There is little doubt that the study of tactics is indeed necessary, if not sufficient, for chess improvement. And we wonder why on earth we waste our time with this stupid game. We head to our next tournament, chests puffed out and tactical Spidey-sense cranked to 11.Īnd then we miss a mate-in-two and lose to an eight-year old. We try all the web-based tactics trainers, refusing to give in to frustration when our winning-but-not-winning-enough moves are marked wrong for reasons we can’t fathom. We slog through pages and pages of bare diagrams, flipping to the back of the book to see what we missed. It is the most common piece of advice given to the amateur player: “if you want to improve your chess, study tactics.” So, like the diligent students we are, that’s what we do. My thanks to the good folks at Chess Life for allowing me to do so. A penultimate (and unedited) version of the review is reproduced here. This review has been printed in the August 2015 issue of Chess Life.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |