Awhile ago, I participated in a project to work through that book. The skull guy encouraged us to take diagrams as opportunities to try to work out what to do before reading the text discussion. It made me aware of how much I was not getting.
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Mar 15, 2019
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"skull guy"? That's hilarious! 
Isn't there a workbook that's intended to reinforce the book's material?
Mar 15, 2019
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Low level American coaches? I mean, forgive if i am being rude, I am far from being a good player, but even my blitz rating is better than yours, how in the world can you call a coach who is much higher than you a low level coach?
Mar 15, 2019
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#5
Just because someone isn't at Magnus level, doenst mean they should be called a "low level" anything, these guys above 1800 are almost godlike when you face them, imagine 2200+
GrandPatzerDave wrote:
… Isn't there a workbook that's intended to reinforce the books material?
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708091808/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review285.pdf
CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
... I was comparing the low level American coaches to the coaches they are competing against from the other regions I named. ...
"... [Silman] would go on to write a series of excellent books on chess strategy. …" - GM Joel Benjamin (2018), writing about a 1979 encounter with Silman
"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
Mar 15, 2019
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kindaspongey wrote:
Awhile ago, I participated in a project to work through that book. The skull guy encouraged us to take diagrams as opportunities to try to work out what to do before reading the text discussion. It made me aware of how much I was not getting.
This is the best approach to any chess instruction book. Simply reading the explanation will not imprint the lesson on your brain the way that first working on it yourself will.
Incidentally, in Yusupov's famous course he insists that you approach the positions that way.
CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
These low level American coaches like Silman are horrendous compared to some of their European, Indian, and Russian counterparts.
Says the guy who's best rating is 1400...
Silman is a great author, after reading his books my rating went up by about 400 points.
Mar 15, 2019
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Homsar wrote:
Silman is a great author, after reading his books my rating went up by about 400 points.
That's great news, definitely motivated me. If I go up 150 and play around 1600 I will be happy already
Mar 16, 2019
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#12
I am the “skull guy”. We had a promising start in a club where we studied some of the positions. However, with the time less and less people were participating and I stopped the project. My experience with clubs shows me that it is almost impossible to get a group working constantly in such a project. I decided to work almost exclusively with Chessable since them. (I try also from time to time to work with Bronstein’s books).
I have the same problem with tennis. It is hard to find an opponent to train regularly (although since years I have such a partner). Most part of the time I have to train alone at a tennis wall, without ball machine or train the service. Not so funny, but this allowed me to improve constantly and to win a lot of tournaments (also club championships), although I began to play regularly tennis in my thirties.
I have the same problem with tennis. It is hard to find an opponent to train regularly (although since years I have such a partner). Most part of the time I have to train alone at a tennis wall, without ball machine or train the service. Not so funny, but this allowed me to improve constantly and to win a lot of tournaments (also club championships), although I began to play regularly tennis in my thirties.
Mar 16, 2019
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#13
I will suggest you to work with a system.
You have to set up the position in a physical board and first think about the position. After 5 to 10 minutes you can begin to calculate lines, and you should make notes of these calculations. Make also notes about your thoughts, your fears, about your evaluations at the end of the lines.
The more time you spend thinking and calculating, the more you will learn. Try to calculate without moving the pieces. If this is too hard for you, move the pieces, but keep in mind that you should always try first to do themexercises without moving the pieces.
After a while you see Silman’s explanations and you compare with your notes.
After this you should try to remember what did you learn from this game. And in the next day you should have a look at the position and try to remember what you learned. Try again to play the whole mainline in your mind. This is the most valuable part of the whole thing - learn to calculate, to visualise.
Only after this you should start the next exercise.
Perhaps it is a good idea to have a blog about your progress, and perhaps you can find somebody interested in working with you.
Boa sorte com o livro! De onde você é do Brasil?
You have to set up the position in a physical board and first think about the position. After 5 to 10 minutes you can begin to calculate lines, and you should make notes of these calculations. Make also notes about your thoughts, your fears, about your evaluations at the end of the lines.
The more time you spend thinking and calculating, the more you will learn. Try to calculate without moving the pieces. If this is too hard for you, move the pieces, but keep in mind that you should always try first to do themexercises without moving the pieces.
After a while you see Silman’s explanations and you compare with your notes.
After this you should try to remember what did you learn from this game. And in the next day you should have a look at the position and try to remember what you learned. Try again to play the whole mainline in your mind. This is the most valuable part of the whole thing - learn to calculate, to visualise.
Only after this you should start the next exercise.
Perhaps it is a good idea to have a blog about your progress, and perhaps you can find somebody interested in working with you.
Boa sorte com o livro! De onde você é do Brasil?
hi
Mar 16, 2019
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#15
Sounds good. I think I reached my limit concerning chess study. If I review my lines in Chessable I will spend between one and three hours four or five days per week (in the other days at least 40 minutes). Sometimes I check one or two games from Bronstein’s book Der Zauberlehrling to try to improve calculation and learn something from one of the best players in chess history. And sometimes I have a chess lesson with a GM, just to know how such amtrwining looks like (basically this guy will force me to think and to considere all possible candidates in a position, and to calculate until the end, which is very very hard for me - I am sweating all the time).
Do you have any tips on how to best learn from it?
Or somethings to avoid perhaps?
My goal is to reach 1600 rating this year... hope to hear from you guys soon!