I have decided to take part in another tournament. I paid $65 for the first one, including all the necessary memberships, so I figure that I should at least try to get my money's worth out of the USCF and the NSCA! The upcoming tourney is the weekend of March 24th, giving me almost 3 weeks to get ready. I have posted up a question on the Chess Exchange Forum and already gotten some good feedback.
In preparation, I'm going to load up my ChessMaster 9000 disk on my laptop and try to go through the tactical puzzles everyday. I am also going to get at least three 10 minuet games a day on the Playchess and I have upped my game load on ChessWorld to 24 games. I am still working my way through "The Complete Idiots Guide to Chess", but in a more casual way than I'm planning on pursuing games. I get a lot from reading, but I feel I really need the practice of more games to put what I'm learning to use.
The major drawback from all this practice is I will have to sacrifice some sleep. Working third shift, I have gotten used to taking a nap from about 8:30 to 10:30. But this is the time that I will be on PlayChess. Ahh the sacrifices of seeking success! I'll let you know how everything is going soon!
L8R
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Hi, a bit of advice from a fellow beginner. It's much better to play one longer game than three shorter games. You learn much more by really thinking move by move.
Dean
Hi Dean. Thanks for the suggestion. I have considered playing longer games, but they can be hard to come by on the net. And unfortunately the net is the only place that I can get regular games. We do have a bunch of guys that meet on Saturday nights, but between juggling work, kids and sleep, I can only make it about every two or three weeks. Still, I will defiantly try to get in more longer games!
Yes I understand what you mean. There are some good articles called Novice Nook at Chess Cafe by Dan Heisman at http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Novice%20Nook which helped me a lot. Also http://www.chesstactics.org/.
I can usually get longer games on fics http://www.freechess.org/. It's easy if you use the Babaschess interface http://www.babaschess.net/.
Dean
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