I am the board 1 player for my school’s chess team and am looking for some chess software which will help me learn some more complicated openings. I would like a program which allows me to play against a computer, and also walks me through a large variety of different openings for both white and black. I would prefer free software, but if it is really good I would pay for it too.

Additionally, if anybody has additional suggestions on how to improve my game (besides reading opening books, they just don’t seem to help me much) please let me know in your answer.

Thanks.

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Most Common Chess Opening?

Most of the grandmaster used P4K or e2-e4 opening. Why P4K or E2-E4 is the most used opening in chess? I am always thinking about it when playing chess.

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Question by docreason: In Near vs Normal Chess, which side has the advantage?
You can find information on Near vs Normal Chess here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/35799

Initially I thought the Near Chess side would have no chance. However, it ended up initially being closer than I expected, running it on the computer and personally playing it against human opponents. I would likely give a slight edge to the Normal side, but I am not sure. Let’s say we follow all of normal chess rules, except the Near side changes things this way:
1. Near starts its pieces one row closer, but its pawns don’t get initial double move.
2. Near doesn’t castle.
3. Near can En Passant Normal’s pawns, but due to the limited movement of Near’s pawns, Normal can En Passant them.

In Near vs Normal one side (white or black) plays by normal chess rules, and the other by Near Chess rules, with unified rules exception noted.

So, anyone have any answer or speculation to which side has the advantage, or if it is dead even?
One more thing, for the sake of determining which side has an advantage, let’s sa:
Game is won on checkmate, and like in normal chess, pawns can promote to any piece, rather than ones that are captured.
People have expressed concerns about castling regarding Near. Castling is used to mobilize rooks and also get the king out of the line of fire. In Near formation, you can drop the rook and king back to accomplish the same thing. As I see it, the lack of castling is an issue here, but the King is not pinned.

Best answer:

Answer by nodoka30518
based on what I’ve seen and stuff I believe that near chess has more of an advantage but you have to be careful that you don’t let your opponent get the advantage of you. Other wise
110% Near chess

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Question by patriotism and politics dont mix: Have i been robbed and badly overcharged for paying 0 to purchase deep rybka 4 chess program?
I read lot of websites saying deep rybka is the strongest chess PC engine. I looked at the price and it was $ 130, which seemed quite heavy. In 2006, i purchased another chess program called “Chess Genius” and still costs only $ 27. It is 4 to 5 times less the price.

Anyhow I made chess genius play with deep rybka 4 on 2 separate computers, with the same time and depth constraints. I used “instant play” option on chess genius which means the engine will make a move in split second. And i used “fixed depth” of 1 on deep rybka 4 so that it too makes move in an instant (in less than a second).

With this, i was expecting deep rybka 4 to crush chess genius simply due to its price. However to my surprise the game ended in a draw after 78 moves. Deep rybka despite being $ 130 failed to overpower $ 27 chess genius at the “instant” move game.

So is deep rybka overpriced? Deep rybka has been defeated by human, but it never played world champion vishy anand or garry kasparov. Chess genius defeated kasparov twice (the first computer engine to ever defeat kasparov) and defeated vishy anand twice too, during the 1990′s.

So why is rybka $ 130, whereas chess genius only $ 27?

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Answer by Server Error
rybka is overpriced. i have both too. and when rybka defeats chess genius it is often after around 90 moves or near 100 moves (at the same depth and level). Doesn’t really convinces me for $ 130. Rybka says its ELO rating is 3200, whereas chess genius claims ELO rating of 2800. 2800 ELO = $ 27. 3200 ELO = $ 130. That is ridiculous.

That is 1 cent per ELO rating for chess genius. and about 4 cent per ELO rating for rybka. Sure rybka is stronger, but not by that much.

however at the instant play level chess genius is the toughest. nothing matches it and that’s its biggest strength. chess genius itself claims, “incredibly powerful play at instant move too”.

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i really need chess help asap?

Question by Mr. ???: i really need chess help asap?
ok i have to go to chess for community service. even tho i don’t want to be there i try my best and i am the best there not to brag. well that was until this 8 year old girl came and beat me every game. o did i mention i am 16, she is some sort of prodigy what can i do to win i already watch pro chess videos and practice on the computer but i still cant win . so i really need help

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Answer by Dagdiggan
Memorise popular opening sequences and responses. Go back over the last 15 or so years and look at all the World Championship games.

If she appears to know all the openers then try some really old ones – they all have flaws though. It’s the surprise element, if she’s that good, that may catch her out. I played a guy who was slapping me around every game, seemed to know all the openers and responses. I then tried something called The Steinitz Gambit (hasn’t been used in years) – shocked the hell out of him and I won the next few games. It’s now a 50/50 thing – he’s more wary of me and that’s half the battle….

