i am rated 1400 USCF.

The tactical site problems are fun, challenging, and I can definitely see some improvement. That said, I still have quite a bit of trouble seeing some of the tactics in real games. The reason I think this is is because I know that there is something creative I'm supposed to do on the tactics website. I have a harder time finding it when I don't know it's their. When I put my games into Fritz for analysis a lot of times I end up saying to myself "Damn! I should have seen that." I suppose it will take more time for me to get better board vision. Or maybe I should just resign myself to mediocrity when it comes to chess.

it took me 14 months to complete reinfiel's 1001 combinations. i was over USCF 2000 at the time --- wasn't easy at all. after completing it, i really felt great improvement in my tactical abilities.

i can't believe that kid dis-respected reinfeld.....the Chess Gods are angry.

I'm 1900 and I have trouble with lots of Rienfeld's sacrifice book. Actually 1900 here, 1800 uscf.

really? only 1400? I've never gone through a tactics book and I'm about to hit 1500 USCF. And everyone says that you have to study tactics to get better when you are as low as you and me.

If you are studying tactics as much as you say you are I'd think you'd be stronger than me.

what do you study stockton openings??

Originally posted by awang2000
what do you study stockton openings??

I go over games from masters. In addition, I also study my own games to death.

You don't study tactics so you suck stockton

Edit: Just kidding 😀

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I am rated 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,529 USCF. Is there any books or web sites that can help me improve? I am trying to get to 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,535 USCF!

eat alot of cheese.

Originally posted by MoneyMaker7
You don't study tactics so you suck stockton

Edit: Just kidding 😀

(not)

😀

ouch. uncool. very. uncool.

I found it useful to go through Reinfeld's sacrifice and combination book in a shuttling fashion. That is, i'll do the first five in one sitting. In the next sitting i'll start from the first and do ten, then later start from the first and do fifteen. Usually the ones i have already done come quickly, but the repetition is useful. I don't know if i'll ever get to the end. An annoying thing about the book is i got it used from ebay and it still has descriptive notation and some of the pages have smudged diagrams, like playing chess in mud. It's still a great book, and can be gotten for a song.

its always been and still is in discriptive notation....even new copies....and the diagrams are still smudgy(some of them)

But GOD DAMN!!! your idea is genius!!! what you call "shuttling" is what i am going to do......

repetition works david.....repetition works david.