Sharing Tips on How to Improve (General)

by Tony Kosten , France, Sunday, July 22, 2007, 12:33 (6481 days ago) @ mindcramp

Regarding:
(1) Yes, you just can't do enough tactics! there are quite a lot on the site now (over 6000!) but if you've done them all please feel free to use a book as well.
(2) Yes, and if you need more of these the early ones are available on the shop.
(3) Yes again, this what all the learning is for, after all!
(4) Having a 'real' full time coach is incredibly expensive, but it can be useful to have someone look at your games from time to time to tell you where you can improve.
(5) I think it is important to do this with your opponent after the game (assuming he has a reasonable level), just to compare your analysis with his, see where you understood, where you would have blundered. Incidentally, the post mortem is not just an occasion to try to prove you were winning the whole time!

? The following were not so helpful:
? (2) Too much speed chess on ICC really hurt my long game.
Yes, it is well known that too much speed chess makes for superficial judgements and sloppy analysing!
? (4) Playing against a computer. The "undo move" feature will kill your
? thought process, if you use it too often.
Agreed!