That book is on my wish list, but it looked somewhat beyond me at this point. Calculation is certainly a weak point for me. My thought is that I will attempt it after finishing the Yusupov series.
Grandmaster Preparation Calculation
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Jul 18, 2018
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I read the book. What are you expecting out of it? If you are expecting ANY of the following, you are sorely mistaking:
1) 100% correct results? By the way, when I took the test at the end, worth 150 points total, I scored a 56 out of 150, which equates to about 2300 in strength.
2) 2-minute problems? These are not quick tactics problems. You're lucky if you can do a page in under 2 hours.
3) Basic Tactics like 2-move Knight Forks? Get a beginner tactics book for that!
Jul 18, 2018
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Basically agree with ThrillerFan, but would put it that you are expected to struggle to find solutions and often fail, but in the process of doing this, learn something.
1) 100% correct results? By the way, when I took the test at the end, worth 150 points total, I scored a 56 out of 150, which equates to about 2300 in strength.
That's pretty good ThrillerFan! Little more work, a run of good results, and you'll soon have red letters by your name here on chess.com!
Mar 4, 2019
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ThrillerFan wrote:
I read the book. What are you expecting out of it? If you are expecting ANY of the following, you are sorely mistaking:
1) 100% correct results? By the way, when I took the test at the end, worth 150 points total, I scored a 56 out of 150, which equates to about 2300 in strength.
2) 2-minute problems? These are not quick tactics problems. You're lucky if you can do a page in under 2 hours.
3) Basic Tactics like 2-move Knight Forks? Get a beginner tactics book for that!
why would he look for that if the book is for seriously strong players
Mar 5, 2019
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The point of the book is to improve your calculation, so that's the question you need to ask yourself. Even if you got most of the solutions wrong, did your calculation improve overall? Do you find yourself considering more moves in your games, finding not-so-obvious moves, or even calculating faster?
Didn't the fact that the book was called "Grandmaster Preparation" give you a hint about the difficulty level? Are you an IM or a highly rated FM?
In all seriousness, it is a ball buster! But if you want to really bust your ass and give each puzzle at least a half-hour of total concentration, you will be surprised at how much good it will do you
I recently bought this book as I know that calculation is probably the weakest part of my game and I'm looking to improve it. I know that the book is supposed to be for 2000+ and being mid 2100s I thought I could handle it, I was seriously wrong. This book is a nightmare. I'm about 30 puzzles in and have only solved about 10, a lot of the ones that I couldn't solve I didn't even come close to getting right either. Anyone else got this book and struggling with it? I'm thinking I should have gotten an easier book but I like a challenge, however this book might be too much for me.