Thank you friends.
I will make a list from your comments, which is definitely a valuable list.
I will make a list from your comments, which is definitely a valuable list.
My guess (based on good at openings but losing the MGs that come from them) is that you study openings not complete games. I think the best way to learn to play an opening is to study as many complete, annotated GM games in it as possible. Then you just sort of play on automatic as long as its a typical MG structure in the opening you've studied. (As for 'how many'? For my d4 defense I've studied likely 500 annotated GM games. For my e4 defense more than 100 because I haven't found more.)
Aside from that, study complex, strategic EGs (I find) improves MG play a lot. And there are the MG books of course. --bill
Aside from that, study complex, strategic EGs (I find) improves MG play a lot. And there are the MG books of course. --bill
@Timewaterfallll I can only recommend something new' & a proffered Author I used to like A Suetin Plan like A GM & the 2021 book I was referring to Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual . Suetin's other books A Contemporary Approach To the Middlegame & another book that helped me Three Steps To Chess Mastery by A Suetin are a bit outdated but interesting . The "dry" "textbook" Play Like A GM by A Kotov . Some of these books are available online at the Internet Archive a place to search for free Chess Books Online & other free books . Jacob Aagaurd also has a series of modern books available & I will mention by Mikhail Sherevesky ... The Sherevesky Method (To Improve In Chess) A 2018 book of the year winner that has Material from the past mixed with new material by one of the greatest trainers & material also from Endgame Strategy on how to conduct one's thoughts ... also in the opening & how to Study Chess @Timewaterfallll You will have to choose Sir'
Aye. A chessbook makes you more serious ! Or gets you bored and angry. Both might improve ya game
@swimmerBill said in #12:
> My guess (based on good at openings but losing the MGs that come from them) is that you study openings not complete games. I think the best way to learn to play an opening is to study as many complete, annotated GM games in it as possible. Then you just sort of play on automatic as long as its a typical MG structure in the opening you've studied. (As for 'how many'? For my d4 defense I've studied likely 500 annotated GM games. For my e4 defense more than 100 because I haven't found more.)
>
> Aside from that, study complex, strategic EGs (I find) improves MG play a lot. And there are the MG books of course. --bill
I think your guess is correct. Compared to your training program, I haven't really done much. I usually analyze the games move by move until the end, but not in the way you said, and the books I have read are mainly about openings and endgame.
Thank you for your time and for engaging with me with clarity, subtlety, and commitment.
> My guess (based on good at openings but losing the MGs that come from them) is that you study openings not complete games. I think the best way to learn to play an opening is to study as many complete, annotated GM games in it as possible. Then you just sort of play on automatic as long as its a typical MG structure in the opening you've studied. (As for 'how many'? For my d4 defense I've studied likely 500 annotated GM games. For my e4 defense more than 100 because I haven't found more.)
>
> Aside from that, study complex, strategic EGs (I find) improves MG play a lot. And there are the MG books of course. --bill
I think your guess is correct. Compared to your training program, I haven't really done much. I usually analyze the games move by move until the end, but not in the way you said, and the books I have read are mainly about openings and endgame.
Thank you for your time and for engaging with me with clarity, subtlety, and commitment.
@Timewaterfallll said in #1:
> In many of my games I get opening advantage. I'm not bad at endgame either. But I can't control the chaos in my middlegame.
> Do you have a suggestion? An effective book or ... anything else
Middlegame is the heart of chess. If you're a decent player you don't go around blundering in the opening and in the endgame... middle game is hard, instead. Asking how to improve in middlegame equals asking how to improve in chess, and the answer is: play a lot (NOT Blitz and Bullet), play slow time controls too, analyze your games, do some tactics, study strategy books.
> In many of my games I get opening advantage. I'm not bad at endgame either. But I can't control the chaos in my middlegame.
> Do you have a suggestion? An effective book or ... anything else
Middlegame is the heart of chess. If you're a decent player you don't go around blundering in the opening and in the endgame... middle game is hard, instead. Asking how to improve in middlegame equals asking how to improve in chess, and the answer is: play a lot (NOT Blitz and Bullet), play slow time controls too, analyze your games, do some tactics, study strategy books.
@ThunderClap said in #13:
> @Timewaterfallll I can only recommend something new' & a proffered Author I used to like A Suetin Plan like A GM & the 2021 book I was referring to Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual . Suetin's other books A Contemporary Approach To the Middlegame & another book that helped me Three Steps To Chess Mastery by A Suetin are a bit outdated but interesting . The "dry" "textbook" Play Like A GM by A Kotov . Some of these books are available online at the Internet Archive a place to search for free Chess Books Online & other free books . Jacob Aagaurd also has a series of modern books available & I will mention by Mikhail Sherevesky ... The Sherevesky Method (To Improve In Chess) A 2018 book of the year winner that has Material from the past mixed with new material by one of the greatest trainers & material also from Endgame Strategy on how to conduct one's thoughts ... also in the opening & how to Study Chess @Timewaterfallll You will have to choose Sir'
Thank you. I did not imagine that these books or part of them can be found on the Internet. This is great.
