Friday, August 15, 2008

Old Chess Games

Every noob in chess dreams of being a better chess player. Same with me. When at home, i try to improve my game by playing on yahoo chess(though most of the time i end up chatting than thinking next move). But here in institute all the game servers are blocked.This makes it difficult for beginners like me to play and improve on it. There is a limit you can play with computer. There is one more way to improve on your game-by examining the games of different players. However, for beginners this is difficult to follow because at the start the notation d4c5 doesnot mean much. The decsription is dry and one has to sit with chess board to visualise it(at the starting stage). But not any more. Yesterday, i found a very goof chess site chessgames. This site let you observe the games played by great players. And the description is not in the dry chess notation. It uses some java viewer and you can see every move on the chess board which is more easy to follow. Have a look.