all of them are important for skills improvement.
What do you do to improve your skills?
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"... In order to maximize the benefits of [theory and practice], these two should be approached in a balanced manner. ... Play as many slow games (60 5 or preferably slower) as possible, ... The other side of improvement is theory. ... This can be reading books, taking lessons, watching videos, doing problems on software, etc. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627084053/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf
Jan 17, 2020
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Analyzing Master's games contributed the most in my present skills. Any serious player should study Chess Informants Best 1000 Games. For Intermediate players, The Mammoth Book of the Greatest Chess Games,
Here is how you improve, WATCH VIDEOS, PLAY GAMES!!!!
If you want to know what videos to watch, you can watch puzzle videos here:
And you can watch openings here:
bong711 wrote:
... Any serious player should study Chess Informants Best 1000 Games. ...
"... the publisher devised a clever system of symbols to communicate the annotations. The language-less Informant codes …"
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103924/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review643.pdf
bong711 wrote:
... For Intermediate players, The Mammoth Book of the Greatest Chess Games,
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233403/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review782.pdf
Is it lessons, tactics, playing games etc. What helped you increase your skills.