![]() ![]() The key with that site is to do the problem and afterwards look at the comments, because they almost always contain some useful information to one's chess growth. Also, there is a free chess problems server not to be mentioned here that probably has a lot of short mating problems to figure out. So if you buy a reusable water bottle and just drink water (with the very occassional pop/beer), you'll probably save yourself $770/year AND be in healthier shape.Īs for chess, I remember on a specific chess server not to be named here they had a portion specifically designed for mates in 1, 2, 3.etc. Plus all the pop I don't buy for home saves $10 a week, and thats $520 there. $5 a week x 50 weeks of work (I get two weeks paid vacation) is ~$250 saved a year, or almost 3 diamond memberships. Now I bring water with me in a reusable water bottle and fill it up from the water fountain at work. Silly me, as I was always drinking water from the tap at home. I'm a poor college student and work ~5 days a week and I used to always buy $1 worth of drinks at work. I study my Chess Mentor almost everyday, whenever is possible, always improving my understanding in chess. As Scottrf says, a diamond membership is an effective way to learning. Chess Mentor material on Checkmate Patterns is also wonderful. Nevertheless, notation obstacles get painless overriden soon after the reading of the first pages. It's not the algebraic one, but that old descriptive. Unfortunately, there's a little obstacle for youngsters: the notation. Being a book, you won't need to make appointments of your own, the patterns will be kept inside its pages, ready to quick retrieval at any moment. ![]() Renaud and Khan were journalists, not chessmasters, and they had the magic of writing. Checkmate patterns are a tiny parcel of tactical competence, even being the most indispensable among all other "tricks". I read it entirely, twice, thrice, and I still go on being the very same old patzer. You won't improve your ratings rocketlike, reading it. I read the book The Art of Checkmate, by Renaud and Khan, and may assure you: it's an extremely pleasant reading. He is one of my favourite gurus here in. You should take Scottrf's advice into serious account. Maybe I should stop buying Diet Coke? Ouch! Lunch would suck! I don't have 4 bucks extra to spend on anything. I see that I can buy stocks on Sharebuilder for $4.00 each. These advertisements on are something else, and kind of entertaining, in a morbid sort of way. ![]() I went to the largest school for jazz studies, UNT (University of North Texas) I do know the other styles, but I am a "chess master" at jazz guitar. ![]() Guitar was my main instrument of study in college, and my focus was both jazz and classical guitar. I know, how about I give you a couple of months worth of guitar lessons, and you buy me a Diamond membership. I am getting a taste of poverty, but certainly not like those that have no homes, and worse, no Diet Coke! It is what it is. I actually make decisions like, should I buy a soda at work today, or save those coins for a 12 pack down the road. Unfortunately, money is tighter than ever before in my life. My rating would probably jump 200 points just by practicing Daniel's Mates. My plan was to go over those mates that he teaches a million times. Ouch! Daniel Rensch has an awesome set of videos on ALL of the important checkmates one needs to know. There's a nice video series on the common checkmating patterns. How high of a rating do you think a child on Live Chess would have if he or she is only taught checkmates, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400.? After a young child learns how to move each piece, what would be the next thing you would teach them?Īnd not just bishop and queen mates on f7 (Scholars Mate), but many, including mates with a King + Rook against a Lone King, mate with two rooks, etc. I guess there really isn't that much to chess when one has a rating under 1200, and if I only had time to study and practice one thing, it would be checkmates. Knowing several mating patterns, for example, on f7, helps me in determining where to advance my pieces. I will still practice those patterns as well, but at under 1200, it is the checkmate patterns that I find most useful.Ĭheckmate patterns give me a plan (strategy), not a deep plan, but a simple one. I have done many tactics puzzles over the past two years, some including mate in 1-2-3, but I believe that what is netting me more wins on Live Chess Blitz and Standard are the checkmate patterns that I am practicing now, not other tactical patterns, like forks, pins, and skewers. I think longer in CC chess per move, and blunder less, so maybe that's why that rating is higher. I still see myself as a beginner, with the skills I currently have, and with a rating under 1200 in Live Chess and under 1500 in Correspondence Chess. ![]()
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