Comments for Begin Chess http://www.beginchess.com Chess for Beginners Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Contact by Sandor (Chessbumbus) http://www.beginchess.com/contact/#comment-20913 Sandor (Chessbumbus) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/contact/#comment-20913 Hi Chessfriend! You have a nice chessblog here! Congratulations! I offering you a link exchange - if you accepting it. My chessblog: Chessgambiter http://www.chessgambiter.blogspot.com/ Welcome to visit! Your site - ajedrez365 - already listed on my blog as: Chess sites I read... Keep on the good work and looking forward for the link exchange on your site as well - if possible. Thanks and regards, Chessgambiter Mail: chessbumbus@gmail.com Hi Chessfriend!

You have a nice chessblog here! Congratulations!
I offering you a link exchange - if you accepting it.

My chessblog:
Chessgambiter
http://www.chessgambiter.blogspot.com/
Welcome to visit!

Your site - ajedrez365 - already listed on my blog as:
Chess sites I read…

Keep on the good work and looking forward for the link exchange on your site as well - if possible.

Thanks and regards,

Chessgambiter
Mail: chessbumbus@gmail.com

]]> Comment on Why Our Chess Does Not Improve by Blue Devil Knight http://www.beginchess.com/2008/08/17/why-our-chess-doesnot-improve/#comment-20876 Blue Devil Knight Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:34:01 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=179#comment-20876 I certainly sympathize. I often know more about chess than the people that kick my butt over the board. It is frustrating. Your approach seems quite sound, and I wish you luck. Slow games with postmortems and thought process are probably essential. Getting a coach helped me push through a plateau. His nagging voice in my head during games was quite helpful. I certainly sympathize. I often know more about chess than the people that kick my butt over the board. It is frustrating. Your approach seems quite sound, and I wish you luck. Slow games with postmortems and thought process are probably essential.

Getting a coach helped me push through a plateau. His nagging voice in my head during games was quite helpful.

]]> Comment on My Chess Education by john l http://www.beginchess.com/2006/09/22/my-chess-education/#comment-20776 john l Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:08:55 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2006/09/22/my-chess-education/#comment-20776 good luck on your journey,if your like me and have a real passion for the game you are sure to suceed. good luck on your journey,if your like me and have a real passion for the game you are sure to suceed.

]]> Comment on Why Our Chess Does Not Improve by Having Trouble Improving At Chess? « Chesspark.com http://www.beginchess.com/2008/08/17/why-our-chess-doesnot-improve/#comment-20767 Having Trouble Improving At Chess? « Chesspark.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:55:47 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=179#comment-20767 [...] concentrating on improving chess performance.  Chessbuzz over at the Begin Chess blog laments the decline of his rating: I selected several of my latest games and anlayzed them looking for the reason I lost the game, [...] [...] concentrating on improving chess performance.  Chessbuzz over at the Begin Chess blog laments the decline of his rating: I selected several of my latest games and anlayzed them looking for the reason I lost the game, [...]

]]> Comment on Why Our Chess Does Not Improve by beginchess http://www.beginchess.com/2008/08/17/why-our-chess-doesnot-improve/#comment-20766 beginchess Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:47:43 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=179#comment-20766 Dean: I think you are on the right track. Keeping our pieces safe is the surest path to improving our performance. Dean: I think you are on the right track. Keeping our pieces safe is the surest path to improving our performance.

]]> Comment on Why Our Chess Does Not Improve by kaguvkov http://www.beginchess.com/2008/08/17/why-our-chess-doesnot-improve/#comment-20765 kaguvkov Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:10:24 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=179#comment-20765 HI, Would you mind if we exchange links in our chess blogs? I will your link in my blog and also my link in your blog. Just take a visit in my chess blog and inform me if its okay for you. Thank you so much. Regards, Borislav Kaguvkov HI, Would you mind if we exchange links in our chess blogs? I will your link in my blog and also my link in your blog. Just take a visit in my chess blog and inform me if its okay for you. Thank you so much.

Regards,

Borislav Kaguvkov

]]> Comment on Why Our Chess Does Not Improve by Dean http://www.beginchess.com/2008/08/17/why-our-chess-doesnot-improve/#comment-20764 Dean Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:42:20 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=179#comment-20764 Good luck with your plan, I think a lot of us will sympathise with your comments. I found that I improved my game over the last few months by being able to concentrate and fully analyse every move, making less of the blunders that decide most of our games. This gave me the confidence to calculate deeper and not panic when something unexpected happens. Let us know how it goes. Dean Good luck with your plan, I think a lot of us will sympathise with your comments. I found that I improved my game over the last few months by being able to concentrate and fully analyse every move, making less of the blunders that decide most of our games. This gave me the confidence to calculate deeper and not panic when something unexpected happens. Let us know how it goes. Dean

]]> Comment on Faulty Thought Process: Wishful Thinking by Blue Devil Knight http://www.beginchess.com/2008/03/13/faulty-thought-process-wishful-thinking/#comment-20401 Blue Devil Knight Sat, 03 May 2008 04:11:53 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2008/03/13/faulty-thought-process-wishful-thinking/#comment-20401 Great stuff, hell I didn't even need to write up stuff on <a href="http://chessconfessions.blogspot.com/2008/04/hypothesis-and-procedure.html" rel="nofollow">confirmation bias</a> in amateurs! This says it all in much more digestible form. Great stuff, hell I didn’t even need to write up stuff on confirmation bias in amateurs! This says it all in much more digestible form.

]]> Comment on Faulty Thought Process: Missing the Obvious by Blue Devil Knight http://www.beginchess.com/2008/04/26/faulty-thought-process-missing-the-obvious/#comment-20399 Blue Devil Knight Fri, 02 May 2008 22:05:15 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=171#comment-20399 This is a good topic, and I like Heisman's criteria, which I steal. His book 'Elements of positional evaluation' is a very interesting book-length treatise on the topic with some cool iconoclastic ideas (e.g., that material and space are 'pseudofactors', reducible to activity). In theory, I think he is right, but in practice I think he is wrong. I have a few pages on evaluation in my thought process document, in PDF <a href="http://kingassassins.50webs.com/CP.3.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It starts on page 9. Also, starting on page 4 I describe in some detail my approach to evaluating a position to come up with plans. It discusses in a bit of detail the relationship between plans, candidate moves, and board evaluation. In particular, I am very happy with the way I found to break down 'piece activity,' breaking down the different ways the term is used when discussed by the pros. This is a good topic, and I like Heisman’s criteria, which I steal. His book ‘Elements of positional evaluation’ is a very interesting book-length treatise on the topic with some cool iconoclastic ideas (e.g., that material and space are ‘pseudofactors’, reducible to activity). In theory, I think he is right, but in practice I think he is wrong.

I have a few pages on evaluation in my thought process document, in PDF here.

It starts on page 9. Also, starting on page 4 I describe in some detail my approach to evaluating a position to come up with plans. It discusses in a bit of detail the relationship between plans, candidate moves, and board evaluation.

In particular, I am very happy with the way I found to break down ‘piece activity,’ breaking down the different ways the term is used when discussed by the pros.

]]> Comment on Faulty Thought Process: Wishful Thinking by SilverKing http://www.beginchess.com/2008/03/13/faulty-thought-process-wishful-thinking/#comment-20351 SilverKing Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:43:04 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2008/03/13/faulty-thought-process-wishful-thinking/#comment-20351 This is good advice. I hate when I think that I have a winning combination and it blows up in my face. This is good advice. I hate when I think that I have a winning combination and it blows up in my face.

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