How good is the woodpecker method course on chessable?

I’ve heard lots of good things about it but some say that it is quite challenging. I would like to hear what people who have worked through the course’s opinions are on it.

Absolutely fantastic. But if you are under 1800 lichess rapid, it will probably be too tough.

Nice book, can't speak to the chessable version. I prefer CT-art and combination challenge (Reinfeld 1001 knock off), woodpecker problems are too hard for patterns drills after the first section. Still good for calculation. In summary, MDLM had it right with CT art and this is the best choice. Woopecker is also cool because it groups the tactics by Master and adds historical value, but its not as good for training.

@BlockMyPremove said in #3:
> Nice book, can't speak to the chessable version. I prefer CT-art and combination challenge (Reinfeld 1001 knock off), woodpecker problems are too hard for patterns drills after the first section. Still good for calculation. In summary, MDLM had it right with CT art and this is the best choice. Woopecker is also cool because it groups the tactics by Master and adds historical value, but its not as good for training.

forgive my ignorance... what is MLDM? I am genuinely curious as I would like to try it

Its a dream come true for all cookie trackers, who believes in woodpecker, will believe everything. The holy grail of customer tracking

@ineedthedough said in #5:
> Its a dream come true for all cookie trackers, who believes in woodpecker, will believe everything. The holy grail of customer tracking

Apparently I am a cookie tracker. Which makes sense. I like cookies. Probably why my butt is getting huge! If I put on high heels I’d probably strike oil! Arrrrgh!!

@Le_Patzer83 said in #4:
> forgive my ignorance... what is MLDM? I am genuinely curious as I would like to try it

http://masschess.org/chess_horizons/articles/2001-01_sample_400_points_part_1.pdf

read it and weep

There is this video on youtube where you can see the first 200 puzzles of the book /chessable course.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzK7Cu9Q52c
Maybe it helps to decide if this book/chessable course is suited for you.

The following video on YouTube is where a strong player shares his results of using the Woodpecker method. I’m fairly certain a statistician would say there is no way to say there is any correlation to his change in rating and doing the woodpecker method.

Most games are won by taking advantage of an opponent’s blunders. Most games are lost by making more blunders than your opponent. You should figure out what causes you to blunder or to miss your opponent’s blunders and train accordingly.