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SRS (Spaced Repetition System) suggestion for Tactics training on chess.com

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achmoye
achmoye
Dec 5, 2019
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#1

Hi, 

I'd really to see a spaced repetition system on Chess.com in Training problems. 

I have read a lot of things about the best way to improve in tactics and it looks like Spaced Repetition is really important, and I'll note 3 aspects of this method: 

- Focus on your mistakes (you can somehow do this after problems sprint, but it's manual and you should do it more than once) 

- Redo the same problems and learn to recognize them instantly, instead on navigating through an endless ocean of problems that you'll never see again. 

- Focus on thematics in order to learn patterns, instead of doing random problems ( this is already available) 

So what is really lacking yet is spaced repetition and presenting a list of problems containing the ones you failed at, but also the same thematic problems, spaced out more and more in time, like in Anki app. 

I'm sure I'm not the only one that would beneciate form this, and I'd even be ready to upgrade my membership for it. 

notmtwain
notmtwain
Dec 6, 2019
0
#2
achmoye wrote:

Hi, 

I'd really to see a spaced repetition system on Chess.com in Training problems. 

I have read a lot of things about the best way to improve in tactics and it looks like Spaced Repetition is really important, and I'll note 3 aspects of this method: 

- Focus on your mistakes (you can somehow do this after problems sprint, but it's manual and you should do it more than once) 

- Redo the same problems and learn to recognize them instantly, instead on navigating through an endless ocean of problems that you'll never see again. 

- Focus on thematics in order to learn patterns, instead of doing random problems ( this is already available) 

So what is really lacking yet is spaced repetition and presenting a list of problems containing the ones you failed at, but also the same thematic problems, spaced out more and more in time, like in Anki app. 

I'm sure I'm not the only one that would beneciate form this, and I'd even be ready to upgrade my membership for it. 

Please let us know what you have been reading that demonstrated how these systems worked in practice for chess tactics learning. (Cite your sources.) When I looked, all I could see was a bunch of people looking for flash card decks. It seems that nobody has done the work required to demonstrate effectiveness.

 

The_Whitest_Knight
The_Whitest_Knight
Apr 21, 2021
0
#3

I did design an anki template you may be interested in.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1082754005

 

 

MarkSteadman
MarkSteadman
Jul 30, 2021
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#4

roll up, roll up, get your decks: https://payhip.com/marksteadman

Marziotta
Marziotta
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Sep 18, 2022
0
#5
notmtwain wrote:
achmoye wrote:

Hi, 

I'd really to see a spaced repetition system on Chess.com in Training problems. 

I have read a lot of things about the best way to improve in tactics and it looks like Spaced Repetition is really important, and I'll note 3 aspects of this method: 

- Focus on your mistakes (you can somehow do this after problems sprint, but it's manual and you should do it more than once) 

- Redo the same problems and learn to recognize them instantly, instead on navigating through an endless ocean of problems that you'll never see again. 

- Focus on thematics in order to learn patterns, instead of doing random problems ( this is already available) 

So what is really lacking yet is spaced repetition and presenting a list of problems containing the ones you failed at, but also the same thematic problems, spaced out more and more in time, like in Anki app. 

I'm sure I'm not the only one that would beneciate form this, and I'd even be ready to upgrade my membership for it. 

Please let us know what you have been reading that demonstrated how these systems worked in practice for chess tactics learning. (Cite your sources.) When I looked, all I could see was a bunch of people looking for flash card decks. It seems that nobody has done the work required to demonstrate effectiveness.

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Surely SRS has been used to learn openings and other stuff in chessable, the woodpecker method is also based on it. Our mind is hardwired like that for everything I think, we have to be reminded of stuff when we are about to forget it. A puzzle on the topic we could forget and the exact puzzle we failed at that time could help.

Understanding when we are close to forget something would be the point to understand.

If anybody wants to do an experiment or develop an app I would be happy to test... Not 24/7, I already have a QA job. grin.png