I’ve only beaten my dad once in chess. I don’t count it because he let me beat him. I’m working on my game so that I can hopefully win him one of these days.
How to beat my dad at chess
How I did it: I studied and practised several weeks before I could actually put up a fight. Now we play a pretty good game. I'm still learning, thoug
Lessons & tips: Study and play.
Resources: Babaschess, Winboard, Chessbase light, all free softwares. Bobby Fischers greatest games, Idiots guide to Chess Openings, great books.
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Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I managed. I know it was a fluke and probably won’t happen again, but oh what a rush.
oh what the fuck do i know about chess? tonight i played my dad again and he beat me using the cecilian defense. he beat me using defense.
someday. someday.
i mean all i could really do to help is play a little online chess, but im always up for that.
well i don’t know what else to write. after 25 years of being alive and probably 15 of playing chess. after reading the bobby fisher book my father gave me when i was 12. after playing my skilled friends and online and at parties. i finally beat my father, not only at chess, but in correspondence chess. i attached the board on which he conceded.




