02 Oct 07
Originally posted by chrspaynYou might laugh but my huge otb downfall is simply concontration! I am much better at cc than otb chess for the simple reason that in standard play I am prone to making rash moves. It's not that I am capable of playing better but for some reason at some point in the game I fail to look at everything fully before making a move. So at the moment I am trying to keep my discipline in concontration, I don't seem to suffer this in cc (nowhere near as much anyway but obvioulsy I miss things but I take much much more time over cc moves).
What part of the game are you studying? What part would you rather work on? I am told I need to improve my opening repertoire, I also think I could stand to work on stragety, but what I would like to do is just study the endgame more.
02 Oct 07
Originally posted by vipiuhow do you study to improve on plans?
I am trying to improve my middlegame play now...by learning how to create various plans and what are the general plans in my favourite openings...
and to anyone above 1700s, don't you guys ever study the endgame?
02 Oct 07
Originally posted by wormwoodI want to ask the same question. hot will you train for something that specific?
I don't train much anything right now, just a little tactics daily. I'd like to train attacking different types of pawn structures, as I always have big problems working out how to crack them.
I'm asking these because I think I need a decent way to study middlegame strategies. all I'm doing right now is training tactics (by CT-Art) for an hour everyday, and solve 3 questions a day from the reasses your chess workbook (which is mainly about strategy), but I don't feel I'm improving that much.
I stopped playing here because of lack of time, I mostly play against chessmaster (one long game a week), and I don't see any improvement in my play.
02 Oct 07
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The post that was quoted here has been removed(I have that book and am planning to begin studying it on the weekends. I'm glad to hear such positive comments about it.) then I'd like to ask, how does endgame study affect your overall play?
I'm between 1550-1650 and would like an advice on how much of my time I should spend on the endgame. (in relation to other elements like tactics etc.)