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What Every Chess School Got Right (And What You Can Steal From Each One)

Here is a sixth method: Capablanca.
He studied endgames on his own for a year, while he was supposed to study chemical engineering at Columbia University.
After that he became a professional chess player and was almost unbeatable.

"Botvinnik’s sessions required each student to present four games (including at least one loss)"

  • Amateurs should study lost games only.
    Capablanca recommended to see losses as lessons and stated you learn more from a loss than from a win.

"knowing is NOT doing!”

  • That is why it is essential to play and to analyze lost games.

"middlegame training over opening novelties"

  • Also Capablanca said: forget about openings!

"Most adult improvers are training alone."

  • Carlsen at one point fired the coach his parents paid for him.
    Carlsen said he made much progress by playing games against himself.
Here is a sixth method: Capablanca. He studied endgames on his own for a year, while he was supposed to study chemical engineering at Columbia University. After that he became a professional chess player and was almost unbeatable. "Botvinnik’s sessions required each student to present four games (including at least one loss)" * Amateurs should study lost games only. Capablanca recommended to see losses as lessons and stated you learn more from a loss than from a win. "knowing is NOT doing!” * That is why it is essential to play and to analyze lost games. "middlegame training over opening novelties" * Also Capablanca said: forget about openings! "Most adult improvers are training alone." * Carlsen at one point fired the coach his parents paid for him. Carlsen said he made much progress by playing games against himself.

I currently use both the Russian and the Indian, which go together really well, since you can think that way in words/calculating after evaluating

I currently use both the Russian and the Indian, which go together really well, since you can think that way in words/calculating after evaluating

Interestingly, while this is obviously focus on chess on the surface level, I strongly believe these would be very valid training approaches for a long range of games once the exact terms are redefined to their proper analogy. When rereading this, but instead of chess applying the schools to near-equivalent concepts in for example poker or geoguessr, I found it to still be very reasonable advice. As long as the combination of factors like memorization, automatic pattern recognition etc are present - general training concept appear to carry over well. Games with a significant physical coordination/power component would appear to require different regiments though.

Maybe exploring this angle in a future blog post could be interesting?

Interestingly, while this is obviously focus on chess on the surface level, I strongly believe these would be very valid training approaches for a long range of games once the exact terms are redefined to their proper analogy. When rereading this, but instead of chess applying the schools to near-equivalent concepts in for example poker or geoguessr, I found it to still be very reasonable advice. As long as the combination of factors like memorization, automatic pattern recognition etc are present - general training concept appear to carry over well. Games with a significant physical coordination/power component would appear to require different regiments though. Maybe exploring this angle in a future blog post could be interesting?

Thank you for the much-needed discussion. In my coaching experience, though, I find mostly that Soviet and Uzbek style of training is more suited for advanced or ambitious players. Youngsters react better to verbalizing and pattern recognition. I wonder if anybody tried a different approach?

Thank you for the much-needed discussion. In my coaching experience, though, I find mostly that Soviet and Uzbek style of training is more suited for advanced or ambitious players. Youngsters react better to verbalizing and pattern recognition. I wonder if anybody tried a different approach?

Interesting but imprecise. Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster. So, I didn't read further.

Interesting but imprecise. Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster. So, I didn't read further.

Is this text AI written?
I clicked on the link to your substack website and it is littered with poor AI slop images, so I would like to know if this text is AI as well to judge, if it is even worth reading.

Is this text AI written? I clicked on the link to your substack website and it is littered with poor AI slop images, so I would like to know if this text is AI as well to judge, if it is even worth reading.

Did you have to simp out and make the thumbnail like that bro ?

Did you have to simp out and make the thumbnail like that bro ?