A Composed Puzzle or A Tactic from an Actual Game?

I had seen composed puzzles, like those of W.J. Baird, Frank Healey, E. Wallis, and puzzles or tactics from actual FIDE rated games

What is your preference for homing in, or sharpening your focus on the game,

Please note that W.J. Baird, Frank Healey, E. Wallis are of public domain and are widely available on the net

Puzzles from FIDE rated games can be found from CB Magazine

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Thank You.

Hello, Anna. I, personally, do not do puzzles or tactics. I play mostly 1 day per move games. This gives me time to look at each move and its consequences, or, potential. After a number of games, some patterns are noticeable, and I try to put them in the memory bank. Even when there are no noticeable patterns, the whole of the game lets me understand why piece x is where it is, and why I put it there.

When I see combinations of moves that are new to me, that is what I would consider my "training". It gets me thinking about the what-ifs, and their possibilites.

I like the puzzles from actual games better than the composed puzzles. 

I tend to like positions that can occur in actual games, however, I also like endgame studies.

Thank you for the input, I can see why there can be moments when a composed puzzle can be effective,

by a thematic pattern, you can place emphasis on a certain topic

skewer, pin, fork

now the composed puzzles with multiple bishops, extra queens, can be a little over the top, so I understand if the preference is for puzzles based on actual games

I am trying that, but I lack the focus to continue an online game that drags, it can drain you sometimes,

I try to use notes, which is located on the side of the board, with other tabs like moves, chat, details,

The one thing that is uniquely interesting in online chess, is the Opening Explorer, I get to learn an opening, more than I would do if I read a book, or if I tried out the Explorer, with a database

Positions from real games are probably more useful for learning tactics, but chess compositions can sometimes approach, or actually be, works of art.

Amy

Yeah, often the thematic motif in compositions has been distilled right down to it's raw essence and as a result they can be not only beautiful in their formulation, but also a more effective instructive tool for it.