I have bought "Reasses your chess" by J. Silman, and learned many things.
My games already got much better.
Whenever I'm playing a (real) tournament-game, the whole knowledge I got just cannot find a way into my game.
When I'm calculating long, I just get into "I don't know that theory"-mode.
What can I do to improve?
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Well, chess is more practical skill than accumulating dry knowledge. You have to transfer declarative knowledge into procedural skills. All book authors might be shocked but that's the truth. We all went through mastergames, all sounded reasonable and went smooth but in our games we mess up everything.
In other words: books often give you a misleading image of the "unbearable lightness of playing chess". So, you have to practice more and read less. Always taking responsibility for your own moves e.g. playing and moving yourself and analysing it. Just play time levels from blitz on upwards, but not bullet.
Have fun! Hope u understand what I mean.
@Sarg0n Thank you very much for the help. My problem is, that I'm often too tired to play a game but just awake enough to read.
What could I do?
Thanks for the tip,
@Sarg0n and
@semiGm. They are very helpful
If you are too tired to play a game, then you should sleep more. To play well you should first get yourself into good physical shape.
Reading chess literature is not like reading a novel, but rather like studying scientific subject matter, i.e. also for that you should be alert. Otherwise it does not stick in your brain and it is not useful at all. It is like a student who reads his study book, nodding yes this makes sense, and is later unable to pass his exams.
What can you do?
Sleep enough and do some physical exercise: walking, running, swimming, tennis, basketball, soccer, whatever.
@tpr thanks for the reply ;)
I will surely sleep more xD
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