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bjames · Site Admin Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 39

Anyone have any interesting ways of improving their chess play?

Edd · Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 59

-Memorize some favourite games
-Play solitaire chess with books
-Learn blindfold chess
-Intense tactical/visualisation training
-Analysing every move of every game you play, including computer analysis (blundercheck, full analysis etc)
-Not accepting low standards
-Playing good opposition (but not Hydra)
-Knowing the first six key moves in lines of your opening systems
-Playing over database games in your opening systems
-Osmotic learning by reviewing high quality games at high speed one after another
-Deep analysis of a position, analysing until the end every line you can think of, good or bad
-Playing long games regularly (daily) and analysing games afterwards
-Keeping a diary of these games and reviewing them regularly to gauge development
-Eating well
-Doing weights, riding, running, going to gym
-Having a life and having other interests, and restricting oneself to a certain number of hours per day of chess to increase appetite and learning curve
-Always doing constructive chess activities and not wasting times on forums etc Razz