Play over Master games. Especially the old masters, before the computer age... since their games will be easier to understand.
How do you improve your positional play?
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Dec 6, 2020
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Reti is another of the old masters with a beautiful, lucid positional style.
Richard Reti vs Efim Bogoljubov (1924) Richard VIII (chessgames.com)
Dec 6, 2020
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IgorKravitz wrote:
Indian Kama Sutra Chess have many good positions.
Study and practice of it will improve the play indeed.
Dec 6, 2020
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ExploringWA wrote:
I’m about 1/3rd of the way through Master of the Chessboard, and descriptive notation is getting easier. Some days I struggle with going back and forth from descriptive to algebraic, and other times I read them with little trouble. In time it’ll become second nature.
It will be worth your while. I would think I only have about three books which use Algebra.
Reti's is a great book, indeed.
Dec 7, 2020
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ExploringWA wrote:
I like old books.
Indeed. I find the older stuff from the pre-computer age to be the best.
If I had to pick ONE chess book to study, it would be "Pawn Power in Chess", written by Hans Kmoch and first published back in 1959.
Dec 7, 2020
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IgorKravitz wrote:
Indian Kama Sutra Chess have many good positions.
Yes
Dec 7, 2020
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blueemu wrote:
ExploringWA wrote:
I like old books.
Indeed. I find the older stuff from the pre-computer age to be the best.
If I had to pick ONE chess book to study, it would be "Pawn Power in Chess", written by Hans Kmoch and first published back in 1959.
His terminology and explanations are a bit turgid for me.
But already excellent players find it great, si have come to the conclusion it is a book for very advanced players who are trying to get answers to questions they cannot answer.
Dec 8, 2020
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I watch commented classical games from books or from video courses here https://chessmood.com/course/chess-classical-games
Nimzowitsch - My System remains the best resource for positional play in existence.
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Dec 8, 2020
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Advice to OP . Ignore all these useless suggestions. Just follow igor's advice .... # 8
@blueemu for what rating would you recommend pawn power in chess? I'm just finishing Amateur's Mind which I was comfortable with. Was either going to move straight on to Reassess or insert an inbetween read. I'm 1400-1500 on here.
Dec 8, 2020
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MarkGrubb wrote:
@blueemu for what rating would you recommend pawn power in chess? I'm just finishing Amateur's Mind which I was comfortable with. Was either going to move straight on to Reassess or insert an inbetween read. I'm 1400-1500 on here.
I read it back when I was around 1700 and enjoyed it immensely. I had to read it twice more before I felt that I had absorbed it properly.
The book does NOT hold your hand! It is for knuckle-dragging, hairy-backed MEN, not for the faint of heart.
If I wanted to improve my tactical play, I could just do chess.com puzzles or puzzle rush. But with positional play, how can I improve that?