The forum topic is right out of Dan's book, A Guide To Chess Improvement. In Dan's book he asks, "Who are the best fast players in the world? Answer: The best slow players.
We also have a lot of questions to answer.
Can I still play fast games since those are my favorite?
How long is an appropriate "slow" game? How do I read or understand a time-limit like 40/2, S/D 30, d5.
How do I mange the time?
Where can I play a slow game and how often?
Whom do I play?
How do I incorporate slow chess into my chess improvement?
We can answer all these questions and more as well offer other helpful hints in this forum. But first things first. Let's introduce the slowchessleague.com website created by DHLC personnel including SirIvanhoe. Many of you are adventurous enough to head to the site and learn more or even get set up for the next qualifier. Of course, Chess.com has an excellent live chess feature as well. The Slow Chess League site is free.
Dan writes in his Chess Improvement (CI) book, "...if you are trying to improve... [you should consider] about 100 slow games a year...". Wow! I guess you will be seeing me on the "Game Finder" pretty regularly! hmmm..."What is that you ask?
As a member of the Dan Heisman Learning Center main site, you will encounter many messages about slow chess. Here, we hope to introduce slow chess into this DHLC Chess Improvement group as another leg of chess improvement.
The forum topic is right out of Dan's book, A Guide To Chess Improvement. In Dan's book he asks, "Who are the best fast players in the world? Answer: The best slow players.
We also have a lot of questions to answer.
Can I still play fast games since those are my favorite?
How long is an appropriate "slow" game? How do I read or understand a time-limit like 40/2, S/D 30, d5.
How do I mange the time?
Where can I play a slow game and how often?
Whom do I play?
How do I incorporate slow chess into my chess improvement?
We can answer all these questions and more as well offer other helpful hints in this forum. But first things first. Let's introduce the slowchessleague.com website created by DHLC personnel including SirIvanhoe. Many of you are adventurous enough to head to the site and learn more or even get set up for the next qualifier. Of course, Chess.com has an excellent live chess feature as well. The Slow Chess League site is free.
Dan writes in his Chess Improvement (CI) book, "...if you are trying to improve... [you should consider] about 100 slow games a year...". Wow! I guess you will be seeing me on the "Game Finder" pretty regularly! hmmm..."What is that you ask?
As a member of the Dan Heisman Learning Center main site, you will encounter many messages about slow chess. Here, we hope to introduce slow chess into this DHLC Chess Improvement group as another leg of chess improvement.
**This forum is under construction, stay tuned!