@TheRazor01 don't argue with @MaXENce007 as he seems to have 300 IQ and can think 22 moves ahead. He knows what is right and what is wrong. He is our new god to tell us. So shhh.
I think both approaches are equally right and good.
well practically speaking, i doubt the guy that created the topic is talking about master puzzles. But yeh, from the level of non compression of my point you guys are demonstrating, it is clear we are not going to find common ground. Do what you want, solve a puzzle in 40 mins, I couldnt care less. All i did was share with a curious mind my opinion on how to improve your chess. To each their own.
@MaXENce007 but I agree with you about as much puzzle as possible everyday as I say above . It's a good Idea too
Not bad, but generally overrated. Don’t forget to play and analyze your own games!
@MaXENce007
"All i did was share with a curious mind [...] To each their own." - you now
"you are doing something terribly wrong and you are definitely not getting better if you" - you before
Thank you guys for sharing your views. I will solve at least 10 chess puzzles every day and see how it effects my gameplay.
also not that if you practice puzzle youll get better and faster at solving puzzles that 10 will turn into 25, will turn unto 20 and so on... so once a pattern is learned recognized youll just be crackin out puzzles like nakamura
@absk-kr-singh I never do puzzle, I cant remember any opening, so I learn chess using my own idea and trial n error
Thanks a lot friends! I am very motivated now. I guess coming to this website is the right decision.
@absk-kr-singh
Your suggestion to train everyday is a good idea. Also the number seems fine to me. The tactics books I know of have 10-20 exercises on average for each tactical motif.
If you don't know all the tactical motifs yet I would balance
studying (gain knowledge about certain combinations and tactical motifs) and solving puzzles (applying your knowledge).
Both have to go hand in hand. Only reading a book won't help you, because you will forget knowledge you don't apply, but only solving puzzles doesn't help you either, because your path to the solution might take too long or is ineffective. When you get one puzzle wrong you have to review it. Try to understand the underlying pattern/tactical motif, understand what you've missed during your calculations.
If you're not familiar with a certain tactical motif, mating pattern, it's basically just guessing moves, trial and error which can sometimes lead to a solution, but your path to the solution will be really unstructured.
If you want a good intro to tactics/combination I would recommend the book on tactics by Ward Farnsworth. It is also a book that is recommended by the chess subreddit.
The great thing about this book is, that the author made his book publicly available. You can still buy the physical book if you want, but I think the online version is much more comfortable.
You have a theoretical section explaining the tactic and the a practical section to apply your knowledge.
My advice for this book would be to read e.g. the chapter on knight forks and then jump to the corresponding exercise chapter about knight forks and practice what you've learnt. Don't read multiple theoretical chapters in one go. Just read one chapter -> practice -> repeat with each chapter on a specific tactical motif.
You can find more information on it in a comment I made yesterday:
https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/your-favorite-books-on-chess-tacticscombinations
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