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Learning Chess Takes More than Just Moving the Pieces

Understanding chess and playing it well can benefit you in everyday life, because it teaches you how to concentrate, plan, focus and think ahead. The fact that you can experience friendly competition in a venue where the only thing that gets bruised is your ego isn’t bad either. That’s probably why you see so many chess tips out in the world. People have known the game’s benefits for literally centuries.

Many people don’t realize, though, that it takes more than just studying chess strategies to play chess well. Many new chess players are surprised to discover that when they go to a chess club or tournament. One of these aspects is definite etiquette that should be followed so your fellow players will respect you. It’s amazing how many chess players who should know better don’t honor these basic etiquette rules. They should have gotten this information from whoever helped them learn to play chess, but that’s often not the case.

Here are some important chess etiquette tips:

* Cell phones and beepers
Mobile phones and beepers aren’t allowed when playing in a tournament, even if set to vibrate. It’s also considered good manners to keep them turned off when at a chess club, whether in a tournament or not.

* Talking during a game
When it comes to talking while playing chess, think of the Golden Rule: Do onto others as you would have them do onto you. If you don’t want someone talking during your chess game, then don’t talk while they play.

* Moving the pieces
The rule is, if you touch a chess piece, you’re obligated to move it. If you pick up a piece, place it on a square and keep your fingers on it, though, it’s OK to move it back to the original square. You still have to move it, but you can choose another square. Once you let go, however, it’s considered a move.

* Offering draws
The correct way to offer a draw is to make your move and offer the draw before you stop your clock. Once you have offered the draw, then you can press your clock. Do not offer a draw when your opponent’s clock is running.

* The chess clock
It’s essential that you use the same hand to press the clock that you use to move the pieces. Also, once the clock has been pressed, you must move your hand away. If you’re playing in a tournament, you should stop the clock if you need to converse with the tournament director about the game.

These are just a sampling of the rules that should be honored when you play chess. If you play, you owe it to yourself to learn all of them.

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