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Unless I misunderstand, you are beginners?

Coming from someone who isn’t very good, but beyond beginner level:

Improving tactics is probably what would make the most difference in your play.

I like this site: https://www.chesstactics.org

Learning the general principles of openings and endgames would also be good. Strategy is interesting, but ultimately not impactful for beginners IMO.

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Canadian Thrust is a good one as is Sudan Surprise

U.S. FIRST STRIKE
USSR FIRST STRIKE
NATO / WARSAW PACT
FAR EAST STRATEGY
US USSR ESCALATION
MIDDLE EAST WAR
USSR CHINA ATTACK
INDIA PAKISTAN WAR
MEDITERRANEAN WAR
HONGKONG VARIANT
SEATO DECAPITATING
CUBAN PROVOCATION
ATLANTIC HEAVY
CUBAN PARAMILITARY
NICARAGUAN PREEMPTIVE
PACIFIC TERRITORIAL
BURMESE THEATERWIDE
TURKISH DECOY
ANGENTINA(SIC) ESCALATION
ICELAND MAXIMUM
ARABIAN THEATERWIDE
U.S. SUBVERSION
AUSTRALIAN MANEUVER
SUDAN SURPRISE
NATO TERRITORIAL
ZAIRE ALLIANCE
ICELAND INCIDENT
ENGLISH ESCALATION
MIDDLE EAST HEAVY
MEXICAN TAKEOVER
CHAD ALERT
SAUDI MANEUVER
AFRICAN TERRITORIAL
ETHIOPIAN ESCALATION
TURKISH HEAVY
NATO INCURSION
U.S. DEFENSE
CAMBODIAN HEAVY
PACT MEDIUM
ARCTIC MINIMAL
MEXICAN DOMESTIC
TAIWAN THEATERWIDE
PACIFIC MANEUVER
PORTUGAL REVOLUTION
ALBANIAN DECOY
PALESTINIAN LOCAL
MOROCCAN MINIMAL
BAVARIAN DIVERSITY
CZECH OPTION
FRENCH ALLIANCE
ARABIAN CLANDESTINE
GABON REBELLION
NORTHERN MAXIMUM
DANISH PARAMILITARY
SEATO TAKEOVER
HAWAIIAN ESCALATION
IRANIAN MANEUVER
NATO CONTAINMENT
SWISS INCIDENT
CUBAN MINIMAL
CHAD ALERT
ICELAND ESCALATION
VIETNAMESE RETALIATIO
SYRIAN PROVOCATION
LIBYAN LOCAL
GABON TAKEOVER
ROMANIAN WAR
MIDDLE EAST OFFENSIVE
DENMARK MASSIVE
CHILE CONFRONTATION
S.AFRICAN SUBVERSION
USSR ALERT
NICARAGUAN THRUST
GREENLAND DOMESTIC
ICELAND HEAVY
KENYA OPTION
PACIFIC DEFENSE
UGANDA MAXIMUM
THAI SUBVERSION
ROMANIAN STRIKE
PAKISTAN SOVEREIGNTY
AFGHAN MISDIRECTION
ETHIOPIAN LOCAL
ITALIAN TAKEOVER
VIETNAMESE INCIDENT
ENGLISH PREEMPTIVE
DENMARK ALTERNATE
THAI CONFRONTATION
TAIWAN SURPRISE
BRAZILIAN STRIKE
VENEZUELA SUDDEN
MAYLASIAN ALERT
ISREAL DISCRETIONARY
LIBYAN ACTION
PALISTINIAN TACTICAL
NATO ALTERNATE
CYPRESS MANEUVER
EGYPT MISDIRECTION
BANGLADESH THRUST
KENYA DEFENSE
BANGLADESH CONTAINMENT
VIETNAMESE STRIKE
ALBANIAN CONTAINMENT
GABON SURPRISE
IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY
VIETNAMESE SUDDEN
LEBANON INTERDICTION
TAIWAN DOMESTIC
ALGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY
ARABIAN STRIKE
ATLANTIC SUDDEN
MONGOLIAN THRUST
POLISH DECOY
ALASKAN DISCRETIONARY
CANADIAN THRUST
ARABIAN LIGHT
S.AFRICAN DOMESTIC
TUNISIAN INCIDENT
MALAYSIAN MANEUVER
JAMAICA DECOY
MALAYSIAN MINIMAL
RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY
CHAD OPTION
BANGLADESH WAR
BURMESE CONTAINMENT
ASIAN THEATERWIDE
BULGARIAN CLANDESTINE
GREENLAND INCURSION
EGYPT SURGICAL
CZECH HEAVY
TAIWAN CONFRONTATION
GREENLAND MAXIMUM
UGANDA OFFENSIVE
CASPIAN DEFENSE

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Unless I misunderstand, you are beginners?

Coming from someone who isn’t very good, but beyond beginner level:

Improving tactics is probably what would make the most difference in your play.

I like this site: https://www.chesstactics.org

Learning the general principles of openings and endgames would also be good. Strategy is interesting, but ultimately not impactful for beginners IMO.

Very cool. Thank you.
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Doesn't answer OP's question, but might be relevant to others reading. Doomlet learned the basics by playing No Stress Chess, a version of chess in which you draw from a deck of cards to determine which piece you must move. Makes for some strange setups eventually, but it removes much of the decisional paralysis that can overwhelm beginners, and really reinforces the way each piece moves. 

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There's a bunch of stuff on YouTube

GothamChess has a playlist of different openings that are short, 10 mins, which gives enough of a taste to get started. Funny watching him here where he is more buttoned up. After a few years of streaming he is more on the goofy personality side but he keeps things entertaining. He's also got a great series on guess the ELO.

 

Chessfactor has a lot of good material as well, which is more technical but not too dry.

 

If you want more glamor then the Boatez sisters can liven things up. Definitely more of a streamer personality channel but don't let the good looks fool you, they are solid players. I don't think they have too much training content but here is a clip with a solid list of beginner tips.

 

And for the grand daddy of chess channels you can check out agadmator which only does recaps for top level players. They are short 10-15 min vids. While it may be higher level, its easy enough to follow and helpful to see some of the top level tactics in action.

 

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On 12/14/2022 at 3:26 PM, tbone_ said:

Thanks for all of the responses.

Been working with an app called Dr Wolf which is pretty good.

How are you liking Dr. Wolf?

I started playing chess about a week ago. I mean I played maybe one or two games when I was a kid but never after that. But my son has been playing while he was off at college so I thought it would be a good thing for us to do together. Needless to say he totally kicks my ass right now.

So I downloaded Dr. Wolf and it's really good for education. I made it up to strong intermediate after about a week of using it but my gripe is that it seems to frequently (& intentionally) blunder its queen, which is not at all realistic. I understand it's for education purposes but I think a real human strong intermediate would wipe the board with me currently.

I think a membership to chess.com might be better or a complement to Dr. Wolf.

As for YouTube channels, this guy so far is my favorite. I saw this video last night and I thought it was awesome.

 

 

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On 9/30/2022 at 1:13 PM, tbone_ said:

Uh, who needs chess for that.

In all seriousness, my daughter and I play and just looking for ways to implement some strategy.

If daughter is a small child you could just make up rules that allow you to win.

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On 12/11/2022 at 9:22 PM, dimyh said:

If you want more glamor then the Boatez sisters can liven things up. Definitely more of a streamer personality channel but don't let the good looks fool you, they are solid players.

Here's some in-depth chess content from one of the Botez sisters.

 

 

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