Help! (General)

by CharlieJ, Sunday, April 15, 2007, 20:00 (6578 days ago)

Hello folks,

I've just subscribed to this site and being very much a novice am rather bewildered at present. I am presently flumoxed by a couple of things - firstly following chess notation and secondly using programmes like Chessbase.

It seems to me that much of the material here requires a certain amount of prior knowledge before you can get anything out of it. I'm ashamed to say that it took me a little while to fathom out the objective of the chess puzzles in the novice tactics section!

I have played chess casually for years, but this is my first foray into attempting to understand the game beyond the very basics. I'd be very grateful indeed if some kind person could suggest some resources to help me get a little more out of my subscription to improveyourchess.com.

Thanks,

Charlie