ChessMonkey wrote on 03/04/11 at 18:29:00:


Hi, Ofcourse I'm 2011 FIDE and ~2200 playchess. I have yet to find what kind of approach would be suitable, and yield fast improvement if followed systematically.

That article looks like good stuff. 

Recently I've made an effort to start up Babaschess every night and play through opening variations I've been learning recently. I find that every time I play through a variation I can get a bit bored and think: "but what happens if White plays this", or "but what if Black plays that"... and all assissted by Houdini.    So I thought I might do this for a bit every night, and then pull out the books for new material every once in a while.  

I was very resistant to learning openings properly for years, but this method works for even me.

Are there any books that give (multiple) useful suggestion for the method of practice?

I've been hearing a phrase "Russian school of thought, Russian school of chess" etc. which is particularly popular in chess circles. What does that mean? 

Are there any such "modern" approaches to the practice now that we have access to databases/softwares and chess engines?