How titled players lie to you

IsraelBlunderson edited

The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra.

The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations.

It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each.

So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something.

Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz.

For real chess/longer time controls?

Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames.

After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER.

As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book...

Cheers

The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra. The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations. It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each. So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something. Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz. For real chess/longer time controls? Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames. After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER. As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book... Cheers

Fill_Freakin

Please, can your next article tell me how can achieve 2000 ELO rating without killing myself with training?

pizza40

@IsraelBlunderson said in #151:

The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra.

The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations.

It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each.

So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something.

Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz.

For real chess/longer time controls?

Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames.

After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER.

As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book...

Cheers and ı cant trust you because you hava title

@IsraelBlunderson said in #151: > The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra. > > The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations. > > It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each. > > So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something. > > Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz. > > For real chess/longer time controls? > > Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames. > > After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER. > > As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book... > > Cheers and ı cant trust you because you hava title

Muskan-Debnath_04

No Chessable courses were harmed in this article....lol

pizza40

@IsraelBlunderson said in #151:

The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra.

The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations.

It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each.

So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something.

Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz.

For real chess/longer time controls?

Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames.

After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER.

As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book...

Cheers

@ShivanshPai said in #101:

you really awesome I didn't know this,my mother tell's me read books read books read books.
All we have to do is play games of chess and work using your brain

@ALucasM said in #111:f11

Next is: "How Variant experts LIE to you"

@IsraelBlunderson said in #151: > The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra. > > The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations. > > It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each. > > So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something. > > Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz. > > For real chess/longer time controls? > > Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames. > > After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER. > > As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book... > > Cheers @ShivanshPai said in #101: > you really awesome I didn't know this,my mother tell's me read books read books read books. > All we have to do is play games of chess and work using your brain @ALucasM said in #111:f11 > Next is: "How Variant experts LIE to you"

chesscoachdabee

Is a CM really a master or just a candidate?

MindStranger edited

The lie I often encounter from titled contentmakers, YouTubers and influencers is that you shouldn't remember a lot of moves ahead, you shouldn't study or have a perfect memory to be good. That's because target audience are people who don't want to study a lot, they just think they can pull moves "intuitively" by playing how they feel. In reality, of course, they can't. Also those YouTubers sometimes bring up ridiculous examples as Tal or Morphy to say "See! They didn't follow standard boring chess principles!". Yeah, because they are geniuses who had much higher visible horizon than average Joe watching those educational videos.
I can say for myself that nothing improved my rating as fast and effective as a lot of tedious memorizing of opening combinations many moves ahead, knowing traps to exploit and avoid, ideas behind openings.

The lie I often encounter from titled contentmakers, YouTubers and influencers is that you shouldn't remember a lot of moves ahead, you shouldn't study or have a perfect memory to be good. That's because target audience are people who don't want to study a lot, they just think they can pull moves "intuitively" by playing how they feel. In reality, of course, they can't. Also those YouTubers sometimes bring up ridiculous examples as Tal or Morphy to say "See! They didn't follow standard boring chess principles!". Yeah, because they are geniuses who had much higher visible horizon than average Joe watching those educational videos. I can say for myself that nothing improved my rating as fast and effective as a lot of tedious memorizing of opening combinations many moves ahead, knowing traps to exploit and avoid, ideas behind openings.

Shash2015

I mean that’s true but people like Magnus do not think about the previous move he thinks about the ending and the starting

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