| General Chess Discussion - as god is my witness i dont use any 'help' in my chess play#9 @Sarg0n Gold, gold post. | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #18 @SnackYourPawn You caught me. I did some research on anti-openings for variation-heavy types of openings ;) Then hopefully my skills are adequate to steer the game into strategically won positions. Wo… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - about cheaters#4 I think I ran into an engine as well. A selective user however. When a 2000+ plays with near perfect tactical accuracy, with a 7 avg. centipawn loss and no blunders...I dunno, maybe I am tired and ima… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #11 @tpr I agree with everything you said. Hence I am supplementing my chess books with Convekta drills in both endgames and middlegames. With thousands of drills from 1600 to 2400, I’d likely to safely s… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #9 @SnackYourPawn Also, if you go and join a classical tournament with at least 4 or 5 games, and in only one of those games is the French Defense employed because you’re up against D4, English, sicilian… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #8 @SnackYourPawn Hmm. Actually let me refine that “French” comment. I meant to say that for three reasons. 1. The majority of club players have sub 2200 playing strength, meaning that simply memorizing … | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #6 @FletchMK64 Thanks! Yusupov is a reputed trainer. Stuff of legend status? I'll check them out. | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #4 @Sarg0n Yessir I'll check it out. I'm quite skeptical about books in general as they teach you "how to think like a GM or a certain way" without actually increasing your playing strength. Or when a bo… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Books for Improvement. Do You Read Any? Any Recommendations? #1 My Top Three and Only Recommendations: 1. Fundamental Chess Openings - Paul Van Der Sterren (For Openings) 2. Pump Up Your Rating - Axel Smith (For MiddleGames) 3. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 4th Editi… | roni_chessman |
| General Chess Discussion - Reducing blitz addiction. How do you do it? :) #5 @TheBigDecline Do I have to throw the lock away too? :) I guess you could compare blitzing away to binging on sugary snacks. Bad for your system...or in this case, chess development and attention span… | roni_chessman |
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