Two ways to study them. One is to go through them quickly, like watching a film of game after game, maybe pausing periodically to think about a interesting position or two. Idea is to subconsciously take in how the masters handle openings, the typical plans they use, tactical patterns, etc. The other is a long, usually annotated games that you work through. You pick the winning side, then try to guess each move, reading the annotations along the way. That could take anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour or more. Note all your move deviations from the text, then put the game in a computer to help you understand why your deviations where bad or suboptimal moves to the text.
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Try to have some kind of feedback. An annotated game is good, a program is potentially good, but another player is best. I think unless you're a pretty strong player already, a lot of the good moves aren't going to be very instructive if you're only looking on your own.
I am new to studying GM games and have a couple of questions.
1. how long should you spend on a game?
2. Do you try to memorize every game you study or do blaze through trying to recognize concepts?
3. Should you only memorize games for the openings you use?
4. What is chess program that i can study GM games, without being asked to overwrite variations? I wanted try my own ideas and then continue the game. Like being able to input different moves. Then backspace or cancel all the moves i inputed. Instead of fritz keep asking me to overwrite everytime. Also, like how the guys on onlinechesslessons do it on youtube.
Sorry the long topic.
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