Chess is More a Game of Skill than Knowledge

“If you want to get better at chess you need to place much less emphasis on ‘study’ whereby you increase your knowledge of positions, and place more emphasis on ‘training,’ whereby you try to solve problems, play practice games, or perhaps try to beat a strong computer program...

Advice from Nimzowitsch

My game has suffered recently, but I am more determined than ever to improve…so the following quote should help me on my way:  Settle on your objective is the rule. Such an objective may be a pawn or a point. Which one, it matters not. But aimlessly drifting from one to another, this will expose you ...