Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:44:40 08/13/03
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On August 13, 2003 at 11:46:21, martin fierz wrote: >On August 13, 2003 at 09:41:50, emerson tan wrote: > >>Can you recommend a chess instructional software that can raise one's elo to at >>least master level? I estimate my elo rating to be around 1600 - 1700. > >there is always chessbase... but i don't think any software can do you any good >if... > >>I bought a lot of books but I become somewhat lazy in using a book especially if >>the variations becomes very thick. > >players of your rating level improve most by studying tactics (IMHO - but i'm >not alone with this opinion!). buy yourself a tactics book and solve, solve, >solve. just do it off the diagrams, no need to set up the board etc. I agree that tactics is important but tactical mistakes are often not result of missing a combination. I think that exercises of solving combinations are not the best exercises to do if the target is to improve as fast as possible and better exercises may be to take a lot of positions when 1600 players blundered when the target is to avoid a tactical mistake. Uri
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