@paulcarrero if you're still offering this, I'm still most definitely interested! I'm around 1430 ELO on chess.com and I'd most definitely like this format for feedback on my moves and for you to see my thought process and have a dual collab in that way. Let me know what you think!
@Zykoma Hey there Zykoma, I just read your message and I have some free time right now, hit me a message with your skype and we can try it out if you are free, if not we can find some other time.
Bests,
Paul.
Bests,
Paul.
Paul Carrero was very helpful. He taught me about pawn structure and I am 2000+.
Great job paul!
Great job paul!
is this option still open.
Need advice badly to get better at chess.
Thanks
Need advice badly to get better at chess.
Thanks
Sure I will be very happy to play.
Do I have to install skype
Do I have to install skype
What if my rating is lower than 1400? Am I doomed? :)
Hi Guys,
Chess improvement is hard as we all now. Everyday we struggle to get better at chess.
My approach to chess until this point was like this
1. Play games until your mind stops co-operating
2. Watch live chess commentary
3. Watch some chess youtube videos here and there
4. Keep asking for some suggestions to others on How to improve on chess or Which is the best book and later once they recommend, get back to the old habit of playing chess [Lazy to read books]
Ok so with the above mentioned approach you can easily conclude that there is no way my chess would improve.
So how do chess improvement happens
1. Either you read good quality books. Read, re -read, understand, Implement.
2. Take coaching
Even at the point of writing, I feel that I should start reading books, but some how it is not happening.
Ok if not reading, next best logical option is to take coaching.
I had made up mind to take coaching, but the coach whom I contacted was busy with some work and that got postponed and never happened.
From few days I was losing many games and felt I need to improve my endgame sills.
Today I posted question in the forum and just out of curiosity started looking at questions posted on forum and landed on this post.
It was nice, I mean my first thought was, this guy wants me to play and say out loud what my plans and later analysis would happen.
I thought why not try, let's see how it goes.
I was way out of rating range, still I thought why not ping him and ask. I did the same and he said its still open. Soon the stage was set for the game.
Game got over, I won. Analysis sessions started. Analysis session got over, he said bye and left.
so would I recommend to get into the session.
Yes. 100 percent. If not you are really missing something valuable.
This is how it went.
While the game was going on I could hear a lot of typing sound, initially I got distracted , later got used to it and kept talking rubbish on what move I will play, why, what threat the position has blah blah blah.
What I didn't realize is he was patiently making notes.
I mean at the end he correctly pointed out at my weakness. I was shocked. I mean I have been playing chess for quite long time, more than 10+ years and I never was able to identify any flaws in my game.
My list of weakness he pointed out [I never knew these were my weakness until he told]
1. I was lacking plan.
I mean I was not sure what to play. I was surprised when he told what he was thinking in particular position. I mean he really had clear sense of what he wanted to play, where in I was just trying to develop pieces or play some random move.
2. Major flaw in calculation.
What he pointed out was I was jumping from one line to other while calculating. I mean like if there was few candidate moves, I would start analyzing one move few moves deep and jump into other soon. so dumb of me that I never realized this.
3. Eating time, I mean literally eating the clock.
Last week I played a tournament and I scored 4 points out of 8 rounds. I Mean i was late, and I stared the tournament with 2nd round. So 4 out of 7 is a good score right.
All I need was 1/2 point to get a prize.
Final standing was 29th, that half point would have put me within 25th. There was 25 prizes and I was disappointed after my last round, I tried messing up my last round intending to win it.
But the thing that to be noted is I lost 2 games in those 7 on time. I was down to last minute in those 2 games and in other 5 also I was managing some how with lot of difficulty.
It never came to my mind why I was getting into so much time trouble. All I thought was it's common to get into time trouble and I should just start playing fast from the next tournament.
Sudden realization happened only when he mentioned that you jumping from one line to other line while calculating would make you consume lot of time.
That was when I was like wow, there lies the problem.
3 Major mistakes Identified by playing 5 mins game. That's amazing na.
Recommendation:
Guys if someone comes and say that they will look at your games, analyze it for FREE, just take it be thankful to him.
