After a certain level, chess books are a waste of time, sorry to say
@GrandLapin said in #11:
> After a certain level, chess books are a waste of time, sorry to say
At IM level, they write books, not study books.
> After a certain level, chess books are a waste of time, sorry to say
At IM level, they write books, not study books.
@ryan121 said in #12:
> At IM level, they write books, not study books.
I'm far from that point myself. But my impression is that those there play games, analyze their games and when they make an error go to chessbase and find games with similar structure played by very strong (2600+) players and study their play in those positions until they understand how they should play next time. They get good by correcting one gap at a time.
> At IM level, they write books, not study books.
I'm far from that point myself. But my impression is that those there play games, analyze their games and when they make an error go to chessbase and find games with similar structure played by very strong (2600+) players and study their play in those positions until they understand how they should play next time. They get good by correcting one gap at a time.
analyze master games. do tactics(even tho tht i think 2100s have great sense of tactics : )). read the books that you have and practice! practice! u need to play regardless of how much u read in books. thats what i know
If you have the time, play tournaments. That is the absolute best way to improve because you can study and practice tactics all you want, but the real test of your mettle is when there is pressure on you to find the best moves at critical moments. As one GM told me, "chess is finding the best move over and over again, and doing it better than your opponent at the most important points in the game" and what better way to train for that than to play games? If you don't have the time to play tournaments, play the longest time controls you can online against the strongest opponents possible.
Those things aside, I would say very broadly that you can improve opening theory by studying courses or using chessable, study middlegame and endgame tactics from books (online tactics trainers are pretty good, but tactics from books are often a more bit systematic in their approach, and contain explanations and tips for calculating and evaluating positions that Stockfish can't tell you). Reading about strategy from books is also good, or you can look through the games of strong players and see how they approach certain position types.
Very generally, the more you engage with your learning tools the better (e.g. watching a YouTube video on strategy is passive learning, pausing the video to try to find the best move is more active learning, playing a rated tournament game is the most active learning of all and will also stay in your memory more than the other methods because you're literally at the board for hours)
Those things aside, I would say very broadly that you can improve opening theory by studying courses or using chessable, study middlegame and endgame tactics from books (online tactics trainers are pretty good, but tactics from books are often a more bit systematic in their approach, and contain explanations and tips for calculating and evaluating positions that Stockfish can't tell you). Reading about strategy from books is also good, or you can look through the games of strong players and see how they approach certain position types.
Very generally, the more you engage with your learning tools the better (e.g. watching a YouTube video on strategy is passive learning, pausing the video to try to find the best move is more active learning, playing a rated tournament game is the most active learning of all and will also stay in your memory more than the other methods because you're literally at the board for hours)
@ryan121 said in #2:
> You need to study serious books like Dvoretsky Endgame Manual, How to Think like a Grandmaster, Manual of Positional Chess.
I had the dvoretsky too but stronger players told me to forget it because it was meant for Fide Masters and Higher. So I am thinking of reading the Silman book on endgames.
> You need to study serious books like Dvoretsky Endgame Manual, How to Think like a Grandmaster, Manual of Positional Chess.
I had the dvoretsky too but stronger players told me to forget it because it was meant for Fide Masters and Higher. So I am thinking of reading the Silman book on endgames.
@SD_2709
OP is highly rated so I suggest Dvoretsky. Silman is suitable for your rating.
OP is highly rated so I suggest Dvoretsky. Silman is suitable for your rating.
Don't ask me I'm not a good player....
Lately, to chess players I've been recommending "How To Win Friends and Influence People."
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