Greetings to all my fellow chess players and a big warm “hello” to all the would-be/future chess players of the world who’ve come across this blog. This will be a new chess blog series titled “Chess Noob”, and it will be geared primarily to beginning/novice players (both adults and children and possibly even parents of new chess players).
So what will a chess blog for novice players entail? “Chess Noob” will start out simple (the rules of the game, how to play, etc.) and work through everything you need to know to learn the game of chess or (if you already play) how to get better.
WARNING: This blog is not at all geared for intermediate or advanced players, so if you fit in one of those categories you may be very bored… However, since we’ll be working our way up we may eventually get into the intermediate work.
My goal with this blog is to get someone from the point of going “what’s chess?” to having them play at a level that they can do well in chess tournaments (although this blog alone won’t get you there, you’ll need to actually practice playing as well!) I won’t be turning anyone into a world champion with these blogs (as I’m nowhere near that advanced myself), but together we’ll coach you into someone that can, at the very least, beat all your friends (unless you’re friends with the Polgar sisters… then you’re on your own!)
I’ll be taking you through everything (literally) from the start. The first blog after this you see will be to tell you what the game actually is and it’s rules. After that we’ll talk about the pieces and how they move, a few openings, tactics (starting off simplistic and increasing in difficulty as we go), what to expect at chess tournaments, how ratings work and what they mean, how to help your chess-playing child improve their game while still having fun, and more topics (to be honest, I only know my plans for the first 10 or 12 topics so far… after that I’m going to just wing it).
So please, I invite you, bookmark this blog so you can come back every week to see what’s new to learn and let’s grow together as chess players. And if there are any topics you want me to cover, feel free to leave a comment telling me!
Have a topic you’d like me to cover or a question you’d like to ask? send me an e-mail at [email protected]
