i noticed on the bottom that it says donate. I've came across some of those sites and they will eventually to contribute funds to further fill their pockets.
Coordinate Training Value Question
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A good website I usually go on and you can sign up for free. They have tactics and endgame training. www.chesstempo.com. You can sign up for free.
Peter. When you go on line. Stop worrying about your rating. The rating number doesn't mean anything. The USCF; chess.com or any organization that tries to give you a number and say this is your number. I'll give you an example. They tell you your number is say 1500 as an example. You play someone say 1600. If you win your number goes up and his goes down. Is your number right? Is his number rignt? The whole rating system is bogus. Why can't you play a player that is 2000? The numbers go up and they go down. The rrating numbers are wrong. What if a 956 beats a 1235? The least of your worries is your rating number. In time it will go up. It might not go up for a long while. The best thing to do is nothing. Keep playing. Keep reading. Keep tactics training. Keep watching you tube chess instructional videos. As you keep your studies going the improvement will in time will come in time. I'll give you a real good example. Let's take a look at checkmate patterns. The more patterns you are aware of. The more you are likely to put your opponent in checkmate. Always remember this. Knowledge is power. So the final conclusion is Keep playing. Keep reading. Keep studying. Keep tactics training. Etc. Keep learning and the rest will come automatically. Just remeember that sitting at the chessboard will bring your rating up in time. You can't know it all. Hang in there and go around the chessboard a couple million time. Ha Ha. You will be alright. We all win and lose. Don't let it get you down. Set up the pins again and bowl another strike.
Don't forget to get the 8 ball in the corner pocket. Ha Ha.
I went to this site on a recommedation found here and am enjoying the tactics training.
What of the "Coordinate training" value?
http://en.lichess.org/training/coordinate
How helpful is this?
How much time is recommended to devote to it?
What potential benefits come from such training.
Like other adults, I am 'stuck' in the under 1400 category but love study. I don't have many present opportunities to play live (I hope to in 2015), but am doing at least one hour a day of tactic training here. I have a stand alone chess computer and can play one "tournement" style game a week, setting the ELO rating to approximate an opponent not too much better than me.
I continue, as well, to go over the games of the greats, right now using "First Morphy" book, which is exciting. From there, it is the "Most Instructive Games..." and then on to...
Should I add "Coordinate Training"?
I would love to play a complete game blindfolded, for the sheer fun of it, as well as the accomplishment. I admire those who are able to do so, even if it is a poorly played game.