O WOW that's alot of tactics I better get started...i thank you for your help and hopefully we can play sometime
Hi CAB76! I am self taught player too. I learned chess at 13 and in only two years I was already candidate master. How, you may ask? I loved chess (and I still do), and I analysed a lot by myself. Endgames and tactics. You can choose any book writen by well known author, and start. I think that is very important to have a real chess board and pieces. Then you can take some games of strong grandmasters and try to understand the ideas, plans, treats . Why this move?, why not that move?. Always ask yourself these questions. Games commented by great players are nice tool to learn a lot. Use the power of the internet. There are so many free chess resources on the net. Play against other people( stronger then you) in a club or tournaments.
After some 15 years outside of chess, I started playing again. I used the same method to refresh my chess knowledge. You can see my progress in the past two years in Blitz.
Good luck!
After some 15 years outside of chess, I started playing again. I used the same method to refresh my chess knowledge. You can see my progress in the past two years in Blitz.
Good luck!
Lizimikaru I appreciate your response and I just bought 2 books one is silmans endgame 2 is logical chess move by move and I know you said any tactical book but what would you reccomend to start with your a strong player and your input matters to me
Blitz makes the good better and the bad worse.
Some theoretical input (books, videos, trainer) combined with tons of „Praxis“ is ideal. Both alone are nothing.
Some theoretical input (books, videos, trainer) combined with tons of „Praxis“ is ideal. Both alone are nothing.
CM Sarg0n thank you for your response as well do u think where I am in rating should focus more on middlegame or endgame practice
Everything. Kilotons of theory and Megatons of practical play.
Encyclopedia of chess combinations by Chess Informant. There are 5 volumes. Any volume will do the job.
Lichess tactics training is also good, but the I recommend to put each position on the real board and solve it.
Yusupov 9 books series is just amazing.
Lichess tactics training is also good, but the I recommend to put each position on the real board and solve it.
Yusupov 9 books series is just amazing.
You could try playing some correspondence games, but refrain from moving the pieces on the board so you can train your calculation. (and really take your time) For openings I recommend just watching an introductory video, and then playing some blitz games in it to get an idea of the opening, then if you run into trouble in any of the lines, you can look those up in an opening explorer, or see what stockfish would do. For strategy and endgames, maybe a basic book/ video course. And of course do tactical puzzles. :)
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