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Things I Need To Do To Improve

Posted on January 2, 2007 by beginchess

1. Play less blitz games. 2. Be more willing to consider candidate moves that require a Queen sacrifice. 3. Be more vigilant towards tactical opportunities that involve a pinned piece (a king pin in particular). 4. Go over my games (especially losses). 5. Go over annotated master games (Tal & Alekhine come to mind). 6.…

How Do You Learn Chess?

Posted on December 27, 2006 by beginchess

I would like to take an informal poll as to how you learn chess. Some of the options would be: 1. A good book. (feel free to write the book’s title if it has made a difference in your training.) 2. Going over annotated games. 3. Chess videos 4. Chess teacher 5. Anything else that…