I think this sentence is interesting by the OP: "1 hour of training in understanding positions equals 50 hours of chess on the internet."
Here is what the World Champion has to say
en.chessbase.com/post/how-carlsen-thinks-an-interview
en.chessbase.com/post/how-carlsen-thinks-an-interview
That was very helpful, tpr
To me it seems that modern chess is a young art, people haven’;t yet achieved their full potential, it’;s really only been a few decades of real learning and progress, so training methods haven’t settled yet.
Similar to ice skating or something where a few decades ago it would be unheard of if someone did a quad, apparently a jump with 4 turns, now girls do it and if you don’t do one you’re a loser. While in an older art like classical music people already achieved top level long ago, as an example every top violin player knows that nobody can nor ever will surpass or even get to level of Kreisler and Heifetz. Because they play at full human potential. Think 2900 rating or something. And those guys played decades ago, pretty much a century ago the best recordings were made. So every top violin player knows exactly how to practice, they all do the same things in their practice rooms. Everything is known.
I suspect the same thing will happen with chess eventually. We already know that solving thousands of tactics over and over up to 7 times produces results (aka woodpecker method, 7 circles etc.) We know that SLOW playing, exactly like in classical music is the way to improve. We know that slowly analyzing each and every game you play on your own and with a strong teacher and and an engine produces best results. And so on. It’s only a matter of time until an obvious practice regimen in chess is universally known.
It will probably be something very prosaic and obvious like:
- play only 1-2 days blitz and bullet per week, but analyze every game, don’t click new opponent or rematch.
- solve tactics 30 mins to 2 hours daily.
- study a few classic books so you know what to do during the game.
- go to live tournaments and analyze every game after so you bring improvements to the next tournament.
Etc. In other words it will probably be just like in classical music.
Similar to ice skating or something where a few decades ago it would be unheard of if someone did a quad, apparently a jump with 4 turns, now girls do it and if you don’t do one you’re a loser. While in an older art like classical music people already achieved top level long ago, as an example every top violin player knows that nobody can nor ever will surpass or even get to level of Kreisler and Heifetz. Because they play at full human potential. Think 2900 rating or something. And those guys played decades ago, pretty much a century ago the best recordings were made. So every top violin player knows exactly how to practice, they all do the same things in their practice rooms. Everything is known.
I suspect the same thing will happen with chess eventually. We already know that solving thousands of tactics over and over up to 7 times produces results (aka woodpecker method, 7 circles etc.) We know that SLOW playing, exactly like in classical music is the way to improve. We know that slowly analyzing each and every game you play on your own and with a strong teacher and and an engine produces best results. And so on. It’s only a matter of time until an obvious practice regimen in chess is universally known.
It will probably be something very prosaic and obvious like:
- play only 1-2 days blitz and bullet per week, but analyze every game, don’t click new opponent or rematch.
- solve tactics 30 mins to 2 hours daily.
- study a few classic books so you know what to do during the game.
- go to live tournaments and analyze every game after so you bring improvements to the next tournament.
Etc. In other words it will probably be just like in classical music.
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You’re correct. ...Bb4 is the ultimate key to chess improvement! Pin that knight!
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Praxis = practice?
Praxis = practice?
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