Is there such a thing as a Correspondence Chess training routine?

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Is there such a thing as a Correspondence Chess training routine? How to improve my level in daily chess? Should I play the first thing I see or instead prepare a whole routine looking for games and game plans? 😯🤔

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ajedrezixta wrote:

Is there such a thing as a Correspondence Chess training routine? How to improve my level in daily chess? Should I play the first thing I see or instead prepare a whole routine looking for games and game plans? 😯🤔

I would guess that the highest rated players have a routine involving the consulting of databases for their games.    At lower levels, however, many people at least take advantage of the non-engine analysis tool to try to figure out what their opponents may do.  You can try out different moves and make your own guesses as to what responses you may see.

The most important thing is to check often to see if you have any games where it is your move.

I see that you forfeited a bunch of games several months ago. 

You want to avoid that.

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justbefair escribió:

The most important thing is to check often to see if you have any games where it is your move.

I see that you forfeited a bunch of games several months ago. 

You want to avoid that.

Yes it's correct. At one time I did not have a device to connect more frequently. Now I do. I'm trying to be more attentive with my games. And I will use the manual analysis tab more often. Thanks for the advice.

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"In correspondence chess, he who goes to bed later wins." - Fritz Baumbach, ICCF World Champion 1989

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Where is the Russian people

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chess.com is on russia's naughty list.

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How about just work on training for regular chess period instead of putting a label on it. Why worry about a daily game. You are given a substantial amount of time to consider your options.
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What does Russia have to do with this question?

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ajedrezixta wrote:

How to improve my level in daily chess? Should I play the first thing I see?

Yes. That's the best strategy.

Make sure to only do it in the 14 day time control. That way it makes the most sense.

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I find that it's helpful for building opening repertoire to play mainly in opening specific Daily tournaments. I'm currently in 20-30 such tournaments and by focusing in on specific tournaments you get more repetitions which are likely to give you good information on what style openings you enjoy and are naturally good at. Since it's correspondence chess getting a good opening book is helpful: Nunn's Chess Openings (aka NCO) is very comprehensive, but slightly difficult to use. If you want to talk about correspondence chess in more depth, feel free to message me directly.

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Correspondence games are more likely to reach an endgame, so studying endgame positions can be useful.

Even with loads of time available, you will miss tactics if you've not seen them before, so regularly doing puzzles is useful.

If you are considering playing the first thing you see then bullet chess might suit you better.

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Calexir escribió:

I find that it's helpful for building opening repertoire to play mainly in opening specific Daily tournaments. ....Since it's correspondence chess getting a good opening book is helpful: Nunn's Chess Openings (aka NCO) is very comprehensive, but slightly difficult to use. If you want to talk about correspondence chess in more depth, feel free to message me directly.

 Very true, everything you tell me is correct,  Thanks for the advice! 😃👍😎

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KevinOSh escribió:

Correspondence games are more likely to reach an endgame, so studying endgame positions can be useful.

Even with loads of time available, you will miss tactics if you've not seen them before, so regularly doing puzzles is useful.

Thanks, I will continue doing puzzles