The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra.
The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations.
It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each.
So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something.
Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz.
For real chess/longer time controls?
Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames.
After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER.
As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book...
Cheers
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Please, can your next article tell me how can achieve 2000 ELO rating without killing myself with training?
@IsraelBlunderson said in #151:
> The thing is if you train properly with computers, they blow any chess book away generally... modern super GMs repeat this mantra.
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> The difficulty is in interpreting the engine's recommendations.
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> It's not enough to understand what move a computer recommends, you have to understand WHY that move is important, otherwise the move itself is useless, and understanding this 'why' might involve calculating 3 different candidate moves at a depth of 10 moves each.
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> So for players who already have a healthy amount of chess insight it can be an invaluable tool, otherwise you're better off reading Jeremy Silman or something.
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> Tactics trainer far and away the best training method for 3-5 min blitz.
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> For real chess/longer time controls?
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> Start with rook endgames IMO if sub-2k rating, then proceed to K+P endgames.
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> After that find the openings you like, narrow down the breadth of choices and focus more on learning fewer openings DEEPER.
>
> As a ~2k rapid player most of my life this is my advice, for blitz at these ratings tactics and SPEED truly are superior to almost anything you could study in a book...
>
> Cheers and ı cant trust you because you hava title