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- - By Dark_wizzie (**) [us] Date 2011-11-12 12:16
Hi! My rating is only about 1050, and I'd like to increase that. Can someone suggest a GOOD website that talks about opening, middlegame, and end game, without it being too complex or too simple? Some sites only offer advice like "look at the whole board"... USELESS! I know a little bit about positional play, and I'd like to further my education on that...

Of course, the site must have quite a bit of info, else I'd been searching for a new site.

Thank you.
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-12 12:46
There are a million websites for what you are looking for!   If you are willing to pay for membership, chess.com is a good site and has it all.    At 1050, you need to work on your tactics and play LOTS of games and then analyze each game for your mistakes.   Tactics sites are ideachess, chesstempo, chess tactics server, chess.com tactics trainer, etc.   Looks like chessok has put out some of their educational courses on the website for a yearly or monthly membership.   Some of their courses are excellent.    Chessimo is also excellent (not a website, but software) and will no doubt improve your chess.   Join a chess club if you can, learn from the better players.  

"look at the whole board" is not useless by the way!   You'll learn that fast next time some one's fianchettoed bishop comes crashing down on your castled king or your unprotected rook.    Good luck and enjoy the journey.
Parent - By Dark_wizzie (**) [us] Date 2011-11-13 01:07
Thanks for the suggestion. As you said, there are millions of websites, and I'm looking for one that does not require payment of money. I play on Chess.com for free, and I've played a good 500 games already, with an additional 200 in bullet.
Parent - - By topschach.de (**) Date 2011-11-14 07:45
http://www.chess.com
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-15 20:59
Recently my son got a couple of hundred dollars worth of itunes gift certificates so like any good dad, I am going to use some of the money for my own pleasure!   Any suggestions for tactics/chess puzzles download for IPAD?   I just wanna be able to do some puzzles while I am taking a walk, etc.   I spent about 2 minutes browsing through the app store, but I'd like to hear your opinions.  Thank you.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-15 21:04
if you want have a good collection of chess positions,download 'shredder' chess for IPAD...it comes with 1000 puzzles/positions to be solved,and acces to online endgame nalimov tablebases (6 complete tablebases)
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-15 22:03
Thanks a lot Barnard for your advice.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-15 22:19
You are wellcome
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-16 00:08
I just spent an hour looking at all the itunes store chess apps, the very last one listed is called "tactic trainer", 20 thousand problems, 2.99$ and there were about 5 or 6 other tactics/checkmates apps, enough stuff to keep me busy for a few life times.   I'll download the "e+chess" too, maybe I can read a chess book or two on it.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 00:20
I havent an IPAD...i told you that 'shredder' has 1000 built in puzzles/positions,because i has it in my iPhone,and at the IPAD is the same,but i cant help you more since i havent one,im sorry
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-16 00:51
Barnard,

mi ultimo "post" fue un post general, no especificamente dirigido a usted, yo lo deberia haber puesto de otra manera....gracias otra vez por la informacion sobre shredder.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 00:57
you speak spanish,or you used a translator?

you post it,but you post answering to my post telling 'you are wellcome',so it appeared to me like you answered to me,that is why answered you again,just trying to help you

in all the cases,dont worry,a missunderstood

regards
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-16 01:00
It was my fault, sorry.   I do speak Spanish.   Have a good one.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 01:05
good!is rare find people from USA who speak Spanish...my english is very rusty,i dont speak it since i was at school(19 years ago)
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-16 04:43
lol....your English is quite good....I live in California, and here English happens to be our second language (Spanish is first:lol:)
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 04:48
in that case,i love California!speaking spanish at first language... :lol:

una pregunta,pero en español,que tanto pensar en ingles me mata a las neuronas...eres medico,o solo lo pusiste en tu nick sin serlo?
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-16 05:04
si soy, medico de emergencia...usted es mexicano?  estudie dos anos con los Tecos (UAG) de Guadalajara....usted a que se dedica Barnard?
Parent - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 05:12
no,no soy mexicano,soy español...ahora desempleado(unemployed),antes trabajaba conduciendo un trailer(truck driver)...el nick de Barnard lo elegi porque fue el primer cirujano en realizar un transplante de corazon en humanos
Parent - - By Labyrinth (****) [us] Date 2011-11-16 10:13

