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Viking God Member Offline Posts: 673 Location: Norway Joined: 10/12/04 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #8 - 11/02/05 at 02:42:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	@ I am assuming one has at least two hours per day for chess. This does not include time spent in playing Internet blitz or visiting forums. I wish I had... @ Take the winning side of the game and start guessing the master moves. Then go over the annotations carefully....... In my own experience with my coaching I have found that this is very effective. What about going over your own games!? Doing both maybe? @ One important thing is to avoid any boxed in approach to decision making process. That is, it is better not to go near Silman's Imbalance, Dorfman's Critical Moment, Bangiev's square strategy or Berliner's system. Why are you so negative with this kind of "system" approach? Btw, I have only read Silman's book, which I found helpful....


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castlerock God Member Offline Erro Ergo Sum Posts: 842 Location: Chennai Joined: 02/24/05 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #7 - 11/02/05 at 00:06:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am assuming one has at least two hours per day for chess. This does not include time spent in playing Internet blitz or visiting forums. I’m also assuming we are talking about reasonable players with say 1600 elo. I would get myself Convekta’s “Total Chess Training” CD and Theory and practice of endgame CD. I would spend 30 mins a day on tactics (CT Art) and 30 mins a day on Therory and Practice of Chess Ending or Stategies2.0 (One of them). Balance one hour would be devoted to real board and coins and a well annotated game collection. Take the winning side of the game and start guessing the master moves. Then go over the annotations carefully. If it is not the opening you normally play, go over the openings real quick. If it is indeed the opening you play, go over the opening more slowly. In my own experience with my coaching I have found that this is very effective. One important thing is that do not fix any arbitrary numbers for completion. Spend the allotted time thinking and analyzing. It is preferable if one doesn’t pick and choose the games. It is better to start with game 1. And it is important not to go near eco except for lines you have actually played OTB. One important thing is to avoid any boxed in approach to decision making process. That is, it is better not to go near Silman’s Imbalance, Dorfman’s Critical Moment, Bangiev’s square strategy or Berliner’s system. Just my 2c.

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DAX Junior Member Offline zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. .......... Posts: 75 Joined: 10/28/05	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #6 - 11/01/05 at 20:17:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, it is a rather daunting work load! Understand that more then a few of these books I have already read. For these a cursory review of the major concepts will be in order The books I will hit in depth are those by Dvortsky & Markovic and all of the aforementioned game collections As for the tactical & positional puzzle books I thumb threw them at different times like before I hit the sack and what not This is a great way to improve your calculation ability! Reinfelds puzzle books are very challenging since some of his problems go as deep as 10 moves! 90% of the books are to review different concepts in the game itself. In reality the bulk of improvment will be in my calculating ability As far as my opening study I'M at present very comfortable here. This is because I have put in a great deal of studying theory and complete games on my opening arsenal. To be more specific as far as my openings....The English, Trompowsky Attack, Bishops Opening, Pirc Defense, Modern Defense (a must for hardocre Pirc players to tackle the Austrian Attack), Alekhines Defence, Kings Indian and the Slav. I plan to keep this thread alive to update my progress and any issues that arise...lata 8)


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katar Senior Member Offline look another year went by Posts: 463 Location: LA Joined: 09/21/05 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #5 - 11/01/05 at 17:49:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	Good topic. My main reaction is that it sounds like you're trying to drink from a firehose. I mean-- that curriculum will take you YEARS, and you're bound to change it in the meantime. You may be tempted to rush through things. I'm doing the same home study course, sorta. I'm going for less quantity but hope to compensate with more depth. I finished "Art of Checkmate" last weekend. My method is this: play through each game and all variations from the book. Close the book, replay the game and think about the evaluation after every move. If i forget something, I look at the book, clear the board and start over! (It's not rote memorization, but learning how moves fit into a plan.) I have a superb memory so I usually get it right on the 1st or 2nd try. The rest of my 'curriculum' is like this: Tactics: Art of Checkmate, process as above 1001 combinations (Reinfeld) Process: write solutions in a notebook. After 50 or so, grade with a red pen. Repeat the ones i missed in a new color, same notebook. FUTURE?? Art of Attack (Vukovic), Art of Combination (ZnoskoBorovsky), Art of Sac (Spielmann) Basically, any book with "Art" in the title! Strategy: FUTURE: My System (Nimzo) [I bought it but it's not a priority yet] Openings: a couple repertoire books, blitz games, chesspublishing is good too. Endgames: Improve your endgame (Flear), process as for "Art of Chkmate" Tactics in the endgame (Jeno Ban), process as for "1001" Capa's best endgames (Chernev) - this book is a joy! FUTURE?? Dvoretsky's endgame manual All in all, 10 or 12 books, most of which are cheap dover editions. I also REALLY enjoy the Exeter Chess CLub pages: http://exetercc.technocool.net/chessweb/index2.html