Honestly my advice is ping him and take the lesson, you will be very happy at the end of the game and analysis session.
Your weakness in game would be pointed out, that itself is worth trying.
Conclusion:
I realized that nothing will substitute one on one coaching when it comes to game improvement.
Wow, did you read from the beginning till here, then great you are one determined guy to improve.
What are you waiting, ping him.
Want to know more you can always ping me.
BYE
Chess improvement is hard as we all now. Everyday we struggle to get better at chess.
My approach to chess until this point was like this
1. Play games until your mind stops co-operating
2. Watch live chess commentary
3. Watch some chess youtube videos here and there
4. Keep asking for some suggestions to others on How to improve on chess or Which is the best book and later once they recommend, get back to the old habit of playing chess [Lazy to read books]
Ok so with the above mentioned approach you can easily conclude that there is no way my chess would improve.
So how do chess improvement happens
1. Either you read good quality books. Read, re -read, understand, Implement.
2. Take coaching
Even at the point of writing, I feel that I should start reading books, but some how it is not happening.
Ok if not reading, next best logical option is to take coaching.
I had made up mind to take coaching, but the coach whom I contacted was busy with some work and that got postponed and never happened.
From few days I was losing many games and felt I need to improve my endgame sills.
Today I posted question in the forum and just out of curiosity started looking at questions posted on forum and landed on this post.
It was nice, I mean my first thought was, this guy wants me to play and say out loud what my plans and later analysis would happen.
I thought why not try, let's see how it goes.
I was way out of rating range, still I thought why not ping him and ask. I did the same and he said its still open. Soon the stage was set for the game.
Game got over, I won. Analysis sessions started. Analysis session got over, he said bye and left.
so would I recommend to get into the session.
Yes. 100 percent. If not you are really missing something valuable.
This is how it went.
While the game was going on I could hear a lot of typing sound, initially I got distracted , later got used to it and kept talking rubbish on what move I will play, why, what threat the position has blah blah blah.
What I didn't realize is he was patiently making notes.
I mean at the end he correctly pointed out at my weakness. I was shocked. I mean I have been playing chess for quite long time, more than 10+ years and I never was able to identify any flaws in my game.
My list of weakness he pointed out [I never knew these were my weakness until he told]
1. I was lacking plan.
I mean I was not sure what to play. I was surprised when he told what he was thinking in particular position. I mean he really had clear sense of what he wanted to play, where in I was just trying to develop pieces or play some random move.
2. Major flaw in calculation.
What he pointed out was I was jumping from one line to other while calculating. I mean like if there was few candidate moves, I would start analyzing one move few moves deep and jump into other soon. so dumb of me that I never realized this.
3. Eating time, I mean literally eating the clock.
Last week I played a tournament and I scored 4 points out of 8 rounds. I Mean i was late, and I stared the tournament with 2nd round. So 4 out of 7 is a good score right.
All I need was 1/2 point to get a prize.
Final standing was 29th, that half point would have put me within 25th. There was 25 prizes and I was disappointed after my last round, I tried messing up my last round intending to win it.
But the thing that to be noted is I lost 2 games in those 7 on time. I was down to last minute in those 2 games and in other 5 also I was managing some how with lot of difficulty.
It never came to my mind why I was getting into so much time trouble. All I thought was it's common to get into time trouble and I should just start playing fast from the next tournament.
Sudden realization happened only when he mentioned that you jumping from one line to other line while calculating would make you consume lot of time.
That was when I was like wow, there lies the problem.
3 Major mistakes Identified by playing 5 mins game. That's amazing na.
Recommendation:
Guys if someone comes and say that they will look at your games, analyze it for FREE, just take it be thankful to him.
Honestly my advice is ping him and take the lesson, you will be very happy at the end of the game and analysis session.
Your weakness in game would be pointed out, that itself is worth trying.
Conclusion:
I realized that nothing will substitute one on one coaching when it comes to game improvement.
Wow, did you read from the beginning till here, then great you are one determined guy to improve.
What are you waiting, ping him.
Want to know more you can always ping me.
BYE
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