Tips for playing a great game

My experiments with chess

            Trainer- coach,Sadurangam-GM Chess Academy selaiyur

Over the decades , and with tons of passion in chess, there would be rarely a day which either I have not played chess or thought about it.  But to become a professional player or win a title few of the things need to be done. I have summarised five important points.

1.       Practice with real players :  Researchers are still arguing that the same 2D images are not replicated with 3D.This is a proven fact that though you practice with Engines, soft wares, apps or with other players through online,  when it comes to board games it makes a difference.

2.       Practice with clock: Over the years  and with my experience in  FIDE  rated tournaments, one thing I understood was , we may be having innovative skills in finishing the game, but time is the killer. I know lot of people who lost for want of time. If you want to be a high rated player practice with clock.

3.       Record and review your game: This is the line which most of the beginners miss. This is  also the difference between  the professional player and a hobbyist. Either they focus on the game or get distracted by recording the moves. For a person who aims higher need to work on his/ her strengths and weakness.

4.       Increase the frequency of playing: I am of the opinion that the quality of play improves in proportion to the time spent for learning/ playing chess.  

5.       Change your opponent: This is quite obvious that , our game improves only when we play with different set of  people, we could learn more tactics and strategies . As long as we learn  from strong players winning or losing does not matter.