My two cents on the quickesst way to improve: Study lots of master games, play lots of slow chess, solve hard tactical problems every day. Its that simple! Once you reach 1800-2000 you should include endgames and deeper positional chess studies. I drew the 17th best slow player on PC (2250) using this technique and nothing else. Stop beating yourselves up! Improvement can be very easy!
Originally posted by likeforestwow...and all that in just 163 days.
My two cents on the quickesst way to improve: Study lots of master games, play lots of slow chess, solve hard tactical problems every day. Its that simple! Once you reach 1800-2000 you should include endgames and deeper positional chess studies. I drew the 17th best slow player on PC (2250) using this technique and nothing else. Stop beating yourselves up! Improvement can be very easy!
Originally posted by likeforestThen why are you still graded 1257?
My two cents on the quickesst way to improve: Study lots of master games, play lots of slow chess, solve hard tactical problems every day. Its that simple! Once you reach 1800-2000 you should include endgames and deeper positional chess studies. I drew the 17th best slow player on PC (2250) using this technique and nothing else. Stop beating yourselves up! Improvement can be very easy!
I know I'm in the minority, but I think playing through games of very strong players isn't much use until you are a pretty good player yourself. With the children I coach I prefer to teach them stuff which doesn't appear so often at master level, e.g. throwing their pawns forward to open up their opponent's king, opening traps (mainly so they can avoid them, though obviously they tend to try to catch their opponents in them!), winning endings when they are a pawn or more up (masters have usually resigned before then), looking for a draw by perpetual when they are losing.
Dragon, I have no excuss for the low rating. Maybe I am just terrible at CC. Or maybe Im just tired of getting beat by players having the latest opening novelty right in front of them. CC chess is clearly for people who do not want to think for themselves. Purdy can go to hell. Hehehehe. Honestly though, Ive never put an effort into my games here, and dabbled a little with blindfold play. I use this site for the forums and thats it.The opening was a caro kahn. I was playing the black side against the advance variation. If any one would like to see it I would glady share it with them, either here or on PC. Cheers!
Originally posted by likeforestGet yourself a copy of this tactics trainer:
Dragon, I have no excuss for the low rating. Maybe I am just terrible at CC. Or maybe Im just tired of getting beat by players having the latest opening novelty right in front of them. CC chess is clearly for people who do not want to think for themselves. Purdy can go to hell. Hehehehe. Honestly though, Ive never put an effort into my games here, a ...[text shortened]... If any one would like to see it I would glady share it with them, either here or on PC. Cheers!
http://products.convekta.com/198/2/
Try to do 50-100 exercises a day. This sounds a lot but they're mostly basic, even for a 1250 player.
Some of the stage 4 or 5 studies may take you longer.
Should only take you 20-40 minutes max.
Everything is covered; forks, skewers, pins, discoveries, removing the defender, mates in 1, mates in 2, sacs, forcing a draw...
The "how to proceed" sections are the best IMO, you have to just find the best move in various situations.
I can't recommend this enough for -1500's.
Maybe after you could try CT-Art 3.0.
I promise, if you do 50+ tactics puzzles per day your rating will rise more quickly than by taking a more general approach & you will have fun too.
Tactics are fun & they're the backbone of chess.
Originally posted by likeforestlol 🙄🙄🙄
Uhm, dude, what are you talking about. I wasnt asking for advice. My tactics are solid.
Well, I just want to say,.... ROFL
LMAO,....
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I mean LOL
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Oh Sqelchy thx for the advice I will use your tactics site so your efford isn't wasted 🙂
but stil,.... lol
Well he may have improved rapidly by repeatedly doing tactics puzzles.
I missed the fact that he hadn't moved here in 6 months or so.
If likeforest is doing the full MDLM 7-cycles 1200+ problems scheme apparently he could expect a rise of anywhere between 100-450 elo after 12 months.
I find it difficult to believe that many can do the full 7-cycles though, as there's little room for a life outside chess tactics at all!
The only way for us to know for sure how he is doing is for him to play some more games here!