if so, might you have a recommendation on websites where a complete neophyte could learn the game, and play against people online who are at varying levels of proficiency? i'm considering starting college at the age of 45,and i'm thinking that chess might be a good tool to retrain my mind to focus, i've been out of school a long time and i am thinking any litle edge might help me succeed in what is going to undoubtedly be a long uphill battle to remain focused long enough to get my degree.
does anyone here play chess?
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if so, might you have a recommendation on websites where a complete neophyte could learn the game, and play against people online who are at varying levels of proficiency? i'm considering starting college at the age of 45,and i'm thinking that chess might be a good tool to retrain my mind to focus, i've been out of school a long time and i am thinking any litle edge might help me succeed in what is going to undoubtedly be a long uphill battle to remain focused long enough to get my degree.
Here are some sites to get you started:
http://www.chess.com/
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html
Let me encourage you to pursue your plans to attend college! You are never too old.
http://www.chess.com/
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html
Let me encourage you to pursue your plans to attend college! You are never too old.
mroyal98
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You can buy a computer chess game for under $10 and build up your skills before facing a human.
More of a learning environment and you can take back your move.
More of a learning environment and you can take back your move.
you wont learn by taking back moves...........its a bad habit to get into and you will not be able to take back moves when playing against a human opponet.
look at the possibilities before moving.......only then should you make your best move
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My best friend is an airline pilot. He frequently overnights with us between trips and we play chess. Never play a pilot. He is used to thinking eight moves ahead at 500 knots. If I feed him enough brandy once in a while I get lucky and slip a move by him but not often. I am pretty good and losing graciously...since I get a lot of practice.
Photog
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Try Timeforchess.com. ALL levels of play, and thousands of people to play against from all over the world. I joined about a month and a half ago and have played about 10 games. You can have up to 5 (I think) games going at one time and it is totally free. Let me know if you join and we can have a match!
mroyal98
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I appreciate your point and don't entirely disagree. However,
People learn in different ways. A beginner won't recognize the various opportunities and an entire game can be lost by one mistake. This frustration may cause them to abandon the game.
For a novice in a new forest, it is often useful to journey out in small trips and return to the various forks in the trail. An experienced woodsman will recognize subtle hints in the flora and fauna and not be tempted by, say, the sound of a waterfall. This experience was gained by trial and error/reward.
rewster
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red14
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You are all right.
A computer game works, and has many levels. A great way to learn. But, you can beat high levels and still lose to a mediocre human.
I learned more about chess in 2 months, in Miami, when I was 12, than any other time. I played this old guy over a hundred games. Never beat him, but boy did I learn. I came back to my home town, and was amazed at people I beat.
Chess is like life, you have to play to learn!
A computer game works, and has many levels. A great way to learn. But, you can beat high levels and still lose to a mediocre human.
I learned more about chess in 2 months, in Miami, when I was 12, than any other time. I played this old guy over a hundred games. Never beat him, but boy did I learn. I came back to my home town, and was amazed at people I beat.
Chess is like life, you have to play to learn!
mroyal98
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Absolutely!! Challenging another human mind-to-mind in whatever game is an art unto itself.
29aholic
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Never played online just on the board
However, I have started college late in life (not quite as late as you) and I can tell you I dont think you'll have a problem focusing. School probably means more to you now than when you were a teen. It did me. I went from a 1.79 HS GPA to a 3.7 College GPA through grad school with a Master's of Accounting.
However, I have started college late in life (not quite as late as you) and I can tell you I dont think you'll have a problem focusing. School probably means more to you now than when you were a teen. It did me. I went from a 1.79 HS GPA to a 3.7 College GPA through grad school with a Master's of Accounting.
If you are going to college for the first time at 45, my suggestion is to get back into practice on math. From teaching a lot of returning adult students at the local JC, I've seen more frustrated people that just can't remember anything about their high school math, and have to start with remedial math (basically, non-credit arithmetic).
Wouldn't hurt to review basic English either.
If you can get through College Algebra and Freshman English, you'll be on track.
Wouldn't hurt to review basic English either.
If you can get through College Algebra and Freshman English, you'll be on track.
photocosmo
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NEVER take back a move! What-If's and woulda-shoulda-coulda is for Democrats and what-ever! One should either play another human face-to-face; accepting the consequences or read a book about some other stuff. Find a real person to play and-or learn the game with, I think you'll be glad you did!
P.S. I predict that you will kick butt on everyone else there simply because you are MOTIVATED!
P.S. I predict that you will kick butt on everyone else there simply because you are MOTIVATED!
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