Originally posted by powershakerPattern recognition is key. It is essential if you want to learn from your mistakes. So is learning the openings, if you want to play high-level chess. If you are making mistakes on move 5, high or mid-level opponents will exploit your weaknesses the rest of the game. However, if you learn the openings, you will have solid chances in the middle game against opponents of any level. THAT's when pattern recognition comes into play. Once you have learned a few openings, you will start to see patterns. That, combined with intuition and experience, will result in significant improvement. Otherwise, without substantial opening knowledge, there will likely be a point where your rating will stagnate.
[b]Yuga, that's hogwash! BAHAHAHA! I know that openings is the last thing a 1300 player needs to study! It's tactics a 1300 player needs to study. masscat was right. Pattern recognition is the key.
my 2 cents is that all the chess study in the world is useless if you don't have an organised thought process. Missing threats (or in my case not even bothering to look for them! ) or playing 'hope chess' has been my biggest problem. what has helped me the most so far is reading the articles by dan heiseman at chesscafe.com. he deals with the thought process in chess, analysing positions and choosing candidate moves. check the archives under 'novice nook' for a huge amount of helpful insights.
Originally posted by powershakerTry here: http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm
Does anyone know what I must do to break my 1300 strength and move on to a 1500 player. That's all the rating strength I desire. I want to hit a CLASS B level. If I do Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess course volume II, will I be able to achieve a 1500 rating in a year with hard work? I play my chess computer constantly, and it rates me at 1300 all ...[text shortened]... actics. I scored 1850 on the exam in Killer chess tacts. What am I missing? What's going on?
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reaching 1500 is qutie obtainable. the silman books are targeted to this chess level, so you should pick up the two books. playing simply and following basic rules will easily push you to even 1900. but of course learning to play simply and following basic rules is not simple.
Well, I think I've realized tactics and engame study are the only way to achieve a rating increase noticeably. But, also pattern recognition. Lev Alburt's Comprehensive chess course Volume II and Volume III Tactics for the Tournament player I recently purchased. I'm going to study the whole course. It takes you to 1800. And, along with tactics puzzles each day, I should discover I can beat the 1550 level on my chess computer. I'm only 5 levels away from achieving that. So, it looks like I'm a 1400. Logic tells me that. 1300 I'm definitely not. I crush that level now. And, last night I beat the 35th level (rating 1350 if you beat it) in 30 moves with a bishop sacrifice. I'll post the game when I make a .pgn of it. It's cool!
Originally posted by powershakerYou keep on saying that you are a 1300 player but you want to improve. So why are you going around completly dismissing the advice of players that are clearly better than you. Instead of getting upset because someone beat you when they were rated the same as you and now they have improved drastically, you should take on advice and try to improve if you really want to. Learning openings is a vital part of playing chess, and IMHO there is no way that you will improve without getting a fully rounded improvement in chess. Learning middle game and end game techniques will not be of as much use to you as they would be if you had a decent opening technique. I don't profess to know as much as most on this topic but I sure know that you should listen to as much of the free, very good advice that you are being given instead of moping about being low rated and then not doing anything about it.
Yuga, that's hogwash! BAHAHAHA! I know that openings is the last thing a 1300 player needs to study! It's tactics a 1300 player needs to study. masscat was right. Pattern recognition is the key. THat's why I ordered Lev Alburt's Comprehensive chess course, the Russian method of micro-visualization. That course takes you all the way to 1800 from ...[text shortened]... ayed. I beat 1300 players 90+% of the time. So, that would not mean I am a 1300, now would it?
There is no point in not learning openings and only concentrating on endgame and tactics because if you have no opening you will not get a chance to use your tactics or endgames techniques. Strong opponants will tear you apart if they see you have no opening technique.
Freddie, stop trying to impress everyone with your wisdom? I never said I wasn't listening to people's advice. Put, thanks for your input. Openings are not as important as tactics. A grandmaster has told me that one. I was only wanting to know the curriculum for such a tactical exploration. A less plan of study in other words.
Originally posted by wormwoodWith that attitude, I CANT see you NOT being 2000 by December. Good luck.
quit blundering? 🙂 haha, I know, easier said than done. but there really is a point. that is, I find that all my losses so far have been caused by stupid stupid stupid oversights, and to make myself clear, I'll throw another stupid into it. Things that you realise only seconds after you moved. things that you do know better. "oh, I just moved my q ...[text shortened]... them. watch the center. but most of all, [b]stop hanging pieces. 🙂
works for me, anyway.[/b]
Originally posted by Freddie2004Atta boy Freddie2004!!!!!!! Well said! Sincerely, Trains44
You keep on saying that you are a 1300 player but you want to improve. So why are you going around completly dismissing the advice of players that are clearly better than you. Instead of getting upset because someone beat you when they were rated the same as you and now they have improved drastically, you should take on advice and try to improve if you r ...[text shortened]... ames techniques. Strong opponants will tear you apart if they see you have no opening technique.
Originally posted by powershakerCalling you out. Which grandmaster?...where? when?
Freddie, stop trying to impress everyone with your wisdom? I never said I wasn't listening to people's advice. Put, thanks for your input. Openings are not as important as tactics. A grandmaster has told me that one. I was only wanting to know the curriculum for such a tactical exploration. A less plan of study in other words.
I'm not trying to impress with wisdom; I'm telling you that you won't get anywhere if you don't actually listen to what is being told to you by players several times better than you.
Originally posted by powershakerNow leave Smaugie alone, he gave me some ROUGH games.
That's just what I'm saying. You're no 1500+! No 1500 would fold to a 1300 player like you did to me! This 1300 took you to school, boy! The truth is I don't use any computers, databases, nothing! I just simply play each move with thought, usually under 5 minutes. Sometimes 10 but rarely. And, I have a 1371 rating so far. I also would like to ...[text shortened]... bit, but lost some, too. I am truly a 1300 player, whereas Smaugie? You're playing who? HAHA!