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...
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...
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...
Posted by
chessbuzz on Mar 17, 2011 in
Chess,
Improvement |
5 comments
There is no doubt that reviewing master games is one of the best methods to improve your chess. The question for me has always been which master’s games do I study first? There are schools of thought that answer this by stating that you should review master games starting in chronological order, since...
Posted by
chessbuzz on Oct 11, 2010 in
Chess,
Studying |
2 comments
The path to chess improvement lies in finding your weakest area of knowledge and placing all of your effort into converting it into a strength. My greatest weakness is an apprehension, bordering on fear, of delving into deep calculations and analysis. This analytical deficiency affects both my combinational...
Update: 8/7/2010:
I have been following my own advice for the past two weeks, and I have to say that my training is more focused than ever, and I am beginning to see tangible improvements over the board. If you are interested, I am continuing to post my weekly training schedule at my Chess Notebook...
