4 Ways To Study A Chess Book If You Don't Have 10,000 Hours To Spare -- Part 2

 

 

3. Commit it to memory. Memorize a game from the book after you've gone through several (if in the Yearbook, you are looking still at just one opening).

Pick a super short game, if possible, to memorize. Even if you are amazing at memorizing stuff, (which, awesome, this is an asset) the purpose is to pick achievable goals.

 

 

4. Do it again. Get really, really good at this one thing before moving on. If you're studying a NIC Yearbook, stay in that opening or variation before moving on.

You do not have to do everything there, or analyze every game. But you shouldn't move on until you feel totally comfortable and confident.

Here's another Tarrasch game between world junior champions (under 20).

Play a little solitaire chess (remember number two?), and tell me what your candidate moves are here.

Pretty clear that White has an advantage, but how to press? Here's how the game went. Is it close to what you thought? 


Black resigned because White will be able to mate soon. Those long open lines are just too powerful for the queen, rook, and bishop!

Bonus: Paste your favorite games in a database or repetoire (or journal).

Save them so you can replay these games, and show them off to friends/coaches.

If you are studying from a different book, (of games, not puzzles) please note, you do not need to go through every single game. That takes a lot of time.

But one way to do it, if you're committed to the book, is to go through one game a day. That way, after six months you'll have finished one book. Wink 

Chess = not for the faint-of-heart!

 

 

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