Play Chess Online

2006-04-09T19:01:00.000-07:00

The best book I've found to really teach you how to
win the game is Chess Success Secrets. This puts the
insider knowledge you need to know in one convenient,
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Play Chess Online

2006-04-09T19:00:00.000-07:00

The idea of people playing chess against computers
is very old -- going back at least to the 19th century.

The most famous matches were between reigning world
champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1996.
Deep Blue shocked the world by winning the first game,
but Kasparov was the match as a whole, 4 games to 2.

The next year, Kasparov played a somewhat improved
version called Deeper Blue -- and lost 3.5 to 2.5 games.

It's said that he did not play his best against the
computer.

And who can blame him?

Human beings are made of flesh and blood. They need to
rest, think and study -- and recover. They feel
emotions during a long tournament. They feel tension,
strain, they get psyched out by their competition.

Even worse, they can be psyched out by a machine that
can't experience psyche out itself.

Part of world championship tournament play is knowing
how to vary your openings and overall strategies so that
your opponent cannot predict your plan.

None of that stuff works against computers. They just
play the moves you make and they don't care whether you
opened the last game with Ruy Lopez or the Sicilian
Defense. They just react and play the game they calculate
as optimal. They're not trying to predict you anyway.

You can also check out my other chess blogs --

Internet Chess
Online Chess
Chess Games
Play Chess
Chess Sets
Chess Rules

Play Chess Online

Play Chess Online

2006-04-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

There're so many places to play chess online, that
it's not worth trying to list even the best. Since
it can take time to play this way, you can have
many simultaneous games going at one time, if you
wish.

Some sites online are hooked up with famous
grandmasters, some are there just to hook players
up with each other. Some are free, some are not

But you can get a terrific chess education, play
against people you'll probably never have a
chance to meet on the other side of the world,
and against people of higher ratings than your
local chess club -- and at all hours of the
day or night.

Play Chess Online

Play chess online

2006-03-28T13:56:00.000-08:00

Now that it's easy to play chess online, we can study and practice
the game at any hour of the day or night. There's always
somebody to play against.

I don't know about you, but it's not always convenient or
possible to hang out at my local chess club. And in the rest
of my life I'm just a chess nerd. Nobody else wants to play
it as much as I do.

I'm sure you can't get enough of playing chess online, to
improve your game.

And heck, these days it can be more than a hobby. Once
you're good enough, you can enter tournaments and make
some good extra money.

You're never too old to start. No matter what your rating is
now, you can raise it if you're willing to study the game
and just play chess online if you can't find the right
partners offline. You can get good fast if you have the
right book to help you.

The best chess help I've found is Chess Success Secrets,
which you can read more about by clicking here

It's the next best thing to cloning Garry Kasparov's brain and
transplanting it into your skull!

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Play Chess Online

2006-03-26T20:13:00.000-08:00

About how to play chess online.

Of course, to play chess online is not as easy as you first think.

That's because chess web sites must accomodate players from all
time zones all over the world. Your opponent may be on the other
side of the planet. You want to play in the evening. To them, it
is early morning.

Outside the developed world, many players do not have home computers.
They must play from computers at work or school, or in Internet
cafes. Therefore, they do not have the luxury of responding
right away.

It takes time to think out their move, then maybe more time before they
are online again to actually record their move. And you are sound
asleep or in a Chemistry class.

Unfortunately, under such circumstances it's difficult to be sure
that the other player is being honest.

Because you cannot see them, you can't know whether or not they
are consulting a book, some chess software or a buddy. I look
upon playing chess online as a learning experience, not as
an exact of determining my rating.

You do not have the ability to watch your opponent, as you do
in a regular game or chess tournament, when you can see their
face, register their body language, observe them as they smile
or frown on focus on their board.

But with over 300 places to play chess online, there are many
sites to check out. Some are free, some charge, and some
offer free services with a paid premium option.

Some of the sites require you to use some kind of software,
others don't.

Since it is so difficult to get together with someone and play
a game in real time, you can always play more than one game
at a time.

Or you can play blitz chess, where the time limits are much much
shorter. The games go very fast.

I think that to improve your chess game, you should alternate.
Play some games where you can take your time to think, study,
plan and strategize. To remember everything you're read about
how to play well.

Once you've internalised some chess strategies, play blitz to
force yourself to reinforce them in your brain by playing them
so fast you barely have time to think.

Then analyze those games and your mistakes -- study more, then
go play some more standard games to raise your playing level.

Of course, you can also play chess online against a computer
instead of a human being.

You can also check out my other chess blogs --
history of chess, chess theory pdf, and
Russian chess masters

Play chess online

2006-03-21T19:20:00.000-08:00

Play chess online

Hi, and welcome to this new play chess online blog. Over the weeks
and months to come I'll be putting up new information about
playing chess online.