Why am I no better after completing 1000 tactics?
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Did you take the time to understand each position and the move it wanted you to make?
CantGetRight69 wrote:
I just finished 1000 beginner tactics on lucas chess and I am no better and still suck. I still take too long to make decisions and when I finally make a decision it is almost always not the best one. Are tactics a waste of time or what is taking so long for improvement? I am completely worn out after spending 4 days in a row finishing them and it seems like that time was spent for nothing.
Name 4 chess tactics from top of your head.
AlkinKing wrote:
Did you take the time to understand each position and the move it wanted you to make?
I just sort of went through all them as quickly as I could. Using my memory to repeat the right moves. I don't think I understood a lot of the moves others it was clear it was a checkmate in 1 or 2 type of move or improving ones position or material. Still though I should be better right? I don't think I am i struggle with 1 minute bullet games vs guys rated 378 etc.
Mar 7, 2017
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#5
Is not about the time you spend or the number of tactics you do.
Listen to #2
shcherbak wrote:
CantGetRight69 wrote:
I just finished 1000 beginner tactics on lucas chess and I am no better and still suck. I still take too long to make decisions and when I finally make a decision it is almost always not the best one. Are tactics a waste of time or what is taking so long for improvement? I am completely worn out after spending 4 days in a row finishing them and it seems like that time was spent for nothing.
Name 4 chess tactics from top of your head.
I could be wrong here but theres the fork, skewer, mate in 1234 type of thing and decoy.
Stay away from bullet, and take your time to do tactics. Quality will be better than quantity here. Keep practicing and try not to overload yourself and you should improve.
Not bad...
fork, pin, discovered attack, and skewers (type of pin)
now the thing with trainers is that part of work is to identify underlying theme, and this require knowing them (well, being aware rather) and ability to spot interaction between pieces and positional patterns.
Tragic thing is that it is not really possible to be good at tactics unless you see quite a lot of them.
What will tell you if you go to remove the defender or overload, what would indicate if you try to exploit pin or zwischenzug.
There is plenty of resources to LEARN tactics, then use trainers to VERIFY your progress.
shcherbak wrote:
Not bad...
fork, pin, discovered attack, and skewers (type of pin)
now the thing with trainers is that part of work is to identify underlying theme, and this require knowing them (well, being aware rather) and ability to spot interaction between pieces and positional patterns.
Tragic thing is that it is not really possible to be good at tactics unless you see quite a lot of them.
What will tell you if you go to remove the defender or overload, what would indicate if you try to exploit pin or zwischenzug.
There is plenty of resources to LEARN tactics, then use trainers to VERIFY your progress.
Whats an example of a trainer vs resources to learn tactics?
You also seem to play too many short games. Play longer games first (1 day per turn for example) and you will quickly improve in Live Chess.
Mar 7, 2017
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#13
shcherbak escribió:
http://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html
credit to whomever post it here, me thinks @Diakonia
That is a great help for anyone who wants to learn tactics. A key point is to remember the tactical motifs that complicates you, then you can review them.
shcherbak wrote:
http://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html
credit to whomever post it here, me thinks @Diakonia
So I could learn all the tactics from that page then get a chess tempo membership which would train me those tactics?
Mar 7, 2017
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#15
I've already said several times on here what I recommend for improvement.
Blitz is obviously completely useless, (bdut nobody ever seems to believe me.)
More mythology:
tactics puzzles doesn't necessarily make you better at finding tactics in actual games.
My opponents with giant tactics ratings who I've destroyed in games can testify to this.
Blitz is obviously completely useless, (bdut nobody ever seems to believe me.)
More mythology:
tactics puzzles doesn't necessarily make you better at finding tactics in actual games.
My opponents with giant tactics ratings who I've destroyed in games can testify to this.
Tactics is not just memorizing patterns. Tactics training is also understanding tactics and that is being done with one of the many tactics books advised here on the forum and time spent OTB. I started with Predator at the chessboard and would still recommend it. It focuses on explanations of basic tactics. There are still many others. More than anything, take your time and don't rush things. GL
sparxs wrote:
Tactics is not just memorizing patterns. Tactics training is also understanding tactics and that is being done with one of the many tactics books advised here on the forum and time spent OTB. I started with Predator at the chessboard and would still recommend it. It focuses on explanations of basic tactics. There are still many others. More than anything, take your time and don't rush things. GL
I just bookmarked the predator book on amazon but i'm wondering if their website is good enough or buying the book is a must? Like here is there site http://www.chesstactics.org/ I'm wondering if I need to buy the book if there site seems to have the same information.
Mar 7, 2017
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#18
urk escribió:
I've already said several times on here what I recommend for improvement.
Blitz is obviously completely useless, (bdut nobody ever seems to believe me.)
More mythology:
tactics puzzles doesn't necessarily make you better at finding tactics in actual games.
My opponents with giant tactics ratings who I've destroyed in games can testify to this.
Blitz is obviously completely useless, (bdut nobody ever seems to believe me.)
More mythology:
tactics puzzles doesn't necessarily make you better at finding tactics in actual games.
My opponents with giant tactics ratings who I've destroyed in games can testify to this.
That's right. I spent a lot of time improving my TT (I was 1400-1500 for a while and now +1900) but in actual games I can't spot simple tactics! 
Do the daily tactics on here.
Learn the ideas and plans for your openings.
Learn some endgame technique.
Enjoy the journey. You will go up and down. I'm currently in a down slump.
Keep in mind playing online blitz is a process in which you can't get emotionally involved. You will blunder and so will your opponent.
Keep playing... enjoy the journey and follow the above. You will get better.
Mar 7, 2017
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#20
Whether it's books, videos, tactics, or something else, the activity itself is meaningless. You have to be engaged. Ask yourself questions. Why did you miss the puzzles you missed? What sorts of moves are you commonly missing? Did you go over the puzzle solution? Did you check moves you were curious about that weren't included in the puzzle solution?
250 puzzles a day for 4 days is probably no better than 20 puzzles a day for 4 days because there's only so much you can learn in a day.
Then a few days later, you should repeat any failed puzzles and against ask, what moves did I miss last time? What moves did I miss this time? Why? Do those moves have something in common? How can I effectively change the types of moves I consider?
I just finished 1000 beginner tactics on lucas chess and I am no better and still suck. I still take too long to make decisions and when I finally make a decision it is almost always not the best one. Are tactics a waste of time or what is taking so long for improvement? I am completely worn out after spending 4 days in a row finishing them and it seems like that time was spent for nothing.