>is rare find people from USA who speak Spanish


I'm in Southern Arizona. I found this statement extremely absurd :-)
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-16 21:06
i never explained well,my fault...i mean people from USA who was born in USA,not inmigrants or son's of inmigrants
Parent - - By Labyrinth (****) [us] Date 2011-11-17 01:56
Still :-)
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-17 01:59
yes,still...maybe at some areas people speaks Spanish,but generally in USA people doesnt speak it
Parent - - By Banned for Life (Gold) Date 2011-11-18 10:01
People in the US are not very good with second languages (mainly because we're lazy and many people all over the world speak English), but Spanish is the most important second language here for two reasons. First, because we have a large number of first generation immigrants living in the US who speak Spanish and not English (more than ten million), and second because it's important when dealing with most of the countries in Central and South America, and in the Caribbean.
Parent - - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-18 21:47
i cant understand how people goes to live to some countries,has kids,and dnt tech the language that is spoken in that country to their kids...is for that reason why is strange for me why is strange that there are people living from generations in USA that doesnt speak english

and about dealing people in central and south america,yes,i must agree is interesting speak Spanish
Parent - - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-18 23:13
We live in this country (USA) and believe me that there are a lot of things that we don't understand ourselves, for example why our government keeps spending more and more money when we don't have the money!   I have personally given up trying to figure things out.
Parent - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-19 02:22
porque la cuestión no es ser los primeros y mas poderosos,sino demostrarlo,y cuanto mas ostentosamente,mejor...
Según sus razonamientos,de que valdría tener(y es solo un ejemplo)la mejor colección de arte si no la enseñas y te alaban??o de que valdría tener el misil mas mortífero si el enemigo no lo sabe y por no saberlo no esta atemorizado?...los americanos viven de una manera ostentosa en todos los sentidos,y aunque no tengan dinero,gastan el poco que tienen en aparentar tenerlo....esto que digo va en general,pero en especial para todos los políticos americanos
Parent - - By Labyrinth (****) [us] Date 2011-11-18 23:31

>i cant understand how people goes to live to some countries,has kids,and dnt tech the language that is spoken in that country to their kids..


Maybe because their parents barely know it themselves. No idea.

At my high school there was a large group of students that spoke almost no English, only Spanish.

The sad thing was that when I was in a Spanish language class we once visited the E.S.L. (English Second Language) class as an activity and we were going to sing songs in the other's language. We actually did a much better job with their Spanish songs than they did with our English ones :-(
Parent - - By Banned for Life (Gold) Date 2011-11-19 00:49
Was the ESL class anything like this? :smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqlfMP-klM
Parent - By Labyrinth (****) [us] Date 2011-11-19 01:52
lol probably

The students were trying to sing but didn't really know the words and even tried to pretend they did, you know how that sounds :-)
Parent - By Barnard (Bronze) Date 2011-11-19 02:35
if their parents went to an strange countey,they must leanrt this language...of course,they will never have a fluent english,but their kids will speak a perfect english,unless some stupid parents that preffer 'remember' to his kids where came their ancestors,and what language they used,and make that kids use that language instead of english,creating ghettos into the cities...that is sad,very sad...instead
- By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-11-19 23:35
I don't know if anybody here caught the Carlsen-Gelfand game from a couple of days ago.   Lot of the commentators seem to be praising it.
- - By Homayoun_Sohrabi_M.D. (***) [us] Date 2011-12-09 20:08
I came across a new really fun puzzle website, chessity.com, if any of u guys try it, let me know what u think.
Parent - By irulats (****) [ie] Date 2011-12-09 23:58
Yes, it's quite good. I like the way it fails you when you make an illegal move (ie move into check or whatever). :smile:
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