Are there good programs/games to practice playing chess for beginners? I hate embarrassing losses in person ;(
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http://board-games.pogo.com/games/chess?pageSection=free_home_board
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Neat, that Java applet is just the kind of thing I was hoping to find out about. Thanks kalane!
And for anyone else out there, please keep bringing them on!
You might want to try out:
http://zone.msn.com/en/chess/
I think you'll find a beginners area there, where you can play and chat. It's a long time since I looked there myself, so I'm not sure if I remember rightly.
There are a lot of online chess sites, but they are not really for beginners. I'd avoid them until you're a little bit better. Two of the biggest and best of those are:
http://www.chessclub.com/
http://playchess.com/