Get a basic tactics book. That will probably be easiest to fit into a potentially busy schedule and you can fit in some practice in a short amount of time.
Best way to study chess with no internetconnection or "technology"?
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Jul 23, 2016
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#3
This might sound like heresy, but you could consider not thinking about chess for a week. 
Yes, Serguey Ivaschenko's Manual of Chess Combinations for example. Maybe volume 1b for your level.
So you can read a book and you can practice chess tactics on a board but it's heresy to do the exact same things on a tablet?
#Logic
#HumourBelge
Jul 23, 2016
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#6
Just bring a chess board, and play chess with your kids, or your wife once they're asleep...
Jul 23, 2016
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Sorry sir, but I think that is one of the dumbest questions I have red so far. If you dont want to have internet as a family I would guess it would be to stay together, I dont see how studying chess is any different from using the internet, you are not with your family and loved ones when you study chess.
That said I think common sense would answer your question, before internet exsited everyone red chess books. And in fact serious players that actually improve improve with books, not with cheap chess web sites promises.
Botvinnik's 100 annotated books would be good to see some chess games.
Some cheap tactics book would be enough to stay sharp during your vacations.
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Merovwig wrote:
So you can read a book and you can practice chess tactics on a board but it's heresy to do the exact same things on a tablet?
#Logic
#HumourBelge
Well, you might find it weird but that's just the way it is. #Ifallyoucandoitmakeajokedon'tbotherposting
Also can't bring a chessboard.
DonaldoTrump wrote:
Sorry sir, but I think that is one of the dumbest questions I have red so far. If you dont want to have internet as a family I would guess it would be to stay together, I dont see how studying chess is any different from using the internet, you are not with your family and loved ones when you study chess.
That said I think common sense would answer your question, before internet exsited everyone red chess books. And in fact serious players that actually improve improve with books, not with cheap chess web sites promises.
Botvinnik's 100 annotated books would be good to see some chess games.
Some cheap tactics book would be enough to stay sharp during your vacations.
Have fun, and check out how I am going to make America great again.
As common sense has it, I also asked for a book :-)
And there are times to read a book e.g. when we are at the pool or in the evening before bed or something.
Jul 23, 2016
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#10
Nice to hear you will pass your vacations as a united family. You may want to consider vacationing in United States, we have some nice hotels in California.
And regarding chess study, I would recommend you doing 5 tactics at breakfast, you may even want to set up the position on a chess board and try to solve the puzzles with your family. At the evening you can go over some games.
Nothing personal, but isn't the word "red" supposed to have an 'a' in it?
Jul 23, 2016
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#12
Nothing personal but could you learn english? Red is the past for the verb "read". First attacking Palestinians and now criticizing my grammar?
OP, The book "The Amateur's Mind" by IM Silman is a good choice. I'm reading it now and it's really good! How to Reassess your chess is another good one for Class C USCF players and up.
Erm, hate to say it but he's right, you know. The past forms are pronouced as [red], but are still spelled "read", just like the infinitive "to read".
Spend time with your family. Be grateful you can afford to go on vacations
Inexorable88 wrote:
Spend time with your family. Be grateful you can afford to go on vacations
Ofcourse we spend time together and where did I say i wasn't grateful?
You're trying to find ways to ignore them further by using chess. If it's a no technology vacation, be mindful of the present moment and spend time with your family. No one ever wishes on their death bed that they had played more chess
Inexorable88 wrote:
You're trying to find ways to ignore them further by using chess. If it's a no technology vacation, be mindful of the present moment and spend time with your family. No one ever wishes on their death bed that they had played more chess
How am I trying to ignore them as i specified the timings when I could read a book?
I can already imagine a few afternoons at the pool where my sister will only be reading books, my mother sunbading and my dad doing laps in the pool. The perfect moment for me to also read a book inbetween swimming.
You should realise that half the comments here are jokes/trolls.
Don't take it too seriously ;) .
There is a chess book I have always loved bringing with me during vacations, easy and pleasant to read: Winning strategy by GM Yasser Seirawan.
I don't know your level but I consider it as an excellent book for beginners (and above).
Hey there fellow chessplayers.
In a week I'm going on a family vacation. During that vacation we have 1 big rule as a family ... No internet/technology allowed. (So no smartphones, laptops, ...) It's one week were none of us are connected to the world.
Since I won't be able to make my chess moves here or practice (tactics, mentor, vids, ...), I was wondering how I could learn some more chess when I am on that vacation. Since I can't use any internet/technology, books came to mind. But there are sooo many books and I have no idea where to start.
So my question is...
Which chessbook, is the one (or two, but not more as I won't have the time to read so much) that you would recommend! Considering I still think of myself as a beginner!
Then again it doesn't have to be a book persé, but that just got in my head the first since any technology isn't allowed on the vacation.