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Study Plan For Beginners: Bringing It All Together!
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Put your skills into practice, and use everything you've learned to win chess games! Tasks: Build your concentration and focus. Watch videos lectures on practical thinking. Learn the ...
Study Plan For Beginners: The Endgame!
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Arrive at your final chess destination with the knowledge you need to win! Tasks: Learn the essential principles of the endgame. Master the basic checkmates of the endgame. Learn the fundame...
Chess Strategy | Study Plan For Beginners
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Learn to develop long-term, strategic plans and outplay your opponents! Tasks: Improve your piece play. Learn the basics of pawn play. Learn to make a plan. Keep your king safe. Lea...
Study Plan For Beginners: Tactics!
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Tactics, tactics and more tactics! Learn what it takes to win using tactics! Tasks: Learn to recognize common tactical patterns. Identify tactics in your games. Do 20-30 minutes of tactics t...
Chess For Beginners | Study Plan: The Opening
Every master was once a beginner. That is why Grandmaster Sam Shankland has prepared this detailed guide to help you make your first steps in the chess world. Check out the steps and resources and start your path to mastery. Target Skill...
Study Plan: Beyond The Basics!
Learning chess can seem like an easy activity. However, you can find yourself lost among all the teaching materials. So as this situation does not happen, we have prepared you a structured list of steps to improve your level. Target Skill Range...
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How to Properly Publish a Post
Publishing a quality piece of content is like preparing a good meal - it requires careful attention at each step. You must plan, prepare, execute, and serve with an eye toward the final meal. You don't want to serve junk food on fine china, nor do...
Site Playing Rules: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Chess.com Guide to Computer Settings and Maintenance
Most people don't know how to configure and maintain their computers. And that's OK... until something goes wrong and you want it fixed, and NOW! Trust us - we get dozens of bug reports and problem emails every day, and 90% of them are user-error,...
Chess Ratings - How They Work
Like it or not, we ALL have a chess rating. You may not care at all about your rating, or you may be whining every time it goes down in the slightest. You might be someone who plays a game a year, or someone who plays 1,000 a day. Still, there is ...
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How to use the Chess.com Diagram Editor
Chess.com has amazing tools so you, our members, can contribute to the site in meaningful ways. One of these tools is the Diagram Editor, a feature that will let you easily insert chess diagrams to almost anything on Chess.com—articles, your...