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demaisdead

Hi guys does anyone have any tips on how i can get better at chess like are there any books i should read or specific things i should look into?

CoachBucci

silman's complete endgame course is a good book for endgames and Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by laszlo polgar is a good book for training your tactical/pattern awareness.

Books aren't really a priority at your rating though. Puzzles and being aware of your opponents moves and what squares yours and your opponents pieces cover as well as not making one move blunders will take you further than any book could.

Bgabor91
demaisdead wrote:

Hi guys does anyone have any tips on how i can get better at chess like are there any books i should read or specific things i should look into?

Dear Demaisdead,

I'm a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one given way to learn and improve.

First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames) and if you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

If you would like to learn more about chess, you can take private lessons from me (you find the details on my profile) or you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics (openings, strategies, tactics, endgames, game analysis). I'm planning to upload at least 4 new videos per week, so you can get 4-8 hours of educational contents every month. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day which are available with a FREE subscription.

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games! happy.png