Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:38:23 04/21/99
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On April 21, 1999 at 01:01:29, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >To those seeking improvment through chess software or chess books, here is a >couple of ideas (of course there are many more), that you can try... > >Study, study and then, study some more. Chess has such a rich history, and >because of that syphistication in accumuted chess knowledge, it is a fairly easy >game to learn, but an incredibly difficult game to master. I recommend using >all of the chess software you can acccumulate. I'd propose using ONE or TWO programs. For strategy, plan and positional play you have to read books and play and analyze with humans. In many cases they have better suggestions than programs. Programs can tell you where you left a tactical win. >But also get as many of the best >chess books you can afford. $1,000,000-question: which are the BEST chess books? :-) Ask 50 persons and you get 50 different answers. :-) >Study these books as a seperate part of your 'self >lesson' plan, apart from the study program using the computer. > >Then, play as much competitive chess (and more against humans),as you can, even >if its only 5 minute chess on the ICC. In the beginning this is more counterproductive and destructive. Blitz is not to improve your understanding and in my opinion (and not only in my) Blitz has not much to do with chess. Try longer time controls, best tournament. >If you have selected a particular opening, and you >have got badly beaten on the side that you chose to be yours, then play this >same opening for the other color to get a better grasp of how to play it. Sometimes reading an accordingg opening book would do a better job. If I fail in playing the Caro-Kann sometimes, I should look up the variation to find out what went wrong. >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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