- One Player Chess<\/li>
- Puzzles<\/li>
- Drills<\/li>
- Solo Chess<\/li>
- Lesson Practice<\/li>
- Analyse Games<\/li>
- Practice Openings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
I will run through each of these options shortly, in a numbered list below, but just before, I do, let’s address the elephant in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why Play Chess on Your Own, These Days? There is No Need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is true that there is virtually no need to play chess by yourself these days. With the advent of the internet and 20 years of chess site development, so long as you have an internet connection or mobile signal, you can play whenever and where ever you like, so why would you want to play chess by yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making chess moves<\/a> by myself and playing black and white<\/a>, moving around the table (Trying not to get dizzy) was a favorite pastime of mine when I was younger [pre internet in the 70s’] and no real chess opponent was available – The hardest challenge when playing both ides for me was trying to trick myself into making a mistake. Quite difficult given I knew what I was trying to do for each side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBut, it kept me occupied and out of the way. I just loved the chess set I had so much I wanted to play with it all the time, so when there was no one to play with, I would just set the pieces up, or grab a book and follow some lessons to improve my chess<\/a> ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think it has served me well, playing chess by yourself can be helpful though because it forces you to think through your move, and not just make one on impulse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like playing chess by myself again now though – I’m totally addicted! And it’s also good for people who are very competitive or highly strung which is difficult when they play against someone else because they can’t always control their emotions (like me). I can often get very frustrated when I make a silly mistake, or I suspect I am playing an online chess cheat<\/a>, who seems to make the perfect move every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Playing alone will help calm the nerves too so that way there’s never a bad time to indulge without getting angry with an opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My favorite thing about playing chess by myself is that I don’t have to worry about my moves being shown up by an opponent – which would happen all the time if we played live games of two-player chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, enough about me playing with myself, let’s move onto the ways you can play one-man chess and have fun and learn<\/a> at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 Ways to Play by Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Before we go through each option, you probably noticed in the bullet list at the head of the page that, some of these items are not so much playing chess games alone, but rather playing, practicing, and learning chess on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s cool too, putting all of these aspects together will not only keep you occupied, provide some chess entertainment without having socialized either face to face or online but will also help you get better at chess <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, let’ start things off by looking at some ideas of how you can play a game of chess on your own and make it both challenging and entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n