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Re:Links for beginners - 2008/12/17 19:19
freechess.org is an interesting place to go to play, it's more visually enticing if you download a client. All free!
They have "Bots" that work through different games, the bots analyze different moves of different topics. I've only viewed a few, and they have all been entertaining. They're lecture style, and go for about 30-45 minutes. The bots are even kind enough to give you time to go get a drink or a snack before the lecture begins. They advertise themselves in the lobby.
There was an interesting game, where the guy who created the program got to play against a chess grandmaster (in which they concluded at a draw) and he went through the different possible lines after creating an interesting line of play with a pawn sacrifice, that stifled white's play. Although, probably none of that made too much sense... I just really suggest going there.
http://www.chessgames.com/
You can run through games by openings, players, dates, # of moves, etc, etc. You get to view games that renowned players have played. They're very interesting and contain a lot of good material. I've been visiting it to see different openings, I've been trying to work on e4 openings and responses to the variety of options that black has.
Anyway! That's my little contribution. Good thread though, I felt silly for going to chesskids.com, since I'm hopefully not considered a child anymore... but it was interesting.
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