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Question by samywu: A question for Yahoo!: why is Yahoo! Chess infested with bugs?
Bug # 1: The board sometimes resets randomly, forcing a player to leave and loose the game.
Bug # 2: No sound is played when a user enters or leaves a table resulting in Very long wait times for the guest (until the host realizes someone has entered their room)
Bug # 3: Anyone is able to host a table for an indefinite amount of time, resulting in a clutter of dead tables in the room, in which the host is away from his computer, and even longer wait times for anyone who wants to play.
Bug # 4: The “send to email” function does not work.

Bug # 5: And the reason I am posting this: While playing some guy, the board resets at a random; I leave the room, come back, and to my horror find my 1486 rating reset to 1100!

If you are aware of these problems -perhaps they are not exclusive to Yahoo! Chess, but happen also in other games-, please mark this question as interesting, that it may reach and hopefully be reviewed by Yahoo!
If you agree, Please mark the question Intresting, and do not just respond.
Rather that a question per se, this is more like a manifest, which can only be heard if enough people mark the question.

Best answer:

Answer by nascarkpd
maybe it’s because so mamy people are on it its servers might be down.

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Who do you think is the best chess player ever?

Question by Max: Who do you think is the best chess player ever?
Well, today we have records and computers that tell us who was the best. Im happy and proud to say that we Cubans gave the world the greatest chess player in the world. I will explain why, let me just start by mentioning that the book dummies for chess have Capablanca as the greatest.
Go to wikepedia…look at comparing chess player tru history,,,,1978 Elo System..Capablanca number 1.
Who made the least mistakes acording to analyzed cumputers, was Capablanca.
Who was the only player not to lose a single game in 8 years…Capablanca.
Who lost the least games in chess…check it out…Capablanca lost the least games among champions, when you reply,,,dont give opinions,,,give facts…Capablanca record wich i have seen is much better than Bobby Fisher’s.

Talk about facts and records, not opinions.
Jesse…very funny, I guess you not that brite and have no knowledge of Chess.
Imaka…so..you don,t think he was the best ever,,,,who is the best according to you?
Hi, Toni
I respect your opinion, but your not giving me facts, in order to find out who the best player was, we need to talk about records. I looked once at the record and all chess champions in the world lost more games than capablanca, you might not know this, look it up, Capablanca played the most perfect chess among champions, this is in Wikepedia, look it up, computers analyzed this. The only player not to lose a game in 8 years. The only way you can come out with an answer is to check the records, not opinions. Most of you reply with opinions. Dummies for chess book,,,have Capablanca as the greates player…because he dominated chess like no other player…thanks for your answer..bye
Forgot to say, Kasparov and Karpov lost more games than Capablanca, I looked at the records, does it make sense to say that they are better, when they lost more games? I don,t think so. Look at records, they all can be found here in the internet. Most people say,,the best was Fisher, the best was Lasker, the best was Karpov, but they have no clue about there records and all chess records, thats what counts.
WHOEVER WROTE THE BOOK DUMMIES FOR CHESS, HAS THE PROPER ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD IS THE STRONGEST PLAYER IN HIS PRIME. THAT IS WHY IN THE BOOK HI SAYS CAPABLANCA AS THE GREATEST.

