Chess Training blogI just won a game in the #lichess4545 league. My rating on #lichess #classical is now 1722, my personal best. I wanted to share the #joy for this small #achievement with the #adult #improvers community!
2023 Summary
Lichess Classic (my reference rating) 1672 (+117 vs my first post)
Chess.com Rapid 993 (+40)
Main facts of the year: joined the chess Dojo, started competing in Lichess4545.
2024 ambitions: start working with a coach, keep following the Dojo principles, reach 1800 points on Lichess and leave the U1800 section of Lichess4545
#chess #scacchi #adult #improvers #study #chessdojo #echecs #ajedrez #chesstraining #sweatwork
October 14th
https://youtu.be/B9JqyCJtjV0?si=wLYqDuSqRbQs2klb
Another content, a video this time, focusing on the area I’m working upon : calculation. I’m not talking about good calculation vs bad calculation, deep vs broad variation analysis, correct or wrong. I’m talking about lack of concrete variations in my thought process. I do slightly better while annotating, but my play is very short in variations.
#chess #scacchi #ajedrez #echecs #chessdojo #calculation #variations #improvement
How to Get Better at Chess | Exploring Calculation Techniques | The Amateurs Mind #27
October 2nd
I want to share this nice article (published in 2019) about “how to think in chess”.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-think-in-chess
It describes exactly the point where I’m at, setting up the correct thought process.
Best quote: “Get into the habit of calculating. I'm not even asking you to calculate accurately. That's important, but it's the next step. The first step is to train yourself to calculate, period.”
#chess #chessdojo #scacchi #echecs #ajedrez #adult #improvement #study #think
How To Think In Chess
In my experience teaching, playing, and hanging out at the local chess club, I have come across many players who succeed in reaching a level in the 1600-2000 range but get stuck, often for life, trying to get beyond that and become an expert or master. My aim is to give you tools to take your game to...
Sept 30th - status update
Lichess Rapid 1395 (+2)
Lichess Classic 1675 (+31)
Lichess Puzzles 1964 (=)
Chess.com Rapid 969 (+1)
Chess.com Tactics 2222 (=)
Chesstempo std 1417 (new)
Chesstempo blitz 1379 (new)
August 20th - I’m doing my Polgar mates in 2. On #kindle, on the #beach.
Since I can’t setup difficult #positions (… most of them for me…) on a real #chessboard I’m using an app called #chessvision.ai:
I take a picture of the #diagram and I can open it in #lichess #analysis #board on my #iphone.
This unbelievably useful feature is (still) avail with no #subscription and it works really well.
August 3rd
I’m following the #dojo #program since 2 months now. It’s been very useful so far, it’s teaching me how #study my #chess games, by far the big lesson for me. Thru this art and discipline I’m focusing on my weaknesses, and feel I’m slowly ironing those out. It’s also making clear to me what is slowing down my growth so much: I don’t #play enough. It’s like I need perfect conditions around me to sit and play, I need to learn how to play in real everyday world.
June 11th - I keep going thru Giannatos, the first part if this book was “too easy for me”, let’s say a useful refresher/ a needed help to systematize things I already knew. Around position 300 it starts being appropriate for my level and anyway bringing me more clarity in concepts like intermediate, stuff I knew but now grasp better. Giannatos goes thru tactics foundations in a very structured manner. #chess #tactics #scacchi #training #improvement #study #dojo #chessdojo