Good luck and let me know what do you think about the website.
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Oct 22, 2017
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Efficiency is important for you. The worst hing is to read something here, something there, watch a couple of videos without using your brain to calculate. The best way to learn is by spaced repetition. Unfortunately, most apps and websites do not have anything in this direction. I know only two tools, the Chess Position Trainer and Chessable. My advice is to check out Chessable and try one or two free books. Most books there are on openings, with a couple on endgames. People training there love the website.
Good luck and let me know what do you think about the website.
Good luck and let me know what do you think about the website.
Chess Openings Wizard (formerly Bookup) has had this training option long before the other programs.
Oct 23, 2017
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dannyhume wrote:
Chess Openings Wizard (formerly Bookup) has had this training option long before the other programs.
Okay, I will check it, thanks.
Oct 23, 2017
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dannyhume wrote:
Chess Openings Wizard (formerly Bookup) has had this training option long before the other programs.
You are right, funny that I saw a video on this program many years ago. I just had a quick look, but is COW also working with spaced repetition?
You can solve one or two puzzles per day. After one year, you will be surprised at how good you are at tactics. The beauty of this is you can solve puzzle any time of the day and it won't take much of your time. At weekends, you can study some strategies,endgames and play. My mechanical engineer brother has a chess tactic book that he always bring. You can also download chess tactics app like chess tactics pro.
torrubirubi wrote:
dannyhume wrote:
Chess Openings Wizard (formerly Bookup) has had this training option long before the other programs.
You are right, funny that I saw a video on this program many years ago. I just had a quick look, but is COW also working with spaced repetition?
I don't think so, but I will check my program when I get a chance. But I think spaced repetition may be overrated, best for memorizing very specific lines that need to be memorized, but a lot of that memorization comes later much easier with better understanding and more experience in that opening. Maybe concrete memorization is useful to get to moves 4-6 safely in a system you want to play consistently, but after that I am not so sure... other errors are going to creep into the game that need to be worked on before wasting time trying to memorize deeper into theoretical lines, even if they are in your opening.
Oct 27, 2017
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I used spaced repetition to get to the positions recommend by an author of a repertoire book, not long variations, but long enough to know which pawn breaks I have, or where to castle and so on. Or to play better endgames. I don't have a good memory, so the spaced repetition will help me to not be tricked out by move orders.
Something in me has sparked up and I want to 'take my game to the next level'. Of course the problem is that I have a job. I'm a software engineer. And that takes all the life out of me. I'm dead by the time I come home. So I can only work on chess on weekends. How should I divide my time and what is the best regimen.