Don't have motivation to do tactics

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TaktikaZen

I understand that at my level, which is roughly 1400-1600 online, I don't have an official rating OTB, one needs to be doing countless tactics to get accustomed to pattern recognition and to improve calculation skills as a whole. My main issue is that I find strategy and positional motifs to be more interesting. For those that are like me and lose motivation doing tactics is there anything that you did that may have helped you? I love annotating my games after I've played and comparing them to an engine afterwards, I find I learn the most from that, but tactics is like assignments, it's just something you must do to get better at chess. 

 

So long story short, what can I do to make doing tactics more enjoyable for me?

Ankalyov

Sup, homie? tongue.png

If you don't want to solve puzzles, it is simple: don't do it! You will learn the same way by analyzing your games, watching top tournaments or watching masters/strong players videos. 

If you're really worried about solving tactics, you can impose yourself a number of puzzles before playing or even before doing anything else at Chess.com, let say..., from 10 to 15 tactics per day, for example. Once you solve them, you can play or do whatever you want. wink.png

 

TaktikaZen

 Hey bro,

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I think that's a logical way to look at it. I also like the idea of imposing a set number of tactics before I start. Appreciate the feedback! I'm going to take your advice on this.