Thank you for your time and opinion. I am somewhat familiar with the works of Aagaurd and Suetin. I will look for the others as well.
> @Timewaterfallll I can only recommend something new' & a proffered Author I used to like A Suetin Plan like A GM & the 2021 book I was referring to Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual . Suetin's other books A Contemporary Approach To the Middlegame & another book that helped me Three Steps To Chess Mastery by A Suetin are a bit outdated but interesting . The "dry" "textbook" Play Like A GM by A Kotov . Some of these books are available online at the Internet Archive a place to search for free Chess Books Online & other free books . Jacob Aagaurd also has a series of modern books available & I will mention by Mikhail Sherevesky ... The Sherevesky Method (To Improve In Chess) A 2018 book of the year winner that has Material from the past mixed with new material by one of the greatest trainers & material also from Endgame Strategy on how to conduct one's thoughts ... also in the opening & how to Study Chess @Timewaterfallll You will have to choose Sir'
Thank you. I did not imagine that these books or part of them can be found on the Internet. This is great.
Thank you for your time and opinion. I am somewhat familiar with the works of Aagaurd and Suetin. I will look for the others as well.
@Basch_of_Dalmasca said in #16:
> Middlegame is the heart of chess. If you're a decent player you don't go around blundering in the opening and in the endgame... middle game is hard, instead. Asking how to improve in middlegame equals asking how to improve in chess, and the answer is: play a lot (NOT Blitz and Bullet), play slow time controls too, analyze your games, do some tactics, study strategy books.
I completely agree with you. In fact, a high percentage of the games I've won have been due to an early lead, and that's not something you can count on.
For a while, I thought that I could not improve in my middle game, and in fact I could not improve in chess, maybe this is my maximum capacity, but it seems that I can improve in my middlegame too, although with more difficulty.
Thank you for your correct opinion
> Middlegame is the heart of chess. If you're a decent player you don't go around blundering in the opening and in the endgame... middle game is hard, instead. Asking how to improve in middlegame equals asking how to improve in chess, and the answer is: play a lot (NOT Blitz and Bullet), play slow time controls too, analyze your games, do some tactics, study strategy books.
I completely agree with you. In fact, a high percentage of the games I've won have been due to an early lead, and that's not something you can count on.
For a while, I thought that I could not improve in my middle game, and in fact I could not improve in chess, maybe this is my maximum capacity, but it seems that I can improve in my middlegame too, although with more difficulty.
Thank you for your correct opinion
@Timewaterfallll said in #18:
> I completely agree with you. In fact, a high percentage of the games I've won have been due to an early lead, and that's not something you can count on.
> For a while, I thought that I could not improve in my middle game, and in fact I could not improve in chess, maybe this is my maximum capacity, but it seems that I can improve in my middlegame too, although with more difficulty.
> Thank you for your correct opinion
You're welcome :)
Improving in chess is easy when you're young. If you're in your 30s like me it can be hard and slow, but still I think it is possible. I'll never be a master, but still I can improve... at least that's what I hope, my ratings, both FIDE and online chess, are staying about the same since a long time xD
> I completely agree with you. In fact, a high percentage of the games I've won have been due to an early lead, and that's not something you can count on.
> For a while, I thought that I could not improve in my middle game, and in fact I could not improve in chess, maybe this is my maximum capacity, but it seems that I can improve in my middlegame too, although with more difficulty.
> Thank you for your correct opinion
You're welcome :)
Improving in chess is easy when you're young. If you're in your 30s like me it can be hard and slow, but still I think it is possible. I'll never be a master, but still I can improve... at least that's what I hope, my ratings, both FIDE and online chess, are staying about the same since a long time xD
@Basch_of_Dalmasca said in #19:
> You're welcome :)
> Improving in chess is easy when you're young. If you're in your 30s like me it can be hard and slow, but still I think it is possible. I'll never be a master, but still I can improve... at least that's what I hope, my ratings, both FIDE and online chess, are staying about the same since a long time xD
I understand.
I started very early. I started to get frustrated with myself and my chess very early on. I came back too late.
I'm tempted to be deeply sorry, but that's life.
> You're welcome :)
> Improving in chess is easy when you're young. If you're in your 30s like me it can be hard and slow, but still I think it is possible. I'll never be a master, but still I can improve... at least that's what I hope, my ratings, both FIDE and online chess, are staying about the same since a long time xD
I understand.
I started very early. I started to get frustrated with myself and my chess very early on. I came back too late.
I'm tempted to be deeply sorry, but that's life.
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