Originally posted by HFRorbis hello
what do you think of this one ?
http://www.chessmasterschool.com/?gclid=CNCn45qw_YsCFQHtlAodQloswA
is it worth it ?
I can give you lessons at $39.95 and you will master chess in one week.
I hereby guarantee that you will know everything up to en passant and stalemate and master any other rule of chess – or money back.
Originally posted by orion25 you know my dog wants to pick up chess... you reckon ou could teach him?
No problems. The garanee is valid for him too.
If he has any complaints, all he have to do is to write a handwritten letter to me, and we settle everything.
What's wrong with making claims anyways? It's marketing... it's not like they would sell anything if they just said, ''join us for a year, and you will improve a little if you work your guts out.'' I for one actually think that site has potential.
The cost per month is for one year, then you get ongoing access to the material and updates without further payment.
The english language is appalling, but actually at no point stops them communicating.
It's certainly aimed at 1800 - 2000 players who have read loads of books, but have had no decent structural training - focus is around identifying center types, piece activity, and developing appropriate plans through a systematic thinking method.
My take is that if you find 'Reassess' and the Danny King DVD's a little too simplistic, but you're still below 2100, it's worthwhile. The Mikhalchishin chessbase DVDs also look a good bet.
Lastly, there's far too much info to work through per month. I've subscribed for 12 months now, and am still working through month 5 material [and skim reading ahead, of course!]. In terms of feedback, I've found that it is best to read the material, then try to apply it when I analyse my OTB games and try and understand why I wasn't thinking correctly.
Originally posted by Osse I found it expensive for what it is, but good.
The cost per month is for one year, then you get ongoing access to the material and updates without further payment.
The english language is appalling, but actually at no point stops them communicating.
It's certainly aimed at 1800 - 2000 players who have read loads of books, but have had no decent structur ...[text shortened]... understand why I wasn't thinking correctly.
On those terms, it gets a rec from me.
Nice thanks for the review, I appreciate it! I might give it a shot when I hit a tough plateau.
Originally posted by Osse I found it expensive for what it is, but good.
The cost per month is for one year, then you get ongoing access to the material and updates without further payment.
The english language is appalling, but actually at no point stops them communicating.
It's certainly aimed at 1800 - 2000 players who have read loads of books, but have had no decent structur ...[text shortened]... understand why I wasn't thinking correctly.
On those terms, it gets a rec from me.
thanks for your review.
the expense is more than the cost of a book, but much less than a private chess lesson.
if the lessons are instructional, then this sounds like a good deal.
thanks
Originally posted by tonytiger41 thanks for your review.
the expense is more than the cost of a book, but much less than a private chess lesson.
if the lessons are instructional, then this sounds like a good deal.
thanks
But is it giving you anything that a good book can't? At $408 for the basic package, I'd expect some one on one tuition.
$408 can buy a lot of books and a few hours private training with a master.
400 dollars will get you about 10 hours of a gm's time. That's enough time to go though about 10 games and identify any exaggerated weaknesses and make some general notions of what has to be worked on. The more prepared you are for these lessons the more you will get out of them as the clock is ticking.
400 bucks can buy you maybe 12-15 chess books depending on what you want. I think there is serious diminishing returns in adding to a chess library- so value added for your 400 bucks is minimal.
I think the best method for improvement below master level is find a player 200 pts better than you and play/discuss as much as you can.
Originally posted by nimzo5 I think the best method for improvement below master level is find a player 200 pts better than you and play/discuss as much as you can.
I think thats the best advice you could give anyone.
Buying a lot of books is mostly a waste of money if the aim is to improve. If you have one good instructional book and really study it, you will have got pretty much all you can from books.
Most buy book after book looking for a shortcut to chess mastery. The bad news is there isn't one.
Originally posted by peacedog I suspect that $40 a hour is far more than you need to pay for a GM from Romania.
I seem to remember GM's on ICC offering lessons for $10 to $15 a hour.
I can check again, but I haven't seen any GM's for less than 25-30 and those are freshly minted ones. Most experienced GM's and IM's are at the 40$ price range.
06 Apr '10 05:31
what do you think of this online chess school ?
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