Improve In Chess - Getting Rid Of The Negatives In Chess Part 3

Right now, I hope you have taken the previous articles on this Improve In Chess series seriously - you are now taking one chess topic at a time to study and have set your encyclopedia of openings to the side for now to focus on things that matter more...things that would help you improve your chess better and faster.

Yeah?

Cool!

BUT we are NOT done yet! There are still a couple of bad chess habits that we need to get out of the way. This will pave way for better and faster chess improvement. And the one we are going to look at today is so obvious that you will bang your head for NOT realizing it.

Ready?

Here it is...


Not Balancing Chess Study And Play
The typical amateur chess player would spend:

1. An hour studying chess tactics everyday.
2. Two hours studying their chosen chess opening lines.
3. Another hour for endgame study.
4. They may spend their free time checking the latest games of their favorite chess grandmaster (Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, Aronian, etc.)

Now there is nothing wrong with doing those. That should slowly BUT surely take their game to the next level. HOWEVER, here's the not-so-good stuff with this is that many amateurs don't allot enough time to actually play chess!

Unless you are someone who wants to be a "knowledgeable" onlooker on chess tournaments, studying a lot BUT NOT playing isn't going to give you any results.

Chess is a contact sport - the more you immerse yourself in it, the better you get at it. There are a lot of things that cannot be taught in chess books, chess video courses, etc. And those lessons can only be found by crossing swords with other and stronger chess players.

The Antidote
The solution is pretty simple - play chess more!

There are a lot of ways to get your feet wet. You can look around your area, and there should be a chess club somewhere that holds tournaments regularly.

Join those tournaments, maybe once or twice a month.

If you  don't find any chess clubs, that's still OK! The internet offers a lot of avenues that would allow you to play chess on the regular.

(I will be creating a separate post for playing chess online and how to make the most out of it.)

Play at least 2 games on long time controls. This should help you apply what you have learned over the board.

One guide - written by GM Igor Smirnov, Grandmaster's Secrets has some ROCK solid advice on how to go about your chess training properly and for maximum benefit.

In this improve-in-chess course, the GM reveals some insight as to how he keeps himself sharp and in tip top shape at all times...and especially when there's an up and coming tournament.

More importantly, GM Igor Smirnov's chess course shows you how to think properly in chess - whether you are facing a complicated and highly tactical position or one that takes good strategic and positional understanding.

It's really oozing with excellent advice on how to improve in chess.

Check out GM Smirnov's Grandmaster's Secrets Official Website Here