Chess Improvement

A Reader wrote in:

I am an intermediate player. I have read a lot and studied games by going through the moves described in the game log. My problem is that I have no one to play chess with. How do I practice alone?

Some options:

* You can play online chess: frechess.org, buho21, icc, playchess, …

* You can solve chess positions:

http://www.ajedrezvasco.com/daily_chess_puzzle.php,

http://www.shredderchess.com/daily-chess-puzzle.html,

http://chess.emrald.net/

* You can do ‘Solitaire chess’ or just try to find out the next move of a game instead of going through them.

If by practice you mean play game, then you have multiple choices. You can play correspondence chess (Chess Maniacs – http://www.chessmaniac.com or Chess.com …) or you can play live game (chess.com, FICS – http://www.freechess.org/, ICC – http://www.chessclub.com/ …)

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If you like to study more chess, then chess.com mentor system seems nice, or get programs such as CTArt or use one of the sites Gerardo suggested for tactics trainer. (Chess.com and FICS also have tactics trainer, but for chess.com you have to become a member – which is not a bad thing as they offer a lot, and FICS is a bit harder to use if you’re not familiar with their commands.

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