Quite odd Subject line for a layman, but for a chess player 1. e4... means a lot. It kick starts the encyclopedia of chess openings inside the chess players mind, what move should I play next?
In my case, I have just started playing chess. After playing on the board with friends and against computer, and losing 90% of the time, I decided to buy a chess software with whom I can comfortably play, study, learn, improve, enjoy chess. I have always been fascinated by the way people play chess! I hardly remember a game I won. Also I hardly remember the moves I made in the game(I never recorded any moves/notations ever while playing with friends). But I do like the mind numbing challenge it posed every time I played chess.
Recently I came across a web-site that gave nice advice to the beginners. It said that chess stands on basic four pillars.
1) Inspiration
2) Experience
3) Analysis
4) Memory
The website did not give any order to the pillars, I have just arranged them in the logical order, I felt right.
The first step to be a good chess player is the right inspiration. One should not feel disheartened after the very first game of chess ever played in life. The inspiration keeps the engine running and it makes you keep playing chess irrespective of the outcome of the game.
From playing a few game of chess with stronger opponents, you gain some experience. Good or bad is not the question. Here, you also come to know about the theory of chess openings from various resources like internet, books, DVDs, etc. This experience helps you in gaining correct analysis in future game plays.
Sound experience from playing hundreds of games, gives you a fair Idea of your own style of the game. You start analysing each move before playing. You start playing more tactical or positional moves and your analysis keeps on improving and you keep gaining more experience. Also you start getting familiar with the positions and piece layout of the board and it gets memorised.
Memorised games/positions are more like a weapon which a person starts using whenever they find a familiar pattern on the board.
With all the four pillars one can remarkably improve ones chess. So lets see now that the journey has begun, I'd like to see where the road leads to!
In my case, I have just started playing chess. After playing on the board with friends and against computer, and losing 90% of the time, I decided to buy a chess software with whom I can comfortably play, study, learn, improve, enjoy chess. I have always been fascinated by the way people play chess! I hardly remember a game I won. Also I hardly remember the moves I made in the game(I never recorded any moves/notations ever while playing with friends). But I do like the mind numbing challenge it posed every time I played chess.
Recently I came across a web-site that gave nice advice to the beginners. It said that chess stands on basic four pillars.
1) Inspiration
2) Experience
3) Analysis
4) Memory
The website did not give any order to the pillars, I have just arranged them in the logical order, I felt right.
The first step to be a good chess player is the right inspiration. One should not feel disheartened after the very first game of chess ever played in life. The inspiration keeps the engine running and it makes you keep playing chess irrespective of the outcome of the game.
From playing a few game of chess with stronger opponents, you gain some experience. Good or bad is not the question. Here, you also come to know about the theory of chess openings from various resources like internet, books, DVDs, etc. This experience helps you in gaining correct analysis in future game plays.
Sound experience from playing hundreds of games, gives you a fair Idea of your own style of the game. You start analysing each move before playing. You start playing more tactical or positional moves and your analysis keeps on improving and you keep gaining more experience. Also you start getting familiar with the positions and piece layout of the board and it gets memorised.
Memorised games/positions are more like a weapon which a person starts using whenever they find a familiar pattern on the board.
With all the four pillars one can remarkably improve ones chess. So lets see now that the journey has begun, I'd like to see where the road leads to!
