Our first meeting for 2024 saw 8 players attending. There was a mixture of people who have never played and people who had not played since their youth but who soon picked up the threads of the game.
The website Chess.com is an excellent tool for those learning or wanting to play the computer bot or friends online.Chess.com is free if you stick to just playing the bot. This site allows you to pick varying degrees of difficulty, choose black or white men and allows take backs. I found it to be an excellent training tool and it’s free.
The group spend time on screen collectively playing the computer bot, discussing various tactics as well as becoming familiar with the way the various piece are allowed to move. I have also issued some hard copy notes on chess tactics for participants.
We had three boards operating with those new to the game sitting with, watching and learning from the more experienced players.
The website Chess.com is an excellent tool for those learning or wanting to play the computer bot or friends online.Chess.com is free if you stick to just playing the bot. This site allows you to pick varying degrees of difficulty, choose black or white men and allows take backs. I found it to be an excellent training tool and it’s free.
The group spend time on screen collectively playing the computer bot, discussing various tactics as well as becoming familiar with the way the various piece are allowed to move. I have also issued some hard copy notes on chess tactics for participants.
We had three boards operating with those new to the game sitting with, watching and learning from the more experienced players.
I encourage anyone interested to come along and strongly recommend the website Chess.com for practice or playing alone.
The group meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 1.30pm in Room 2.
Doug Smith
Convenor
The group meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 1.30pm in Room 2.
Doug Smith
Convenor
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