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Where to Play and Practice Next

Practice means playing games and solving puzzles. Play often, review your games, and learn from your mistakes.

The starting position

Every game starts from this position. Practice starts here, with the principles from this course.

FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

a b c d e f g h
8 r n b q k b n r 8
7 p p p p p p p p 7
6 . . . . . . . . 6
5 . . . . . . . . 5
4 . . . . . . . . 4
3 . . . . . . . . 3
2 P P P P P P P P 2
1 R N B Q K B N R 1
  a b c d e f g h

Key points

  • Play games against people of a similar strength. Games against much stronger players teach little without review.
  • Solve puzzles every day. Puzzles train the habit of finding the best move in a single position.
  • Review every game you lose. Find the move where the game turned and learn what to play instead.
  • Play slow games when you can. Slow games give time to think, count, and check.
  • After this course, the Tactics course teaches the patterns that win material in real games.

Try it Yourself

Edit the code, then press Run.

Running is simulated · Rust Playground

Exercise

What is the best way to improve after this course?