According to Mark Dvoretsky the analysis of one’s own games is the main means of self-improvement. In Secrets of Chess Training Dvoretsky offers the following guidelines:
Find the turning points – Decide where mistakes were made, where the evaluation of the position changed or an opportunity...
First entry of the new year, and it is time to review my Chess goals and resolutions. So far, I’m happy with my progress, and the new training program I am following is finally giving me guidance and improvement.
This week was the 2nd and final week of the first cycle of Phase I of the Extreme Chess...
This is the first week where I trained using the Extreme Chess Training (ECT) program. I am still beta testing it and I should have more information available the first week of January.
Monday – Performed 45 minutes of standard tactics at chesstempo.com
Tuesday – Played an ICC standard game and...
Update 12.25.09
Here’s an update post on a quick overview of what I’m thinking and doing so far:
The program is going to consist of 3 phases, each phase lasting 60 days. The first phase will focus on tactics and the following phases will be on endgame and strategy. At the end of each phase, I...
Monday 12.07.09
Played G/15 game and drew against opponent rated 1826 in a winning position (I was up a minor piece), but opponent had counterplay and I was down to 4 1/2 minutes on the clock.
Tuesday 12.08.09
Reviewed game. Confirmed that position was won. Opponent made a tactical mistake where he lost the...
