Then there was Michael de la Maza who made a rappid improvement and did write a book ( ~ 2001 ) about it. The "traditional" suggestion for improving players have been: something like 20 min/day or 1/4 of the training time should be tactics. You may ready more about it at empirical rabbits blog.
After Weteschnik did get his title he did stop playing chess. At the same time his Fide rating did rise with games played in former communistic countrys. Weteschniks Chess performance in Germany was not that strong. Note that Weteschnik himself became (relatively) strong as an adult.
It's strange so many suggest doing tactics puzzles as a good improvement method. Most of them, after initial rating raise, get stuck on constant level. Yes, I just looked at some of the top players tactic statistics. After a certain age (~30?) improvement in tactics seems to be extreme hard ( virtually impossible ). I remembre the rappid raise of kacparov, he was ~12. There had been a few members improving but they where "young". Quote from: aoxomoxoa on Dec 25, 2012, 01:53:14 PMĪ premium member can look at the whole "progress" of other members. Nobody tells you in real games when this happen. I don't think this important ability is best learned by solving puzzles where YOU KNOW there is a tactic. The problem in real games is to spot the moment when a tactics is possible. Despite this, I try to do easy puzzles 10-15 minutes every day. My conclusion is that I'm (and maybe others) is NOT going to be better in tactics by solving lot of puzzles. Have my tactical ability improved? Not so much as I have hoped. After all, they have to fight age-related deterioration in cognitive skills. Note that Weteschnik himself became (relatively) strong as an adult.ġ5,000 or 1,500? I only see ~1,500 in your stats.Īdult players after 40 should be very happy if they just manage to maintain their elo. It is written in a rather academic-textbook style, which doesn't work for everyone, but it is nice and thorough. I think the best formal analysis of what tactical clues to look for in chess positions is Martin Weteschnik's Chess Tactics from Scratch (the former edition of this book is called Understanding Chess Tactics). Heisman's Seeds of Tactical Destruction material is good. Probably it's more about a good thought process, where you systematically look for the seeds of tactics. I have no answer to how you best learn above skill. Recognizing Tactics in a REAL Tournament Game
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