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Using the Web to Dramatically Improve Your Chess Game

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How to Use the Web to Significantly Improve Your Chess Skills
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It is incredible to see the amount of chess resources that are available on the Web! Chess experts and chess beginners alike would agree that to ignore these resources and skill-building websites would be quite unwise.

But if you use search engine to try and find "chess strategies" or "chess tactics" on the Web, you can't help but ask questions. How do I find a beneficial chess strategy website? How can I be certain if a chess website is actually useful? If I want to buy a chess product, how can I choose the right one?

Well, don't worry! It's not all hopeless. What you're about to read is important information that will assist you in locating chess resources on the Web that work for you. If you're interested in greatly improving your chess game, read on.

The first thing to remember is to do a brief bit of examination on the creator of the text you are reading. What is their chess ranking? Are they a teacher? If so, how long have they been training? Are the students of this coach or trainer achieving victory in chess competitions? If none or little of this information is accessible, be careful. You've perhaps been told this already, but I'll say it again: don't trust everything you see on the Web!

Secondly, and before you purchase some product or start learning another person's chess strategies online, be sure and do a search on the Chess Exchange Forum http://www.chessexchange.com click "Search") for the resource that you're looking at. I have found the Chess Exchange Forum to be really useful. A huge number of talented players post their best strategies, methods, and pointers on this website, not to mention resource reviews as well. Again, you can't trust everything you read, meaning, even if someone posted it on an internet forum, it doesn't mean that it is 100% reliable. However, when the majority of forum posts have a positive opinion concerning the resource or author in question, you can normally trust the majority consensus. You can also click on the forum poster's profile (you can probably click on their username right next to their post) where they typically give their experience level, chess rating, and other information. This data can help you to evaluate the validity of their post. (You can open the Chess Exchange Forum by visiting my chess strategy website, http://www.chessvictory.com , scrolling down to the bottom of the page, and clicking the "Chess Strategies & Resources" link.)

This forum is also a fantastic site to see chess resources that may work for you. Ask any questions you want about chess strategy or chess-playing tips. The forum contributors are very generous with their time. They will often discuss your questions at length, providing in depth responses that you will not be able to find anywhere else (and it's free!).

Anyone would agree that the more you play chess, the better you get. My third piece of advice is to play chess online whenever you can! One of the number one places to play is the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS). Of course, you'll need to install a small program onto your computer, but the program is without charge and it's well worth it. With this program, you can play the game at a time that works best for youduring your break at work, right before you go to bed, or whenever else you may be free. Yes, studying is vital, but in order to better your game, you must actually play chess against real opponents! (Again, to quickly visit to the FICS, go to my chess strategy website, http://www.chessvictory.com . Scroll down and click on "Chess Strategies & Resources")

don't forget what I have informed you of previously about evaluating information that you read on the Web! Use those rules when you pick your chess coach. The Chess Exchange Forum is a good website to seek out and get in touch with prospective instructors. Some of them may even be members of the forum!|Tip number four: get a chess coach online! Visit http://www.google.com/ and search "chess coach" or "chess coaching", and you'll get loads of results. Most coaches charge you a fee, but it is completely worth it. These are chess experts who will evaluate your games (they typically give you a printed copy of the analysis) and reveal to you countless and priceless tips for how to improve

Finally, my fifth tip in using the Web to develop your chess experience is to download chess software. In addition to the FICS, there are certain pieces of chess software that are crucial to attain:

1. ChessBase. This awesome piece of software is basically the standard format for Web chess layouts. This is what people use! Just about everything associated with chess on the Web is being created in the ChessBase formatthat includes resources, tutorials, lessons, annotated games, and almost everything else that would take a pupil step-by-step through a chess game. This is a must-have for a chess student who wants to use the Web to develop his or her game. You can effortlessly install a free version of ChessBase of their website that gives you a large amount of options to use. If you want, the full version of ChessBase is also offered for download (it has more features). Remember, if you don't have this program, you won't be able to get access to too many chess resources that are available online. (To get ChessBase immediately, just go to my chess strategy website, http://www.chessvictory.com , and click on the "Chess Strategies & Resources" at the bottom of the page. A quick link to ChessBase is on that resources page.)

2. Second, a good-quality "chess engine" is very crucial for strengthening your game. What is a chess engine, you ask? A chess engine is what scrutinizes your game play. Chess engines keep track of all of your games, moves, and mistakes. Most chess engines use the common approach of going for all potential moves from a given position and then choosing the best one with the help of a search. (To get to a long list of great chess engines, visit my chess strategy website, http://www.chessvictory.com . Scroll to the bottom of that page, and clicking the "Chess Strategies & Resources" link.)
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Bio: Editor and publisher Chad Kimball has loved the game of chess for his whole life, and has published a number of online chess instruction courses. He has just brought a terrific resource to the Internet: "The Grandmaster Strategy Training Library." This 22 Volume Set of Training Videos includes Videos and 2,213 Pages of Winning Chess Strategies, and it's well worth the low low price that you get them for. These 22 videos allow you to confidently sit down at the chessboard, knowing that you are prepared with years of tested strategies that will allow you to conquer your opponent. Click here to see this exciting chess resource: visit his Chess Strategies site for more.

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