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Chess is all about patterns. You don't need to study the "classical" openings or attack plans; after playing enough you start to see them naturally. All you need is to develop familiarity through practice.
Since chess seems to be a big part of everyone's life nowadays, I was wondering if anyone knew a site that offers resources for formal chess instruction.(I know how to play chess, decently; however, I'm not familiar with the different classical openings and attack plans and such).
Quote from: Colin Michael on July 17, 2009, 03:57:04 AMSince chess seems to be a big part of everyone's life nowadays, I was wondering if anyone knew a site that offers resources for formal chess instruction.(I know how to play chess, decently; however, I'm not familiar with the different classical openings and attack plans and such).For a player who just wants to quickly get the main ideas behind various openings, I would suggest Chess Kids, http://www.chesskids.com/ckbook/kidsindex.htm . Yes, it is aimed at young kids (say 10 years old), but for that reason they explain things very clearly. The writing is awful corny, but the info is fairly good.