Any order for master lessons? - Chess Forums

Dec 1, 2019

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#1

Hi chess.com,

I acquired diamond membership this week and cruised through intermediate and advanced lessons (I have around 2000 ELO, had no idea whether that makes me intermediate or advanced --> perhaps it would be nice to add ELO indicators). Really enjoy the concept, very motivational with a clear feeling of progress. Even my kids have started the first lessons because of this. Love it!

Moving forward, I do have some questions on the master lessons:

1) Is there any particular order that you would recommend? Which are more/less advanced?

2) Would be nice to have a bit more exercises. A video of half an hour could use a bit more than 5 exercises to internalize the concepts. The difference between a lesson and a regular video is rather limited which is a pity, because I think the exercises are really what makes the lessons stand out!

3) Can users add lessons/exercises? That might solve the issue described in 2.

Thanks!

notmtwain

Dec 1, 2019

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pelemanov wrote:

Hi chess.com,

I acquired diamond membership this week and cruised through intermediate and advanced lessons (I have around 2000 ELO, had no idea whether that makes me intermediate or advanced --> perhaps it would be nice to add ELO indicators). Really enjoy the concept, very motivational with a clear feeling of progress. Even my kids have started the first lessons because of this. Love it!

Moving forward, I do have some questions on the master lessons:

1) Is there any particular order that you would recommend? Which are more/less advanced?

2) Would be nice to have a bit more exercises. A video of half an hour could use a bit more than 5 exercises to internalize the concepts. The difference between a lesson and a regular video is rather limited which is a pity, because I think the exercises are really what makes the lessons stand out!

3) Can users add lessons/exercises? That might solve the issue described in 2.

Thanks!

They are new in this format so I doubt anyone has worked out preferences.

You can't add exercises.

RobertSewell

Dec 2, 2019

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#3

Maybe you can find exercises from the “drills” section that would correspond to whatever lesson theme you were working on? Hoping this is the case as I’m planning on working through the lessons as well.

pelemanov

Dec 3, 2019

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#4

I think drills are more targeted towards endgames. Definitely useful, but not that fitting for middle game/strategy. I do think that working your way through the master games will improve your strategy, but I like to know my main weaknesses and thematic lessons with many exercises are best for this. Something like Silman's Reassess Your Chess workbook...