IN CASE YOU GUYS DON,T KNOW, CAPABLANCA PLAYED CHESS FOR 30 YEARS, HE ONLY LOST 34 GAMES. ACORDING TO CHESS RECORDS,,,,LOOK IT UP HERE,, HE LOST THE LEAST GAMES AMONG WORLD CHAMPIONS, ONLY ONE NOT TO LOSE A GAME IN 8 YRS, THIS IS WHY HE WAS THE STRONGEST PLAYER AMONG ALL CHAMPIONS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I CHECKED THE RECORD AND KARPOV AS WELL AS KARPOV LOST MORE GAMES THAN CAPABLANCA, HOW COME?…IF ACORDING TO SOME OF YOU HE WAS THE GREATEST PLAYER….WHY DID HE LOST MORE GAMES?……..THIS DOESN,T MAKE ANY SENSE….MOST OF YOU HAVE NO KNOLEDGE OF RECORDS, THEY ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU TO SEE,,,BYE NOW
Victor….im trying to be fair and partial.
A few months ago I looked at Bobby Fisher’s record, no comparison with Capablanca…If I recall, Mr. Fisher only won 3 or 4 International Turnaments, Capablanca was like 6. If you think that Mr. Fisher was better than Capablanca, why did he lost more games than Capa.
Why Mr. Fisher didn’t spend 8 years without losing a game like Capablanca.
My friend, now we know who play perfect chess among chess Champions, look it up on Wikepedia, don,t take my word for it…..Computers analyzed all chess Champions in the world and Capablanca was the one who made the least mistakes among all world Champions..
Victor….you giving me your opion, and I respect it, Im not giving you my opionion, these are facts. I imagine the guy who wrote dummies for chess knows more about this game than you and me,,,,he said that Capablanca was the greatest,,,cause he dominated chess like no other champion….and im sure the writer is not cuban like us.
Take care,bye
What the writer who wrote dummies for chess said,,makes a lot of sense. Whoever was the strongest player should be the greatest player in the world, the answer is Jose Raul Capablanca,,,,any single player that any of you mention,,,,lost more games than Capablanca….I looked at it,,,,is all here on the net….Karpov..kasparov..and Robert Fisher…they all lost more games than Capablanca……….
Borris Sparky said that Capablanca was the greatest player ever.
Modesty aside, I guess most of you have no clue about chess records, not that I know much about it, records are facts. If you said that such and such player is better, laid down the facts. I am the only one so far talking about facts. Now that Im thinking about it, if the computer said that Capablanca was the player who made the least mistakes, that means that most likely he will beat any other player, cause they all made more mistakes…..guys…look it up on Wikepedia….they studied all players and declared that Capablanca made the least mistakes………so far I don,t have a good answer…someone who laids down the facts about who should be the greates player of all time..
You are write,,,,Bobby Fisher is among the greatest,,,but you have to look at the player’s record,,not only cause he won at 14,,,,look at the whole picture, how many international tournaments, how many wins and lost games, etc..etc…Im sure most people in Russia, will say one of the K guys,,,and those of you from usa will say Bobby Fisher,,,,,,is just the way it is.
Hi TQX

WHY KASPAROV LOST MORE GAMES THAN CAPABLANCA? WHY DIDN,T HE SPEND 8 YEARS WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE GAME, WHY DID HE MAKE MORE MISTAKES THAN CAPABLANCA,,,DON,T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT,,IS HERE ON WIKEPEDIA……..IM STILL NOT GETTING SOMEONE WHO TALKS ABOUT RECORDS AND FACTS.

Best answer:

Answer by jesse h
I think Jesus is the best chess player. I mean walking on water…come on. If he can walk on water im sure he’s better than Cubans at chess.

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Why am I being disconnected from yahoo chess?

Question by gurpreet s: Why am I being disconnected from yahoo chess?
i log in and then I am suddenyly disconnected by Yahoo chess. It has been happening since the past 6 months. I used to play like 10 games every day and now can not even complete a single one without a disconnection. So far I have tried two different computers.

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Answer by will p
buasec u ass if full of gasssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!1

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chess problem………………….?

Question by Itsme: chess problem………………….?
I am sorry for my bed english
I usely play on net or some chess softwares I know that i am a good chess player i sometimes defeat computer…
have solved 1000s of chess puzzels and tactis etc i practic chess almost 2 to 3 hours a day…..I know many attacks ,defenses,gambits etc and their variations……..

but the tournament I played recently was very bad 4 me i lost to 1 elo rated player which was ofcorse as I’m not a elo rated player

but i even lost to few local players!!
I describe local players as….
weak in chess as they don’t know many defenses they just play anything or start the game with any move.

The only reason i lost because of some un-seen moves on the board!!
eg.i had my rook and queen on 1 diognal and he brought his bishop to that diognal on an un defended squire so i had to loose my rook 4 a bishop and these lead to my loose in the game

why does this happen to me
I play with computer everyday make deep calculations etc every day
how can i loose to the locals?

does any 1 have any solutions 4 my problem

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Answer by Tony R @ Suspended
We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for
sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer’s natureā€
(Rudolf Spielman)

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Question by duhawker: can not load chess or euchre games – worked fine in past?
Recently my son visited and used my computer. Since then I am
unable to load games and participate. Can view current ongoing
games but when I try to join nothing happens. Have tried numerous times. My son claims he did nothing which would make
this happen. What is the solution ?

Best answer:

Answer by Aprilbreeze
Well, when you try to sit at a table and can’t, you may see a little icon at the bottom of that window with a red circle and red line through it. Click on that icon and click on “temporarily allow pop-ups” or if you prefer “permanently allow pop-ups from this site”. You should then be able to sit and play. Otherwise, go to Yahoo Games Help and type in “why is my game not loading”, which will list several reasons and solutions to try.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/games/

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