I'm looking for ways to improve my chess knowledge. My kids are 10 and 8 and starting in chess club. I played chess as a kid but haven't played much in the last twenty years.
What are some ways to improve at chess? Just go to lichess? Watch YouTube videos? I loved this article and the discussion of AI and would love to supercharge my learning if there are experimental ideas.
With three kids, my time is very scattered so I'm looking for ways to study chess in small fifteen minute chunks, as that is often all I have before falling asleep in one of their beds.
Bonus: are there ways to radically improve chess together (other than just playing, obviously!)
I actually built an app(spicychess.com) that's loosely modelled after the Anki flashcard method; You're given 10 minutes to solve a puzzle on your first attempt. On every subsequent attempt you're given half the time to solve the puzzle, until your 6th attempt where you're given 30 seconds to solve the puzzle. Repetition combined with strict time constraint has been shown to massively improve one's ability to spot tactics, and thereby increase one's rating, especially at the below 2000 level. You can also bookmark puzzles for future review (:
I'm curious about how to teach theory to a ten year old. They are probably better at absorbing those things than I am, so maybe I'm not the best strategist anyway.
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I'm looking for ways to improve my chess knowledge. My kids are 10 and 8 and starting in chess club. I played chess as a kid but haven't played much in the last twenty years.
What are some ways to improve at chess? Just go to lichess? Watch YouTube videos? I loved this article and the discussion of AI and would love to supercharge my learning if there are experimental ideas.
With three kids, my time is very scattered so I'm looking for ways to study chess in small fifteen minute chunks, as that is often all I have before falling asleep in one of their beds.
Bonus: are there ways to radically improve chess together (other than just playing, obviously!)
Has anyone used flashcards effectively for chess?
I actually built an app(spicychess.com) that's loosely modelled after the Anki flashcard method; You're given 10 minutes to solve a puzzle on your first attempt. On every subsequent attempt you're given half the time to solve the puzzle, until your 6th attempt where you're given 30 seconds to solve the puzzle. Repetition combined with strict time constraint has been shown to massively improve one's ability to spot tactics, and thereby increase one's rating, especially at the below 2000 level. You can also bookmark puzzles for future review (:
I'll give it a try, sounds awesome!
There is GothamChess on YouTube which has a lot of tutorials and game analysis. I learned from there.
Then on chess.com you have courses and puzzles that help too.
You cannot really improve just by playing without learning theory.
I'll check this out, thanks so much.
I'm curious about how to teach theory to a ten year old. They are probably better at absorbing those things than I am, so maybe I'm not the best strategist anyway.