I will be shocked if it doesn’t help you too.
Two weeks ago I would have struggled to see any of the solutions but after starting tactical study through free chessfox’s free 10 day challenge, which gives you an introduction to Visualwize, it’s really helped to start to get me thinking the right way. Today, Monday is day 27 of 100 with sole focus on the tactical side of chess, and now I’m approaching half-way into Visualwize 5.o level 1.
My opponent was rated almost exactly 500 ELO above me so I’m very happy with the serious progression I’ve been recently making. My visualisation / calculation and tactical skills have improved so much over the past two weeks since I’ve started working with Louis of. However, overall, I’m very happy with my progress over the past two weeks. I became overconfident and made a couple of silly moves. Unfortunately I lost, but I should have won, going two pawns up after 15 moves. Author Andy Couchman Chess Posted on MaLeave a comment on Day 31 of 100 Middlesex vs Sussex / On Saturday, I played for Sussex against Middlesex in the last county match of the season. I’ll give an example of what this programmme gives you in the next blog entry. Level 4 which for me will be a while yet until I can visualise to that extent as you’re given the next 4 moves each side and then asked for the subsequent 9th move! The point of this that yes you are shown the moves, but not by changing the board so you are calculating / visualising 5 moves ahead / 5 changes of board position ! This gives you a board positon then shows you the next two moves for example, for white then black , then asked the question as to what the third move would be for white. Now as I mentioned above, I’m starting level 2 of Visualwize. During the 10 day challenge, you’ll be doing examples of Visualwize level 1. If you do fancy giving it a try, and I do unreservedly recommend it, go through ’s FREE 10 day chess challenge which covers tactical motifs, calculation, visualisation and evaluation skills. Today, I’m starting the much harder Visualwize level 2. Yesterday, I completed the forty exercises of Visualwize level 1. Today Friday the 17th of March is day 31 of the 100 days of total focus on the tactical side of chess. After finishing the game, my opponent remarked as to the massive improvement in my game, especially he noted, my tactical play.ģ hours 15 mins tactics study / 613 hours 10 minsģ hours 20 mins tactics study / 609 hours 55 minsĤ hours tactics study / 606 hours 35 minsĢ hours 35 mins tactics study / 602 hours 35 mins Author Andy Couchman Chess Posted on MaLeave a comment on CCF Chess Daytime Club Nine great chess training tips from This time however was a different matter and although I lost on time, I’m certain had we been utilising normal time limits, it would have been at least a hard fought draw. I had played a competitive game against him a couple of months ago but then he beat me rather easily. Unfortunately, my planned opponent failed to turn up.Īnother member of the club had a very brief technical win so we decided to play a 30 minute game. Today, I attempted to play another round of the CCF Chess Daytime Club tournament. None of this would have been possible without ġst April 2017 – 2 hours 30 mins, 628 hours 30 minsĬhessTempo rating 1501.9, 6232 out of 13352.Īuthor Andy Couchman Chess Posted on ApLeave a comment on Day 46 of 100 CCF Chess Daytime Club Therefore, a gain of over 60 rating points and 1300 positions. On the 4th March, my tactics rating was 14th of 13,809. Yesterday, I added back to my tactics training, ChessTempo exercises and have now hit a new tactics rating high of 1501.9 which has positioned me 6232nd of 13352 members.
I managed to see the first three exercises, the fourth I stupidly wrongly positioned pieces so came up with a good move for what I was seeing but obviously not for what was involved in the actual exercise.
I’m now up to exercise 4 on level 3 of Visualwize which although significantly more difficult exercises, its fascinating training your brain to visualise 6-ply deep. I’ve been purely focused on Visualwize 5.0 since the 4th March when I last undertook ChessTempo tactics training. This now has given a slightly lower daily average but its now a much more focused concentrated training emphasis. Before yesterday, I’d undertaken 626 hours of chess training. Yesterday, 1st of April was day 46 of 100 purely focused upon tactics.