will chess puzzles help my accuracy
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hello, I've noticed that even in my best games my accuracy is at most 60% and I'd like to improve it. one thing I thought of were puzzles. my Elo is 900ish (I had a few... unfortunate matches in a row so it's 800something now)
Jul 31, 2021
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#2
Puzzles are a great way to help you see tactics in your games!
Personally, I’ve noticed since I’ve improved my rating in puzzles, it’s allowed me to help find or even set up the best moves which then increased my game accuracy.
Personally, I’ve noticed since I’ve improved my rating in puzzles, it’s allowed me to help find or even set up the best moves which then increased my game accuracy.
j_lyg wrote:
Puzzles are a great way to help you see tactics in your games!
Personally, I’ve noticed since I’ve improved my rating in puzzles, it’s allowed me to help find or even set up the best moves which then increased my game accuracy.
Personally, I’ve noticed since I’ve improved my rating in puzzles, it’s allowed me to help find or even set up the best moves which then increased my game accuracy.
i see i see, thanks a lot
It will help you recognise basic checkmate patterns or tactics to win material, and over time, might increase your accuracy.
it will help you boost your ego, and make you think that you can do well in a real tournament. It also is a good upsell for this website.
Puzzles are not efficient for improving accuracy, they are good for your calculation though.
A more efficient way to improve your accuracy, is analysing the games after you lost with the engine and try to do the same stuff as the engine.
However there is a limit. It is important to know that humans are different than engines, humans are limited in their calculation time.
That is why you need the right building blocks to improve your chess accuracy, those building blocks are called habits, watch chessbrah for those habits:
"accuracy" is BS
AunTheKnight wrote:
Why would you want to improve accuracy over actual improvement?
hmmmm fair enough, I just assumed that how close you perform to the engine's ideal moves is directly linked to your chess level but I assume there are more fundamental things to cover first
Koridai wrote:
Puzzles are not efficient for improving accuracy, they are good for your calculation though.
A more efficient way to improve your accuracy, is analysing the games after you lost with the engine and try to do the same stuff as the engine.
However there is a limit. It is important to know that humans are different than engines, humans are limited in their calculation time.
That is why you need the right building blocks to improve your chess accuracy, those building blocks are called habits, watch chessbrah for those habits:
thanks a lot for the tips, and from what I collect there's really no harm in doing puzzles every now and then. also I'll make sure to check out the channel
Jul 31, 2021
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Yes. It will improve your accuracy, because you are training your brain to recognize the best move in a position. You need to be able to find good moves consistently in a game in order to achieve a high accuracy score. You need to build a huge bank of tactical positions which you know how to solve. So do as many puzzles as you can 
Boogalicious wrote:
Yes. It will improve your accuracy, because you are training your brain to recognize the best move in a position. You need to be able to find good moves consistently in a game in order to achieve a high accuracy score. You need to build a huge bank of tactical positions which you know how to solve. So do as many puzzles as you can
thank you for the tips
They definetely helps your calculation skills
Jul 31, 2021
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anAntlearningChess wrote:
AunTheKnight wrote:
Why would you want to improve accuracy over actual improvement?
hmmmm fair enough, I just assumed that how close you perform to the engine's ideal moves is directly linked to your chess level but I assume there are more fundamental things to cover first
Yep. I mean, if you play well you will have a higher accuracy, but accuracy can be super strange.
Boogalicious wrote:
Yes. It will improve your accuracy, because you are training your brain to recognize the best move in a position. You need to be able to find good moves consistently in a game in order to achieve a high accuracy score. You need to build a huge bank of tactical positions which you know how to solve. So do as many puzzles as you can
That is not entirely true.
What I experienced is that, yes puzzles improves your ability to calculate, but no it doesn't help you with sensing danger when your pieces are hanging.
The sense of danger is more important in a chess game than having great calculation abilities, mainly if you play blitz. Sense of danger makes you blunder less. Puzzles just don't give you the ability to blunder 0 percent of the time, sense of danger does.
Greater calculation abilities could make you actually think too much on given positions, when they situation doesn't call for it.
It is a bit like driving a car. If you drive a car, you can't make mistakes, because that will kill people. The reason why you don't make mistakes in a car is because you a good sense of danger.
Playing games will create this sense of danger in your brain, but puzzles won't.
Jul 31, 2021
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#16
Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
Yes, solving puzzles is a great way to get better. I offer interactive chess puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php
I think it will improve accuracy. I said it. Matter settled.