I really searched and searched last time but couldn’t make a dent in the mystery knight other than what I mentioned. I am not as resourceful as BrownishGerbil. I have no idea how he finds the knights.
PDX_Axe - My Chess Book Addiction
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Aug 22, 2023
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The farthest I think into the future is making it to chess club next week lol. I have long ago known that I pretty much missed the boat on chess. I see young kids at 14 and 15 getting a GM title, and I think about how I might have done that if chess was in any way focused on in my house when I was a kid. Unfortunately, it wasn't. I don't think I ever played my dad a real game of chess, as he worked hard and just wanted to rest when he got home in the evening. The first real game I played was against my grandfather when I was 9, and I won, though he had been playing all his life. Then at 11 I got a guitar, and chess was mostly forgotten. Had it been as popular as it is today, where kids get taught chess in school chess clubs, and kids with talent get private coaches...but it just wasn't. I started high school in 1971, before Bobby Fischer became a household name. I played the odd game against my cousin in the seventies. A few months after college I moved to Hawaii in 1980 and played a few games at the tables along Waikiki beach, or occasionally my tennis buddy that I also worked with, but that was it. Didn't really pick chess up again until the late 90's when I joined the Portland Chess Club. Then work got in the way, I left the club in the early 2000's, and didn't pick it up again until just before Covid got going at the end of 2021. I think I can say I definitely missed my window when it comes to chess.
Aug 22, 2023
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@GabeMiami10 those 8 books might be all you need if they are the right books. I can't tell what your classical rating is, but pretty much everyone needs a good opening book, say like FCO, a good tactics book, middlegame strategy and positional play, endgames, calculation, planning, etc. If you can find good books that speak to you and fit with your style of chess, that might be all you need until you start to approach Master level. Especially when you supplement that with YouTube videos, Twitch streams, podcasts, and online courses. The one thing you can't get online is the feeling you get when you play over the board, against people that you have played before, who know your style, or your opening repertoire, etc. You can't get that from a book.
Hey @MCH818, I am surprised you haven't made any more guesses at my latest Mystery Knight on my other thread. Seems like a good time, since @BrownishGerbil went on a family vacation to Normandy so won't be making any guesses for a while. If you need another clue, just post it there.