The Most Commonly Asked Question: How Do I Improve My Chess

[Cobiandad]

Good video, obvious but we often over look the obvious. Will subscribe many thanks. ps I've got "Understanding chess tactics" by Martin Weteschnik, its a great book for tactics really helped me a lot

[WhiteAbenaki]

Hi Ken. I have to say, I don't agree with your arguments here. I'm an early-intermediate level e-mail chess player and I have been disappointed by a number of chess instructions books precisely because they take the approach you recommend here, which is to throw tactical puzzles at you and then have you admire the brilliancies of GMs. But it is all for naught if you aren't distilling themes, procedures, systems, and strategies from the analysis of more or less ordinary positions.

[KensOfficeUSA]

@WhiteAbenaki Most games for "ordinary" players is decided by tactics and that's why I recommend spending more time doing puzzles. I don't recommend all the time be spent doing puzzles, and the remaining time can be spent learning openings, strategy, and endgame play. I recommend studying games by the master's because it gives you an opening, middle game, and endgame lesson all in context. Sure they my be things we don't understand; that's why it's good to reread book, restudy games, etc.

[larnem]

d4, c6, c4 is the Slav - like the Caro Kann it is a tough nut to crack. As you said c6 is a very solid system to learn.