Posted by
chessbuzz on Oct 11, 2010 in
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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...
USChess.org has a great article on how Christian Galwe increased 200 rating points in 6 months!
Here are a few of the recommendations from the article:
* Study your own games with an instructor
* Don’t study openings…study structures and plans instead.
* If you play blitz, play with a 5...
White wins this position by creating a passed pawn on the Kingside.
Note that if the Black pawn would be on d3 instead of c3, the game would be a theoretical draw.
Copy the FEN position 4k3/1pp2ppp/p1p5/8/4P3/8/PPP2PPP/4K3 w – - 0 0 and play this position against an engine.
NOTE: There was an...
Secrets of Zen Chess
During my chess break, I ran into a friend of mine who loves chess and who had been in Japan doing a 4 week Seshin at a Japanese Zen Monestary.I asked him if he had time to practice his chess while at the monestary, and he told me that he had not, but that he had briefly spoken to a monk...
