In the diagram White has an outpost on e5, but Ne5 can always be met by …Nxe5 and after recapturing with the pawn, White’s outpost is gone. White needs to bring another piece to bear on e5, so White to move would play 1.Bg5 and follow it up with Bh4 and Bg3. If on the other hand Black is...
Core Evaluation
1. How has the opponent’s last move changed the position?
2. What is he trying to achieve?
3. Has he weakened his position (positional concession, piece en prise, open to a tactic) ?
4. Are there any threats?
Tactical Evaluation
If 1 or more of the following exist, then perform a...
According to experts it takes approximately 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in any field. So the following is my attempt to gauge my chess progress based on the 10,000 hour rule.
Assumptions
10,000 hours of practice = expert
A chess expert is a player with a 2000 USCF rating.
Your starting...
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chessbuzz on May 22, 2011 in
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I haven’t posted in a while, and I need to make more time to do so. During my silence, I have continued to work on my chess improvement, and I am currently on day 112 of a program I am putting together for myself.
My FICS standard rating has gone from 1607 to 1699 during this time and my blitz rating...
I have finished the exercise I proposed in Pt. 1 of Finding the Master Within, and below are my results:
1. I played over 3 random games from each of the masters on the list.
2. I gave myself a 0 for needs work, 1 for average, 2 for good, 3 for very good and 4 for outstanding.
3. I averaged the scores for...
