24 Mar 09
Originally posted by menace71Among his claims are that he is a habitual cheater. If he plays here, and has even the faintest shred of honesty in his claims, he will be banned after five games.
I know I suck so I should not have anything to say but why doesn't this guy play somebody for all of his smack talk?
Manny
24 Mar 09
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Originally posted by cheater1Originally posted by cheater1
It has been made known to me that you all are waiting for SUBSTANCE from me about the great game of chess. What’s comical is that you have been getting it ALL along, but I’m afraid you all didn’t recognize it. Kinda like when you slip a pill in your dog’s food and he doesn’t even know he got medicated, but he did. So it has been with YOU.
Anyway, in resp d time again.
There you have it. My concise guide to becoming a better chess player. Happy?
First thing, buy the latest version of CHESSMASTER. I could end this topic right here, for there is nothing more to say.
Rocket science, let's move on...
Don’t waste your time and money with books. Students quickly become bored with tutoring books and lose their focus.
good point, there comes a time to get down to business. and get real..
Practicing with your friends (if they are equal in skill to you) is just as worthless because you need to get BEAT on a constant basis and enlightened why you got beat. A student will learn FAR FAR more by losing 20 games than they will by winning 20 games. Chessmaster is a visual TREAT for the senses.
excellent point, a thousand mile journey begins with the first step.
You simply cannot get tired of using this tool.
Given.
It is NOT, by far, the strongest chess program out there, but it IS, by far, the best tutoring program ever produced--even better than having ANAND sitting across from you teaching you one on one. You’ll never outplay the old CM and you'll never not understand what he's talking about.
That's some real good advice sir.
Second, understand opening theory.
again, an excellent point/idea.
Don’t get fancy. STICK to the book. These opening moves have been played out MILLIONS of times and stats kept of the best moves. Follow this link and MEMORIZE the TOP opening moves. Stick to them even if your opponent is playing random moves.
Very good advice.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/stats.htm
yes
There’s a lot of info there, but just below the ½ way point is the SUMMARY. Commit this to memory at all costs.
i'll see what i can do.
Now, what follows is my PERSONAL advice. It is not just rehashed advice from the countless other chess books, etc. It is GUARANTEED to make you win more than it will cost you a loss. It got me to 1900 USCF, and that‘s nothing to scoff at.
There you go.
1) ALWAYS attack the middle no matter what else is happening. IGNORE attacks on your flanks. NEVER defend….EVER!! The best chess masters were attackers. No one in the history of chess was remembered for their spectacular defensive play. ATTACK if you are being attacked. Attack the center and push forward even if your flanks are being decimated. Divide and conquer. Split the board, drive through your opponent’s heart, and force them to defend.
2) I forget the exact stat, but it’s something like 70% time, if you develop your bishops before your knights, you will LOSE. I NEVER touch a bishop until both knights are developed. EVER.
yeah, tis better to attack than to defend.
3) Resist the fianchetto. It is a defensive move and a weak one at that. The reason it is weak is because a good player KNOWS that once that bishop on the second rank is gone, your position becomes weaker than if your king hadn’t even castled. Oh, there are times that it must be done (because your slow deliberate play forces you to defend your king), but I have found, in watching millions of computer vs. computer matches, that the fianchetto is NOT played more often than it IS played. Hey, if FRITZ aint fianchettoing, neither should you.
4) Resist the king-side castle. Castling to the queen side is stronger. There is more breathing room on the queen side, more options, should you have to defend against an attacking player.
yeah i do like the breathing room part, sometimes it's necessary.
5) Devote the majority of time with your new CHESSMASTER program to ENDGAME THEORY. Understanding the endgame is the single most important step to becoming a better player. All parts of chess are important, but the endgame outweighs them all. A golf analogy is well. The endgame of chess is like putting in golf.
or something like that.
6) Train your memory. There are exercises to do to develop your memory. Find them and do them.
cheater. CHEATER.
7) Practice with a BETTER opponent than you are (preferably one of the hundreds on chessmaster). It’s like lifting weights. You aint ever gonna get stronger by benching 30 pounds for the next year.
duh any idiot that can move the pieces should know that one.
STRIVE TO LOSE. Yes, you heard right. Nothing teaches you more than getting your butt whooped up and down the board time after time. You’ll never get better if you play your little sister all day long and checkmate her in 12 moves time and time again.
yes be careful amazing, you can get better that way.
There you have it. My concise guide to becoming a better chess player. Happy?
thank you sire i will take it to heart.
24 Mar 09
Originally posted by cheater1*sigh*. Here's an idea. The next time this pratt starts a pointless thread, everyone ignore it. He's getting his ego massage from everyone arguing with him. He's just like a kid, craving the attention. Don't give it to him and he'll go away.
Somehow, just somehow, I knew it would degenerate into this. I've only been here a month and I can tell that most of you are young, haven't played chess for much more than a few years, and angry. I'd HONESTLY wager $10,000 of my worthless American dollars that I could checkmate ANYONE who has posted in this forum, in a OTB game of 40/120.
You people are ...[text shortened]... sand dollars that says NOT ONE PERSON that has posted in my topics can checkmate me OTB.
Just in case you missed the point:
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.
24 Mar 09
Originally posted by BigMickhe is here for entertaining, heck i even gave him a rec, how is that for feeding?😉
*sigh*. Here's an idea. The next time this pratt starts a pointless thread, everyone ignore it. He's getting his ego massage from everyone arguing with him. He's just like a kid, craving the attention. Don't give it to him and he'll go away.
Just in case you missed the point:
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.
24 Mar 09
Where would these forums be without trolls? Empty.
At least Cheater_1 writes his own drivel and makes an effort to offer substance. We've had trolls that only copy and paste, and others that answer every thread with a single brief line of senseless text, or a smiley.
Cheater_1 attempts to argue his misguided notions. It may seem like watching a quadriplegic play tennis, but ...
24 Mar 09
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Originally posted by cheater1Some of your advice isn't even internally consistent. For example, you say the following:
It has been made known to me that you all are waiting for SUBSTANCE from me about the great game of chess. What’s comical is that you have been getting it ALL along, but I’m afraid you all didn’t recognize it. Kinda like when you slip a pill in your dog’s food and he doesn’t even know he got medicated, but he did. So it has been with YOU.
Anyway, in resp d time again.
There you have it. My concise guide to becoming a better chess player. Happy?
"Ignore all attacks on your flanks. NEVER defned. EVER!!" (Capital letters in the original)
Later, you say this:
"There is more breathing room on the queen side, more options, should you have ot defend against an attacking player."
Which "advice" is the correct one? "Never defend", or always castle queen side "should you have to DEFEND?" (Caps added by me)
If you're going to give "advice", please at least make it consistent with itself.