just a brief update - I started reading the practical guide to rook endings by Minov - it's pretty goodbut the first half is concepts and ideas - the second half is specific endgames - at this point i'm not inclined to go much further - I don't wa...
change of plan - I've gotten thru 2/7th of the "How to Open a Chess Game" and I'm going to put it on hold a whileit's got a lot of good tips - but they all sound like something I've heard in a Dan Heisman Novice nook - there is no doubt in my mind...
I bought this from a used bookstore in Minneapolis about two years ago - (on my "honeymoon" I think") - first thing I noticed was this particular library had a lot of old classic titles stamped with one fellow's name and address - It looked intere...
so I had to play one more game to break the streak - in conjunction with these other two posts tonight, I resolved to pretend my opponent was much higher rated than I am and to focus more on piece safety than activity for the most part - it also h...
so I just finish my 13th loss post - and I decide to try one more 15 minute game - it comes up as a 2100 player who is an IM from the Ukraine - well what the hell - at least I won't lose but one rating pointhe must have caught the same thing I did...
something terrible has happened to my game - I'm now up to 13 losses - (I'm counting that draw where I missed an easy mate in 3 as a loss) - in my games over 15 minutes - (these include 15/0 and 30/0 or some combination with an increment) - one lo...
1st - I finished Modern Chess Move by Move by Colin Crouch - my review....hmmm...I like the idea of a book of top level chess, but maybe for me as a 2400 player - I'm not a big fan of variations, and while it tries to take the move by move format ...
I just finished this book - I actually stayed up past my bedtime by about an hr to cram in the last few items - (I wanted to finish it before my Dan Heisman book on positional evaluation came in) - Just a few ramblings and pointers1. About halfwa...
I'm taking a break from studying "The Wisest Things Ever Said about Chess" - (position 190 and I'm semi regretting deciding to put the positions into a DB, but more on that later) - but I thought I'd take a break to talk about something that I not...
going thru "The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess" - I'm up to about #80 - it's great stuff, and I put the board into a database - (along with the tip) so that if I want I can always go back and look at it again without having to set it up on a ...
I generally like to have an instructive general Chess book (tactics, strategy, endgames or whatever) in the pipe along with an instructive Anthology - with my list generally being taking from Dan Heisman's Book RecommendationsAs of right now I'm g...
I go thru stagnent periods - where I hardly study or care about or play chess - when I did my last post, I had burned out and was blowing my tactics training - and had tired of reading Pawn Power in chess - but recently I've cracked down and finis...
so we all know Tactics are one of the most important (if not THE most important) things a person can do to improve their game - we all LOVE openings - which is why openings books come out so much, and of course, they can always be re-written to in...
I have recently begun reading Pawn Power in Chess, by Hans Kmoch - as I slowly work my way thru the book, I'm writing down observations that I should know or thought I knew but forgot as I went along.First off, this book has a bit of a bad reputat...
