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What should 1400 USCF rated player study?
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tactics
Thanks, anything else?
Aug 22, 2014
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#5
Tactics. Endgames. Tactics. Pawn structures. Tactics. Model mating patterns (lolli, greco, anderssen's, anastasia's, morphy, paulsen, philidor, corridor, smothered, epaulette, etc).
... and Tactics.
Awesome thanks!
chess is like real estate.
The three most important things are tactics, tactics, and tactics.
Oh so I should study tactics... ok thanks lol
No i dont think so lol
Well, then I would like to personally suggest some tactics study, because that may help your game immensely.
Coming from a 1538 player, lol
Awesome thanks very much
Sure tactics. Besides the obvious, my leap from 1400 to over 1500 was largely a result from better evaluation technique and improving my ability to make better, more concrete plans. How did I improve that? I started to go over more annotated games by past greats and tried to find moves and plans in their games and then check if I was right or not.
DDayChess365 wrote:
Sure tactics. Besides the obvious, my leap from 1400 to over 1500 was largely a result from better evaluation technique and improving my ability to make better, more concrete plans. How did I improve that? I started to go over more annotated games by past greats and tried to find moves and plans in their games and then check if I was right or not.
Oh wow thanks for the good piece of studying. I appreciate it.
Aug 24, 2014
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#15
I've found that one of the biggest differences between a 1400 player and a 2100 player is not so much their ability to calculate... but WHICH moves the two players choose to examine.
Consider the following position. Which of White's possible moves would you choose to analyze?
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I played Be2. It wins a piece or forces two connected passed Pawns in all variations.
Aug 24, 2014
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#16
My video lesson001 on YouTube and lasts 37 minutes. It has over 10,000 views. It explains how to maximize your study time to get the most in return. My group has over 7,700 members in just over 2 years, so I must be doing something right. You may auto join my group here and get access to all my YouTube videos.... http://www.chess.com/groups/join?id=14246
Aug 24, 2014
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#17
happyface79 wrote:
At my rating level I am very unsure of what to study.
Any help would be very appreciated
Economics.
Aug 24, 2014
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#18
If you haven't checked out Dan Heisman's "novice nook" at Chess Cafe that might be of interest to you.
aww-rats wrote:
My video lesson001 on YouTube and lasts 37 minutes. It has over 10,000 views. It explains how to maximize your study time to get the most in return. My group has over 7,700 members in just over 2 years, so I must be doing something right. You may auto join my group here and get access to all my YouTube videos.... http://www.chess.com/groups/join?id=14246
Thanks I appreciate it.
Aug 24, 2014
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#20
blueemu wrote:
I've found that one of the biggest differences between a 1400 player and a 2100 player is not so much their ability to calculate... but WHICH moves the two players choose to examine.
Consider the following position. Which of White's possible moves would you choose to analyze?
...
...
...
I played Be2. It wins a piece or forces two connected passed Pawns in all variations.
Any advice on how to change this?
At my rating level I am very unsure of what to study.
Any help would be very appreciated