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Avatar of chrisphillips71

I am a 44 year man that has dabbled with playing chess numerous times.  Unfortunately, I am still at a very low level as I have never invested sufficient study time (or maybe I am just too dense).  I am thinking about consistently dedicating myself over an extended period of time, but am not sure where to start.  I have found the app chessimo. It is obviously a huge program that will require a great deal of time to finish.  However, I wonder if my time will be best spent using it.  Right now, the problems are relatively easy, and I do not understand how it will improve my "chess vision."   If anybody has used chessimo or something similar I would love to hear your thoughts on the long term benefits.

Thanks.

 

Chris Phillips

Avatar of TalsKnight

I use the program a lot myself, I personally find it one of the best tactical pattern trainers. Yes some of the tactics are simple , but if you cant quickly see them ,how can you advance to more complex tactics? You can go over the same group of problems until you master them.

Avatar of Ziryab

I like the Chessimo app, although I've only completed the first 26 units. I spend more time with other training apps. See http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2013/02/chess-tactics-training-on-ipad.html

Avatar of Equiv

The purpose is that over time the simple tactics will help you with repetition to the point where you see them instantly . This is the idea , and has been reccomended before by some trainers .

Avatar of Ziryab

Equiv is correct, and Chessimo is well designed for this purpose.

Avatar of Gelenjeri

Hello, I have 2017 Macbook but am not able to download app or even access to web version, I have laptop too but couldn't use it either. 
Please can you advice?