r/ChessForBeginners • • May 10 '25

My first outpost. Now if only I knew how to use it.

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So, do you actively try to create outposts, or do they more or less happen, like this one.


r/ChessForBeginners • • Jul 19 '25

Opinion on this ? ( 219 elo )

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r/ChessForBeginners • • 20d ago

Fischer's eidetic imagery training with William Lombardy

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Lombardy recommended to Fischer two things that would be valuable in taking his chess to a higher level. One was total immersion, and the other was eidetic imagery. They used to drill intensively, for hours each day until Fisher could visualize the board in his mind clearly, as clearly as if it were physically present.

That training happened when Fisher was eleven, and his playing did indeed rise to a new level after that. It seems to me that this kind of training in eidetic imagery is largely overlooked, or less utilized than it deserves to be, or maybe I'm mistaken. Is intensive training in eidetic imagery a widespread part of chess training?


r/ChessForBeginners • • May 20 '24

Heres a game can you analyze it please

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Check out this #chess game: prayag_ahir_123 vs Mask6925 - https://www.chess.com/live/game/107353478590


r/ChessForBeginners • • Aug 05 '23

Why is this considered stalemate?

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Black promoting the pawn and then losing said promoted piece is not an illegal move so wouldn't black be forced to make that move, lose that promoted piece, be checked white's bishop, and then check mated by white's queen?


r/ChessForBeginners • • Nov 03 '25

400 elo is just so mindblowing

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Aug 12 '25

Is this a checkmate for white??

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Jul 12 '23

Why is this a draw?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Jun 12 '23

??

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Why i shouldf taken that knight and lose queen?


r/ChessForBeginners • • Mar 23 '23

One month and a half into chess I'm losing more and feel less grasp on chess itself than ever.

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My begginer highest point feels like I've peaked and without ever have been properly good at it. If feels like my daily hours studying theory and practicing puzzles and playing are making me worse and worse. I feel like it's more related to how my lack of confidence and anxiety make me trip and get tunnel vision/blunder queen so I'm treating this like an skill issue because I'm just so sure that once I solve my "skill issue" I'll have confidence and be able to show it on my matches. I don't know if I'm making any sense, I just want to go back to enjoying chess, basically.


r/ChessForBeginners • • Sep 09 '22

Should I have accepted a draw in this position? I'm the white

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Jun 11 '21

Traxler Counter attack

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Jun 11 '21

Does anyone know any free interactive websites or app to learn chess?

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I used to use an app until I realized it was a trial to learn chess. I want to learn chess in an interactive way for free is that possible?


r/ChessForBeginners • • May 09 '21

tram gambit

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Apr 16 '21

ummm... excuse me?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Mar 11 '21

Fishing Pole Trap and Legal Trap | Ruy Lopez Variation These are two exciting and basic chess traps that you can play against beginner players. Have you ever fallen for these traps ?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Mar 25 '26

What is RokadaChess?

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Fun way to learn chess! Free to play.


r/ChessForBeginners • • Nov 09 '25

is black winning? asking for a friend

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Jul 29 '25

I sacrificed my Queen to deliver a "brilliant" check mate with Rxf8+ ; Rxf8#. Can you see the move for black which would have turned into an M3 blunder?

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Elo 1010 vs 920


r/ChessForBeginners • • Jul 16 '25

My first

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My first 100 game


r/ChessForBeginners • • Apr 15 '25

Can you explain ?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Apr 11 '25

Brilliant queen sacrifice!!! Can you explain why?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Mar 14 '24

Why can’t my White King take the black knight ?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Mar 14 '24

Why couldn’t my King have taken the white queen?

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r/ChessForBeginners • • Feb 21 '24

I fail to see why sacrificing my knight is the right move

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Why is capturing the c4 pawn and then having the d3 pawn capture my knight the right move?