MBickley
Canada 
Member Since: Sep 13, 2008
Last Login: Dec 5, 2008
Profile Views: 821
Points: 296
Occupation: Student
About Me:
Reading through polgars chess: 5334 problems, combinations, and games whilst on the road.
Going through chess.coms tactics trainer whenever I have access to a computer.
Going through CT-ART 3.0 at home
Finished books/websites
- Polgars "Chess: 5334 problems, combinations, and games" - 1 time
- Winning Chess tactics (my favorite so far!)
- Winning Chess openings
- Chesstactics.org
- Logical chess: move by move
- Dan heismens "Novice nook" columns
- A lot of untracked training on chesstempo & chess tactics server.
Goals/Beliefs:
Short term I would like to become a national master.
My beliefs behind chess is that I should focus primarly on tactics, and books & problems that are "Too simple" and "too easy" for my level. I believe that if I can memorize these key concepts, and key tactical ideas I will be able to grow in chess much faster then with any other type of knowlodge.
So far its worked. I started at a base of 1250 2 years ago when I started playing chess regularly. Last november, I reached a rating of 1400, and started actively studying chess. My current rating reflects how much I've improved (note that I spent hours a day studying.)