Improve In Chess - Getting Rid Of The Negatives In Chess Part 5

Alrighty! This is the last part of this series...AND I hope you are still following. If you haven't read the previous Improve In Chess articles I have written here, you should check it out.

Now, there is nothing revolutionary with what I have written here. I'm sure other chess players and writers have written about them before. BUT they do serve as a strong and regular reminder concerning the bad habits you need to get rid of to improve in chess.

What I'm about to discuss right now is probably the most important so far in this series. This is precisely the reason why you lose when your opponent plays something out of the book, why you can't make any sense of the position in front of you, why you fail to find tactics despite spending hours on chess tactics training.

Improve In Chess - Getting Rid Of The Negatives In Chess Part 4

Why do chess amateurs, despite spending hours on training, fail to improve in chess?

Well, there are many factors - my previous articles in this series, have tackled some of them. You should check them out. HOWEVER, what I'm about to tell you right now is just as destructive in your progress...preventing you from being the better chess player that you wanted to be.

Here it is...

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...

Improve In Chess - Getting Rid Of The Negatives Part 2

So you're back for more tips to improve in chess?

Cool! Welcome aboard once again. Now, this is part 2 by the way. If you haven't seen part one of this series, I highly suggest that you check it out.

The next bad habit (which amateur chess players are VERY guilty of) that we are going to look at is something that's very familiar to you. I'm quite sure of that. Wanna guess it? This negative habit is responsible why your tactical skills, strategic understanding, and endgame skills are way behind.

Do you have any idea now?

Here it is...

Improve In Chess - Getting Rid Of The Negatives In Chess Part 1

To improve in chess, it takes more than memorizing sharp opening lines in the Sicilian. It takes more than studying tactics day in and day out. It takes more than memorizing theoretical endgame positions.

To improve your chess, you MUST also get rid of the negatives while adding positives and learning new stuff at the same time. This is what many amateur chess players fail to recognize and that is something I'm still working at.