On 29 nov, 12:49, David Richerby
wrote:
KDP wrote:
i've always enjoyed playing chess, even though i was never really
good at it. i bought some books and read posts here and articles
about strategy, and now it seems to being paying off in the sense
that i'm now winning more than i lose.

Excellent. Given your remarks, I'd say that the road to improvement
is the simple trio of tactics, tactics and tactics. My guess is that,
if you run some of your games through a computer, you'll find that in
every single game, either you or your opponent missed a tactical
chance to win material -- and it's *much* easier to play good
strategic chess when you're a piece or even a pawn up! :-)

Somebody one one of these groups mentioned the tactics server at

http://www.snufflenose.com/ats/

and I rather like it. (Thanks, whoever you are!)

Another good place to look for advice is Dan Heisman's _Novice Nook_
column at

http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/ar...#Novice%20Nook

It's well worth reading, even if you don't class yourself as a novice.

Dave.

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Two other links to sites that contain chess lesosns are http://www.chesstactics.org/
and http://chessteacher.110mb.com/