In Need of a Book/Study Recommendation

Originally posted by HomerJSimpson
I played chess kid, and his strategy looks pretty solid to me, I resigned the game in the middle game as I had too many games, but I thought he's better than just about every 1200 player Ive played, and I think hed give you a pretty good game.

Thanks for the compliment😀

My tactics suck though but hopefully I should stop blunder now that I am spending time on my games🙂

Thursday
1 G/15 game agaist CM
Book Study: Winning Chess Tournament for juniors/Tactics
50 Puzzles on CTB
CM Academy for 30 minutes
Work on Openings
1 Lesson from Unbeatable Chess Lessons
Analyze any Un-analyzed games
Friday
1 G/20 game agaist CM
1 Lesson from Unbeatable Chess Lessons
Book Study: Tactics/Combinations
50 Puzzles on CTB
Analyze any Un-analyzed games
1 game on Yahoo!

Saturday
1 G/30 game against CM
1 Lesson from Unbeatable Chess Lessons
Book Study Endgame
CM Academy for 30 minutes
Analyze any un-analyzed games


I hope this helps. Some people may find this funny, but I was stuck at 1100 for 1 1/2 years. I was so frustrated that other people were going ahead of my with apparently no effort. Some players are strong enough that they can reach 1300 with just practice and no studying. That wasn't the case for me.

Over the summer I made a resolution: Play in more tournaments and follow the aforementioned plan. It took me about 1 to 2 hours a day to complete the daily chess studying, but I was rewarded with my rating jumping from 1100 to 1200, and then to 1250, and the good part was that it stayed there. I ran out of time, but I still find the time to do 50 tactics puzzles every day. I recommend that you repeat the tactics program 5-7 times, and then move on to the intermediate software.

Goodluck slickhare, and I hope this helps!

I recommend you buy the DVD set of Roman Labs.... Costs a fortune but its easier to pick stuff up from him talking, than from a book. If you are in the UK log into ICC chess and buy it from there in dollars and get it 50% cheaper than from the same shop.

I agree with dvd training?
But most impressed with all the work you have put in! amazing!!!

Originally posted by chesskid001
Thursday
1 G/15 game agaist CM
Book Study: Winning Chess Tournament for juniors/Tactics
50 Puzzles on CTB
CM Academy for 30 minutes
Work on Openings
1 Lesson from Unbeatable Chess Lessons
Analyze any Un-analyzed games
Friday
1 G/20 game agaist CM
1 Lesson from Unbeatable Chess Lessons
Book Study: Tactics/Combinations
50 Puzzles on CTB
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Goodluck slickhare, and I hope this helps!

🙂 Hey i love your determination. Wow a 100 point increase is a pretty big improvement. That must have taken a lot of studying. That's awesome. Congratulations on that. 🙂

I think solving chess puzzles is one of the best and funnest ways to learn. You should also check out Reinfeld's "1001 winning chess sacrifices and combinations". And maybe Jeremy Silman's "How to Reassess your Chess" & "The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery". Your local library might carry these or maybe some other good books if your short on spending cash.
For improving on openings think about just picking one or two for white and one or two as black that you really like and play/study only those for awhile. Better to become an expert or more experienced in one or two than just so so in many, right?
Best wishes on your qwest to become a strong chess player.

-- Paul (Pavlo87)

Rather than spending a forturne on books that you probably won't read all the way through, pick ONE classic general work and come as close as you can to memorizing it! I would recommend that you read and try to thoroughly understand ONE of the following:

"The Game of Chess" by Siegbert Tarrasch (now available in Algabraic Notation).
"Chess the Easy Way" by Reuben Fine
"Chess Fundamentals" by Jose Capablanca
"Guide to Good Chess" by Cecil Purdy (the first World's Correspondence Champion!)

Also by ONE book of tactics. I recommend "Sharpen Your Tactics" by GM Anatoly Lein, et. al.

I believe that following my advice will make almost anyone at least a 1400-player.