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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10780 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #4 - 10/31/05 at 21:36:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	You have missed Spielmann's Art of Sacrifice. It is elementary for anyone who aspires to master attacking play. It will teach you a healthy disrespect for material and cure you of fear to sac. The strong point of the book is, that it lays a positional foundation for sacrificial play. On this limited area it is as important as the classics you already mentioned.

	The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged. GC Lichtenberg
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lost highway Senior Member Offline I may be crazy. Posts: 471 Joined: 06/17/05 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #3 - 10/31/05 at 19:59:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	Both books by Capablanca are better: "My Chess Career" "Chess Fundamentals"


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DAX Junior Member Offline zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. .......... Posts: 75 Joined: 10/28/05	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #2 - 10/31/05 at 19:45:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have Reinfelds book on Capa so I will have to include it in my positional study! A question though...is Reinfelds book the best on Capas games or is there another that would be better for study?


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lost highway Senior Member Offline I may be crazy. Posts: 471 Joined: 06/17/05 Gender:	Re: An intense home brewed chess course... Reply #1 - 10/31/05 at 19:31:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	Capablanca.


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DAX Junior Member Offline zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. .......... Posts: 75 Joined: 10/28/05	An intense home brewed chess course... 10/31/05 at 19:18:23	Post Tools	Print Post
	Trying to reach the next level of play so its time to hit the books for overall improvement! The following are the books I plan to read in order.....while it may seem like overkill I will grind it out and take notes on alot of thmy weaker areas of the game ok here it is: Tactical study: Chess Tactics by Paul Littlewood: finished this one. Art of the Checkmate by Kahn: finished this one and memorized the basic and some advanced mating nets! Art of Attack: Strengthning my attacking play! Combination:the Heart of Chess: almost done with this one. Trying to improve my combinational vision! School of Chess Excellence: Tactical Play by Dvortsky: An advanced book but I figure after studying the above I will be ready for it! Mikail Tals: My life & games: already read this but after an intense course in tactical play reviewing Tals games always reveals something new! Tal/Botvinick 1960: same reasoning as above Reinfelds' 1001 wining sacrifices & combinations and 1001 checkmates: while I plan to hit these hard I doubt I will finish them both.....but it should give me an idea on how much I have learned! Middlegame study The Middlegame vols. 1&2 by Euwe and Krammer: Fantastic books that I will review Positional Play Nimzovitch's My SYtem: reviewing the classic Nimzovitch: A reapprasil : A modern look at Nimzo's concepts and to help renforce the concepts Marcoviks Understanding pawn play and Dynamic Pawn Play: Have not read these yet but the word is these are the only two books one needs on pawn play! Marcoviks: Secrets of Positional Play How Karpov wins: I read this book some years ago and it was fantastic! It is time for a review! The Reasses Your CHess Workbook: To see what I have learned thus far and what I need to work on further! Gellers Positional Puzzle Book: Have this one on order but if tactical puzzle books work why not the same approach for positional play! School of CHess excellence 3 :Strategic Play ala Dvortsky: An advanced book but I will be ready for it! My Best Games by Karpov: a review of positional play by a positional master! Petrosian's Legacy: A review of the python of chess and his approach to positional play! Endgame: Seriwans Winning ENdgames: To prime my basic knowledge of engames Dvortsky's Endgame Manual: This will require a great deal of study but I will try to mine its secrets! Calculation Kotovs classic: Think Like a Grandmaster: I read this one twice already but it is such a great book that it is a must that I mine its treasures again! That will be it folks! WHile daunting I will finish it and thus be a much better player for it!!!!! I figure it will take about a year but that is ok since I do enjoy the study itself! What do you think of the approach? Any suggestions?


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