In 2005 I migrated from chess to poker. I played a ton of poker, and very little chess for the next four years.
Late in 2009 I decided to explore Twitter, where I quickly discovered what I think is the beauty of Twitter: TONS of like-minded people from all over the world!
I have played on US Chess Live, ICC, FICS and certainly there are a ton of people there that play chess, but like minded is not exactly the way I would describe the majority.
Twitter led me to back to chess, indirectly (or via #severalplayers, if you prefer) and
having been bitten by the chess bug again, I have found two major improvements in the online presence of the game:
1. The ability to communicate with everyone more easily has affected the accessibility of the titled players, for the better! This is both great for the game and great for the fans. (Alexandra Kosteniuk, Natalia Pogonina)
2. YouTube. If chess videos were widely available for no charge in 2005 I certainly didn’t know where to find them! Now they are all over the place! (I think Chess.FM had some posted on occasion, but there certainly was not the vast choices we have now.)
I’ve included a video by jrobichess on the Kings Indian Attack, an easy opening for beginners. In a future post I’ll have some more resources and information on this opening, and posts other openings as well.
Visit jrobichess.com
Follow @jrobichess on Twitter.
Speaking of online chess study, help me decide where to invest!
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I like chess. The way both sides try to fool each other with the battle of the brain. I just wish I’m really good at it to impress people
Hi Jean,
It doesn’t take too much effort to become good enough to crush the average person, unfortunately they are usually more disappointed than impressed!