tutor that goes over the basics, tactics, advanced strategy and with whom you can play and will point out mistakes and blunders for later review. Perhaps it is too basic for anybody that has a fe…

Can anyone recommend a similar app/site for learning go? That one feels so hard to learn, but it is so fun. the games really feel like a conversation

Try Baduk Pop.

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by 29athrowaway »

What works with most mind sports:

Play few long games where you think your moves carefully, then review your games. Understand the key moves that defined the outcome of the game.

Review your games when you win, review your games when you lose.

Watch professional games, do problems, etc.

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by V-2 »

gwnywg wrote: post #149
grzaks wrote: post #92

My biggest frustration with chess online is the huge number of cheaters on platforms like chess.com and lichess. It really takes the whole fun away. I never really understood WHY people are cheating in online chess games. There is no fame, no money in it. This is puzzling for me. My frustration is that chess.com and lichess are extremely week at finding and banning cheaters. Sometimes is sooo obvious, when for exampl…

chess.com puts some effort in detecting cheaters. When I was active user I was receiving messages stating that such and such game was lost to cheater and my rating is updated to reflect that. Cheater detection sounds like very interesting problem

Cheating detection can only be achieved statistically (it's kind of like proving a random number generator isn't random).

It makes it easy to achieve great accuracy in the long run, but hard to be accurate in the short run, because you don't want false alarms. So 99.9% of cheaters may get banned after a few games, but since they keep on coming up (it's not hard to simply register another account, after all), the frustration they're causing is always going to be there.

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by prometheus76 »

thomasfromcdnjs wrote: post #130
mgaunard wrote: post #77

I like casual chess; as soon as it gets into blitz and studying openings and patterns I tend to lose interest, that sounds like work, not fun. It's like studying the meta instead of actually playing.

I love playing Scrabble (with people I know), still competitive, but try to play words you know and share the meanings after the game so it's fun and you learn. (Scrabble champions just memorize the spelling not the meaning) (They probably also know a lot of the meanings but my point still stands)

Qat

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by mratsim »

blastro wrote: post #233

I was introduced to chess in adulthood by a friend who taught chess in schools. His advice: play 2000 games without worrying about game play or outcome. Worked great for me.

We have the same advice in go. But it's lose your first 50 games as fast as possible.

https://senseis.xmp.net/?LoseYourFirst50GamesAsQuicklyAsPoss...

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by mratsim »

mptest wrote: post #165
sph wrote: post #55

Great article. I got into chess recently, and I can only recommend the "Learn chess with Dr. Wolf" app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-chess-with-dr-wolf/id135... It's got a beautiful UI, and it's a conversational chess tutor that goes over the basics, tactics, advanced strategy and with whom you can play and will point out mistakes and blunders for later review. Perhaps it is too basic for anybody that has a fe…

Can anyone recommend a similar app/site for learning go? That one feels so hard to learn, but it is so fun. the games really feel like a conversation

1. Play and have fun. You won't stick around if you don't. 2. Tsumegos, most important are the tesuji and life & death when beginning, opening/ending don't matter when a blunder kills half the board. See https://goproblems.com/

If looking for a book. Cho Chikun's life & death corner problems progress in a systematic manner from beginner to dan level.

Also https://senseis.xmp.net/?LoseYourFirst50GamesAsQuicklyAsPoss...

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by kirse »

mgaunard wrote: post #77

I like casual chess; as soon as it gets into blitz and studying openings and patterns I tend to lose interest, that sounds like work, not fun. It's like studying the meta instead of actually playing.

Bobby Fischer thought the same thing as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_random_chess

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by drivers99 »

gwnywg wrote: post #144
lovegrenoble wrote: post #51

Never watched the Queen's Gambit )

I stopped watching movies and series altogether a few years ago feeling I'm wasting time. Now I still waste time, but on other things :)

I'm basically the same way these days, but Queen's Gambit is a miniseries and really really good. Good value for the time.

Re: How to learn chess as an adult (2021)

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Post by tslocum »

_cje wrote: post #193
mgaunard wrote: post #77

I like casual chess; as soon as it gets into blitz and studying openings and patterns I tend to lose interest, that sounds like work, not fun. It's like studying the meta instead of actually playing.

I feel the same way, and it's what drove me to backgammon instead. Lots of fun, far less things to memorize to be competitive, and the dice make it exciting (and infuriating!).

Speaking of, if you are looking for a FOSS option for playing backgammon online, check out https://bgammon.org (my project, launched a few weeks ago)
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