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Becoming a chess player

How do you become a chess player? Chess Dad talks the key milestones: From learning chess, to joining a chess club and playing your first chess tournament. Whether you are a parent that wants his child to enjoy the chess benefits, or an adult enthusiast that wants to make a leap from online world into a real-life chess experience, there are certain steps you need to make. 00:00 How to become a chess player 00:34 Who is a chess player? 03:06 Step 1: Learn chess 05:40 Step 2: Find a chess club 08:14 Step 3: Play a tournament 10:53 Types of tournaments 14:15 Real-life chess is local What is a chess player? Chess Dad defines him as someone who: 1. Plays regularly, at least few times per year and ideally every month or more. 2. Plays against various opponents: Playing against your dad all the time will not make you a chess player. You need to test and challenge yourself against different people, as they will test each aspect of your game. 3. Plays in real-life, by engaging against a human opponent in an over-the-board game. As opposed to online. You can be an online chess player your whole life, but you are missing the best part of the game: The tension, the rush, wins and losses, mind games. There are 3 most popular ways to learn chess today: 1. From family and friends, especially if they have been real-life chess players at any point in time. They might occasionally get things wrong, but this should be the easiest model, right? Teacher’s patience might be tested, though. 2. In a school chess club. This is the best solution, if available. Many schools do not have chess clubs, and some learners are obviously adults. School chess club usually accepts absolute beginners and provides a solid base that can be built upon. 3. Online, or via an app. Two most popular online sites for playing chess are chess.com & lichess (link), and both offer great learning resources also. After learning the basics, you will need some practice, and on these sites you can find any type of games that you might be interested in. Chess club is important part of a chess journey as:  It is local – a place where chess lovers gather in your neighbourhood to play and learn.  It will support you when things get tough and when you face some typically chess newbie challenges like losing a lot at start.  It will provide friendly games, where opponents will be happy to show you a thing a two afterwards to help you learn.  Also, it can be an intro into competitive chess behind common club championships events, and chess leagues. Chess tournaments are the best part of chess, as nothing beats the excitement and the tension of real events. And not only on top boards! You can find very long games on bottom boards where players simply don’t want to give up a promising position too soon – even if their chances of winning the tournaments are almost non existing. On the long run, Standard or Classic or long games tournaments are by far the best for your chess. No doubt about it. You must engage in those at one point if you want to see the real chess, where opponents can thing for 15 or 20 minutes about the next move (and still mess it up). For a beginner though, it might be beneficial to start with Blitz or Rapid – meaning faster – tournaments. Beginners have little knowledge, and nothing to think about in very long games. Most of my family started with Rapid & Blitz and switched to Standard later on – and it is an ok path to have. At the end, do not worry if you child or you are playing chess too fast. It goes away with the quantity of chess knowledge, personal experience with embarrassing losses, and a bit of chess maturity. Links to good places to learn and play chess: https://lichess.org/ https://www.chess.com/