Improving my chess has always been a goal of mine. I think that's true of all chess players, at least the serious ones. I was told that playing slow chess was the best for improvement, and that blitz chess should be avoided because it ruins your c...
For the past two years I have been obsessed with 4 digits. A rating. A number. That obsession has lead me to become totally dissatisfied with the game of chess and all of the beauties of this wonderful game. Like many, I strived to improve my rati...
In the above analysis I have mentioned a recent blitz game which taught me the importance of keeping fresh knowledge in your endgame play. By luck I won, but next time I may not be so fortunate. The deceptively quiet, simplistic endgame rev...
