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How to play online chess?

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
06.15.2012
Category: Chess How-to's
Tags: how to win online chess, online chess, play online chess,

I already have written a few articles about online chess. The one of them is called Online Chess vs. Over the Board Chess, which you may want to check out for comparing these two animals. The other one was a little bit more pessimistic (or realistic?): 11 Worst Habits of Chess Bullies.

It talks about different forms of unsportsmanlike behavior in online chess. Today we will try to exploit the subject of online chess even further and come up with strategies that can help you to become a more successful online chess player.

What is the real difference between online and over the board chess? Well, the main difference is that in online chess you cannot see your opponent and he/she cannot see you. It may be an advantage for many players since they don’t get frustrated or disrupted by non-chess related factors. However, for some players it may be exactly the opposite, how many of you really take online chess seriously and don’t browse other internet pages, while your opponent takes too much time to respond?

The point I’m trying to make is simple, most people don’t take online chess as serious as the take over the board chess. I believe, only players that do take online chess very seriously, are those who don’t play real over the board chess. Players that do play OTB treat online chess as something for fun and something to try new things on, practice openings and try things they normally cannot get away with in real OTB games.
Standard time control for online chess games is 15 minutes at most. Many people play 5 minute blitz or even 1 minute bullet. If you want to be successful in 15 minute online chess or 5 minute blitz you need to be able to play decent moves at a fast rate, since many of the games are being decided by time. Time is a big deal in online chess. Learn to manage time well and you will win more games than you ever expected. The trick in quick chess is not to spend a lot of time analyzing the position and coming up with the best possible continuation, but playing semi-good moves at the quick rate. Playing games that offer a delay (which delays your clock by few seconds) or increment (which adds a few seconds to your clock) is a good idea.
Since we talked about the importance of time in online chess, we should mention a simple technique that can help you save some precious seconds when you the most need them. It’s called pre-move. What it means that you can tell the program what piece to move after your opponent makes his move. For example after a capture you might know that your opponent will capture back and you will recapture his piece. You can pre-move the last recapture and save time.

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Yury
07.01.2012 15:51

Thanks for the comment, I also like FICS since it’s free and nice.

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İsmet Özkolay
06.20.2012 07:53

thanks Admin ! continue..(sorry my english)

-I’ve forgotten FICS(Free Internet Chess System) used babaschess via pc and my pocket pc (wahat days !) and very enjoyed then switched off anaother web sites believe me every online chess sites gives you different still sight play etc. not all same only pay subscribe instantchess.com -3 years good discounts- and I enjoyed well instantchess is someting like more elite chess site you feel you play with CEOs

to be continue

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Yury
06.19.2012 15:49

Great feedback, I’m sure readers will find it very helpful.

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İsmet Özkolay
06.19.2012 08:49

I have been playing about 12 years online chess ! I have to say somethings

1- I began with yahoo chess old version not now it is now new they say but it is worst online chess that I said to them couple of imes but they did not listen to me. Yes old yahoo chess board free absolutely great interface with yahoo goes down on internet it went also

2- in my beginning very low rating and it went to high with the games practise makes perfect

3- there are not too many online chess but it is enough maybe ten ! I do not like internet chess club and its board chessbase playing portal-playchess- is nice but it needs download program like ICC . correspondant chess best RHP-red hot pawn and gameknot realtime best chess.com, instantchess.com chesscube.com chesshere.com

4- in the process I was scared that I can not play against real man in live game but online chess helped me and pşayed normal in real board

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