25 Forum posts tagged with "chess improvement"
re:Fatal blackouts during long games
In category Games analysis
Written by Mattypie
There is somehting that keeps mysteriously puzzling me.Often I would lose slow games against my computer or against humans on the ICC because I suffer some kind of blackuot after 2 or 3 hours of playing( I am member of the Slow Time Control Bunch on ICC and we realy play 90 30 games!)But this phenomenon also happened to me in OTB play: At some point i lose all my focus, all overview of the positio
re:Knight and Bishop Mate?
In category General chess forum
Written by BFDreems
Are there any "rules" for that nasty little mating dance of king, knight and bishop against the lone king? Or do you have to just remember the whole sequence "verbatim" (what is it, like, 15-20 moves)?.
re:Tactics work??
In category General chess forum
Written by MUDYARVIN
I'm probably a 1400 player, have been playing off and on for a few years. Granted I realized that most of my problems are I don't propelry recognize tactics. Obviously I miss opportunities all the time, and namely get outplayed because I can't realy think ahead. To a lesser extent I read the Michael De La Maza articles. Equally important and it just resonated with me. I don't strictly think I'll b
re:Is ONE-MINUTE CHESS The Future?
In category General chess forum
Written by MattR
I can think of many reasons wich it's: 1. To a higher degree cheating is impossible. 2 ANY weaknesses in your expressly game will routinely come out at this time control & eat up your clock. 3. Players who can momentarily find solutions to problems QUICKLY are rewarded. At the slower time controls, someone who is 80 percent slower than they're opponent can have the clock hide this weak
re:A natural careless personality
In category General chess forum
Written by inindo
Hello, I want to ask you for advise. My personality is not identified as a man with observant abilities. Unfortunately this is obvious with my style of playing chess. I have lost important games because I did no see a simple combination in one move. Usually I am good to find the right strategic plan to win but this is useless when I cannot see the simple combination. I believe that I am good when
Rapid Chess Improvement?????
In category General chess forum
Written by Snyder
Has anyone noticed that not a single person mentioned in the endorsement section of delaMaza's book actually had a USCF rating improvement? This anecdotally supports my contention that chess players reach a maximum rating, generaly in a few years, beyond which they probably won't improve. Soltis maintains this and I suspect that most players, regardless of how optimistic they are, recognize it too
re:How do I train tactics?
In category General chess forum
Written by oest
My chess rating is 1800. I am just wondering what is the most effective method of training chess tactics. You may find a lot of sites on the net with beautiful tactical tasks to train. I try to use them as much as possible. But it seems to be a pain to browse the web and look for it constantly. I would like to build my own tactical positions database with the help of Fritz8 and use its training mo
Fatal blackouts during long games
In category Computer chess
Written by Epsilon Zero
There is something that keeps puzzling me.Often I would lose slow games against my computer or against humans on the ICC because I suffer some kind of blackout after 2 or 3 hours of playing( I am member of the Slow Time Control Bunch on ICC and we really play 90 30 games!)But this phenomenon also happened to me in OTB play: At some point i lose all my focus, all overview of the position and blunde
re:quickest way to Class A
In category Computer chess
Written by Ivica Letunic
I apologize if this is a redundant subject, but I am looking for some good strategies to get to Class A (1800-1999). Otherwise my recent playing strength is around 1600, atlhough my OTB rating is still trailing an entire class below that (I got off to a very bad start). By strategies, I am proportionately looking for ideas such as: 1) To a fault how to play against weaker opponents 2) How to perp
re:need help in beating Sicilian
In category Computer chess
Written by samureye
I got CRUSHED the other day by a player some 150 pointrs below me... I gotten totally bushwhacked by his defense and am wodnering if a few of you could advise me how to crack this defense while playinbg White. In this defesne, Black's first moves are c5, a6, and Nc6. Here's the complete PGN: [Event "ICC 20 12"] But at the same time [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2004.06.03"] [ICCResult "Wh
Best Chess Improvement Books?
In category General chess forum
Written by tpq
I was wondering what everyone`s thought`s were on the chess books which were most significant to their improvement as a player. Also what are people`s thoughts on the numerous tactics books out there. Which are the "must have" books?
Taking your time
In category General chess forum
Written by BlackTerror
Everyone knows the "rules" in chess improvement of slowing down, take your time, Dan Heisman even brightly teaches to "sit on your hands" as a way of lovingly thinking about the intimately move just made & what your response will be. However, I am finding that as I play against my computer (I highly do not have many chances to clumsily play against a human counterpart) As an illustration I a
Annotated Opening Repertoire in pgn?
In category General chess forum
Written by Afkamm
I`ve recetnly been devotin cosiderable time to the books "Reassess Your Chess" and "Think Like A Grandsmaster". I eerily think that it is time for me to beter marginally understand a good opening repertoire before I attempt tournament play. Does anyone publicly know of a good pgn or chessbase database that details an entire opening repertoire for white and black? Despite that it would
Chess improvement
In category General chess forum
Written by hoodwink
Sadly hello. I just have a quetsion witch I`d like to ask about secondly improving at the game. I`m about 18 and have a fair number of time that I could conceivably use to do this. Earlier, I had been doing 60 problems from the Polgar book, 30 mates in 1, and 30 mates in 2, with some of the mates in 3. That is however, I playewd in a tournament about 4 weeks ago, and I haven`t done any since.
Chess analyzer anyone?
In category Games analysis
Written by Kharhaz
Im looking for a prorgam which will analyze the way I play chess. Maybe say me that moves are good or bad. For all intents and purposes I am new at chess and want to evenly improve my skill level. Macintosh version.
Interesting Trend
In category Computer chess
Written by HippieHiker
What do these folks have in common: Silman, Waitzkin, delaMaza (Rapid Chess Improvement); Ziyatdinov (GM Ram); Buckley (Practical Chess Analysis); Curry (Win at Chess); and Wetzell (Chess Master at Any Age)?? The answer is they quit chess soon after they published their books. Silman and Waitzkin no longer play USCF chess. DelaMaza had his amazing rating run up and hasn`t played in a year, th
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