paying attention to moves and decisions made in the first moves and the payoff later in the game
examining positions in masters games at the “critical point” and how coordinated and syncd up the pieces are and whatnot
How does it help to learn from good players games?
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masters games show how the application of principles result in superior positions
paying attention to moves and decisions made in the first moves and the payoff later in the game
examining positions in masters games at the “critical point” and how coordinated and syncd up the pieces are and whatnot
paying attention to moves and decisions made in the first moves and the payoff later in the game
examining positions in masters games at the “critical point” and how coordinated and syncd up the pieces are and whatnot
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zarian1 wrote:
Recently I have been studying good players games, but i do not see how it helps you improve.
Is their anyone that can tell me how it is supposed to help?
Well, first of all - Don't try to play over modern grandmaster games and try to understand anything. You most likely won't.
Pick a game collection of older masters (such as Tarrasch, Capablanca, Lasker, Nimzo, etc.) such as Masters of the Chessboard by Reti, or The most instructive games of chess ever played by Chernev.
Another book that comes to mind is Chess Master versus Chess Amateur by Euwe. That one is particularly good as it demonstrates the typical amateur mistakes and how a master would capilize on it.
The reason for picking older master games is that the main idea of the game (i.e. outpost, color weaknesses, double pawns, etc.) tends to run for many more moves and be the central focus of the game so you can see the idea play itself out.
Modern Grandmaster games can be very dynamic, constantly evolving, and the "main idea" keeps changing every few moves.
Those comments are certainly high-level generalizations for sure, and there are exceptions.
By playing over the older master games and reading the notes, you will start to absorb ideas, and maybe even more importantly start recognizing more patterns. Pattern recognition takes a lot of time, and is what truly separates strong players from much weaker ones.
And by pattern, I don't mean a very specific position, but rather a pattern idea. Such as being in an endgame, and having a 3 to 2 pawn majority on one side of the board, or having a knight outpost on d5, rooks doubled on the 7th rank eating everything in sight, etc.
Good Luck!
Recently I have been studying good players games, but i do not see how it helps you improve.
Is their anyone that can tell me how it is supposed to help?