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The reasons about why you don't progress although you "study" much chess...

Hi friends, let me tell you an awkward truth. Probably you need a chess coach… Watching some free chess, studying 3 nonsenses and becoming another active chess player of the bunch is very easy. 

And you certainly don’t need anyone to be featured on the list of “allegedly active chess players”.

To check chess, hang out and have fun, with only you is enough.

But… are you different? If you are reading these lines, I hope you are.

I want to believe that you have understood that watching free and unlimited chess content for hours and hours, or reading tons of dispersed books will only lead you to one simple and dead-end road:

-More lost than ever, intoxicated by partial, obsolete and mostly incomplete analysis.

-You will be overwhelmed by all these alleged content you should learn.

-Frustrated, because after hours and hours of deep thought and analysis, there’s barely a clear answer. And in addition, sometimes lower your rating.

-You will definitively feel desperate and very discouraged, by not improving and have the same rating, and most importantly, not knowing what to do to get out of this negative vicious circle.

I hope you have understood that making actual progress as a chess player is an extremely slow, expensive and very complex task. And, of course, I hope you have learned to value all those hours at their fair value.

The smartest decision you can make is to look for help, let yourself be guided to make progress, improve your rating and have a good plan.

With a sophisticated methodology, and, after having gone through the whole process. And a customized attention, maximum involvement, you will get that extra motivation, absolutely necessary and essential for those moments when your strength falters.

If you want to know more: www.albertochueca.com/blog/learn-chess-with-a-chess-coach/

Alberto Chueca, FM and chess coach.

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