# Help. I suck at chess

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-suck-at-chess/927267>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess\
**Created:** [December 5, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-suck-at-chess/927267 "2020-12-05T04:49:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-suck-at-chess/927267/6 "2020-12-05T16:24:26Z")

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There’s some very good, practical stuff in this thread.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-mental-skills-gifts-are-basic-to-becoming-a-good-great-chess-player](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-mental-skills-gifts-are-basic-to-becoming-a-good-great-chess-player)

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