Chess thread

so I'd like to get better at chess.
What are some good beginner books?
how useful are those exercises on chess apps?

Joining a club is how I learned, I was in one back in school and the teacher was really helpful.

>>51273788

Last evening, I played two fucking psychotic games. I haven't gotten a chance to analyze either, but hoo boy, they were wild.


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 { E61 King's Indian Defense: 3.Nc3 } c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. f4 exd5 7. exd5 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. f5 gxf5 16. b3 Ng6 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qxb3 19. Rab1 Qxc4 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Rc7 Rb3 22. Bg5 Qxc3 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qd7 Re2 25. Ng5 Rbb2 26. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 { B90 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf, Lipnitsky Attack } b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Be3 e6 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Nxe4 12. Nd5 Qc6 13. Bb6 Nf6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Ba5 Ra7 16. Bxf7 Qxg2 17. Be6+ Ke7 18. Ng3 Bf3 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Bb6 Rb7 { Black wins on time. } 0-1

>>51274850
Hey look i suck at chess and somebody posted a game
lets look at it so i can git gud
.....what is that jumbled fucking mess
first move d4? King indian? Bd3? WTF

>>51275233

It's expressed in Algebraic notation. Picture a chessboard; the bottom left square from where the white player sits is a1. As you go up towards the black pieces, the numbers increase; a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, etc. As you go left to right, the letters go down the alphabet; a1, b1, c1, d1, et, etc. By the letter and number combination, you now have a location for every square on the chessboard.

Pointing out a square means that a piece or a pawn moved there. If there is no capital letter prefix, it indicates a pawn move. If there is, you have a list as follows

N=Knight
B=Bishop
R=Rook
Q=Queen
K=King.

So say, Kd6 means that someone moved their king do the d6 square, which is two squares in front of where the black queen starts.

It takes a bit of getting used to, but learning some form of chess notation is almost necessary to really analyze a game, since it gives you a tool to record what happened.

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>>51275684
Like this

>>51275843

Precisely

>>51274850
what did he mean by this?

>>51275233
>>51276058
If you want an easy way to view the game by notation, just use a PGN viewer like the one on chess.com. You can copy/paste that anon's stuff he posted.

>>51274850
First game was ridiculous OP. Lots of tense play on both of your backlines. You would've been toast if your pawn structure in the first game wasn't gucci.

Op here
Anyone know any good apps so I can play on the go?

>>51276173

Actually, looking at it now in the morning, I think I was toast.

After 25. Ng5, instead of playing Rbb2, if he plays Qf2+, I think I'm busted.

I can't ignore it, of course, as he has both Qxg2# and Qxf1# if I retreat the king, taking with the rook loses:

26 Rxf2, Rb1+
27 Rf1, Bd4+

And that's that.

>>51276284

So you're saying that you suck.

YOU SUCK!

>>51276536
Be nice Anon were all friends here.

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Cool chess boards?