24 Jan 08
Originally posted by EmLaskeri looked at the start of your last game.. why not play the deferred stienitz instead of that?
It's been about a year since I joined this site, and I'm not improving, am I gonna be stuck for the rest of my life???
in fact I'm getting worse...i get beaten by 1600s easily while I'm even having trouble beating 1300s.
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by EmLaskerThere's been some recent threads on chess improvement. Check them out.
It's been about a year since I joined this site, and I'm not improving, am I gonna be stuck for the rest of my life???
in fact I'm getting worse...i get beaten by 1600s easily while I'm even having trouble beating 1300s.
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by EmLaskerSome people when the learn more about chess they get worse at first until something clicks and what they learned now makes sense and then they jump to the next level...this can last for VERY long periods!
It's been about a year since I joined this site, and I'm not improving, am I gonna be stuck for the rest of my life???
in fact I'm getting worse...i get beaten by 1600s easily while I'm even having trouble beating 1300s.
p.s. Are you studying tactics?
25 Jan 08
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Originally posted by EmLaskerAre you doing anything active that's known to lead one to improve? Or just kinda expecting it to happen on its own, you know, kinda like magic?
It's been about a year since I joined this site, and I'm not improving, am I gonna be stuck for the rest of my life???
in fact I'm getting worse...i get beaten by 1600s easily while I'm even having trouble beating 1300s.
If you're just playing games, and with the same approach you used a year ago (not talking openings and such, but post-mortem discussion, post game analysis, thinking refinements, etc) and absolutely nothing else, well... good luck with that approach, you probably have your answer already.
25 Jan 08
Originally posted by EmLaskerBest excuse ever. 🙂 Of course its one thing to go months or years without playing, but not moving frequently shouldn't be an impediment in CC... in fact, you'd kind of expect the opposite.
well I don't play frequently enough, since I'm in school.
25 Jan 08
Originally posted by hammster21I have only read two books since I have been on here...planning on making it three with "Amateur's Mind" and look at my improvement...I say that the key to improvement is TACTICS and only tactics at this level...then once you have MASTERED tactics you can move on.
Read a crap load of chess books. I've been on here for a little over a year and I have read close to 15 books. Subscribe and play more games. Study tactics and practice. Go play on FICS or RHP blitz...
25 Jan 08
Originally posted by tomtom232I say, silly boy, that it's jellybeans. Jellybeans and only jellybeans. Especially the blue ones. And I know whereof I speak.
I have only read two books since I have been on here...planning on making it three with "Amateur's Mind" and look at my improvement...I say that the key to improvement is TACTICS and only tactics at this level...then once you have MASTERED tactics you can move on.
No. Actually I've been drinking a little. I observe in all seriousness that The Amateur's Mind is an odd choice for someone who claims as you do. Because it's primarily a book about positional play, strategy, and planning. Mind you, the author doesn't pooh-pooh tactics, but the book is not primarily about tactics. (Shhh! Don't tell anyone I told you.)