Yusupov and the Older Lower Rated Player

For those that don't know: "Book 2" refers to Boost Your Chess 1.

http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Boost-Your-Chess-1-77p3744.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Boost-Your-Chess-1-excerpt.pdf

Just now saw your game, the tactic was cute, but you really should be proud of the endgame

I was looking at an almost wholly incompetent analysis of a chess game that was saved from being perfectly worthless by a few credible insights from a book. I'm not certain what book, but it has been suggested that it might be one from Yusupov's series.

This is the game.

Any idea which book?

Why not have Fat Fritz analyze it for you? More modern chess search for truth. 

Hello.

I'm Domingo. My english is little but I hope you can understandme.

I recently discovered this convesation because I'm with Yusupov book. First book on fundamentals :-)) due to I haven't elo. In past I was with chess from time to time. It's hard for me study Yusupov book bit more or less I pass chapter test.

This convesation¿?( I dont know the word) it's fun and interesting

Best regards

I don't know actually what happens with madratter7 's eigth chapter. :-)

Domingo......Your English is perfectly understandable.I hope you get much pleasure from the book as you go on.I,personally,need more work with my other books(working with Simple Chess right now...my 5th book so far) but have seen the Yusupov  books at my local book store......They do seem quite worthwhile,as long as you are at the level to get something out of them.

Best to all

To all you older (60+) players who are playing in OTB tournaments: What do you find the hardest about tournament play as you've gotten older? And what factors determine who well you perform. I struggle with consistency. In one tournament I score very well, with a performance rating around 2000, the next tournament I find myself losing to weak players and having a terrible time. I know fatigue is one factor, and I have always had a tendency to become very self-critical when I play poorly, so it makes a huge difference whether or not I start out well. But even so, I'm surprised at how inconsistent my results have been. If they'd been getting steadily worse, I'd simply chalk it up to getting older and declining in strength. But My results oscillate. A miserable tournament can be followed by a great one, where I leave a bunch of bright young teens in tears! But next tournament, it's back to the dumps again.  Has anyone else experienced this inconsistency?

A lack of focused concentration.  Scattered, random thinking process that doesn't consider enough candidate moves, nor calculating deeply and accurately enough.

this thread was really good, did you stop playing chess?

I didn't pass 2000 until I was in my late 50s, and I played the best game of my life the week I turned 62.

It's true that brain plasticity decreases with age, so it's more difficult to teach an old dog new tricks... but not impossible.

I've also found that as I get older my stamina has decreased, and I tire more quickly. Still... getting old isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

You're an inspiration.

I haven't stopped playing but I have totally switched emphasis. I find that what I enjoy now is doing chess puzzles. My ability at that has continued to increase. I still review parts of my Yusupov over on another site.