"... Logical Chess [(Batsford edition by Chernev)] ... a collection of 33 games ... is definitely for beginners and players who are just starting to learn about development, weak squares, the centre, standard attacking ideas, and the like. In many ways, it would [be] a wonderful 'first' book (or first 'serious' book, after the ones which teach the rules and elementary mates, for example), and a nice gift for a young player just taking up chess. ..." - IM John Watson (1999)
https://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/assorted-recent-books
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004861
"... For beginning players, [the book, Discovering Chess Openings by GM Emms,] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..."
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Chess-Openings-Building-Principles/dp/1857444191?asin=1857444191&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
"... Overall, I would advise most players to stick to a fairly limited range of openings, and not to worry about learning too much by heart. ... the average player only needs to know a limited amount about the openings he plays. Providing he understands the main aims of the opening, a few typical plans and a handful of basic variations, that is enough. ..." - FM Steve Giddins (2008)
"... Most internet players think that 30 5 is slow, but that is unlikely slow enough to play 'real' chess. You need a game slow enough so that for most of the game you have time to consider all your candidate moves as well as your opponent’s possible replies that at least include his checks, captures, and serious threats, to make sure you can meet all of them. For the average OTB player G/90 is about the fastest, which might be roughly 60 10 online, where there is some delay. But there is no absolute; some people think faster than others and others can play real chess faster because of experience. Many internet players are reluctant to play slower than 30 5 so you might have to settle for that as a 'slow' game." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627010008/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman12.pdf
@boilingFrog said in #28:
> Two years is nothing, absolutely nothing !
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> See if you can take a week or two off ...
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> If you truly love the game for being the game it is then you will eventually achieve results.
Yes, well I said the same thing though!
its not about quantity, its quallity. dont look at your rating. take your time, slow down, keep fighting, and natrally let your rating grow. Good luck! :)
If you bracket your decision making with the following, you'll regain rating points.
1. What are my opponent's threats?
2. Blunder check.
What comes between this thought process is the essence of chess. Books, videos, analyzing games, and coaches can all help you improve your chess understanding, but without first checking for threats, then lastly checking for blunders, your rating will suffer.
This is easy to say and maybe not so easy to implement in shorter time controls. I'm trying to retrain myself after a many decade layoff, and I have empathy for anyone trying to train, or retrain their brain to perform a structured thought process.
Good luck!
I've watch ur games, the reason your loss is your calculations...you can type in Google " how to calculate in chess"... whether attacking and defense still need better calculation...once you improve this, then you can study any books you want...like or not calculation was a chess basic...hope this help you better than any source or puzzle... any advice at opening, try any gambit faster but still need good calculation entering the middle game...keep ur effort but balance life with work and family....(^^)
Shut the ratings off, learn an opening, so tactics, and read the game of chess by tarrasch. Thank me later!
Some Tarrasch thinking:
"... To play games while still in the beginner's stage is the surest way to become an unskilful player. Only when he has again and again worked through the Elements and has thoroughly grasped all the combinations there explained, only when he has studied and re-studied the End-Game and has thus quickened his insight, only when he has assimilated the enormous amount of material in the Middle Game-well, then he has long since ceased to be a weak player, even though he has never played a game. Then he has only to grasp those principles laid down in 'The General Theory of the Opening' and he has at last progressed so far that he is ready to play games. ... After each game he will do well to study its opening in 'The Various Openings'. ..." - Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch (1931)
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Chess-Dover/dp/048625447X?asin=048625447X&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
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