Dominic
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Dominic posted an update a year ago
Does anyone have a way to get better at visualizing the knight? It’s a tricky piece and I tend to either not see forks from my opponent or to my opponent.
Matt G and Christophe3 Comments-
There’s an app called “Hungry Horses” which is basically a chessboard with some pieces and you need to make the knight jump around and get items as quickly as possible while avoiding the opponent’s pieces. It basically isolates the knight’s movement so it’s a good way to practice.
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Dominic posted an update a year ago
I’m excited to try the Owen’s Defense and Stonewall openings. Does anyone have best practices for memorizing the move orders from the PGN packages Nelson provides? Looking for tips and tricks. Thanks!
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I try to make sure I understand WHY the order is the way it is. If I try to just memorize the moves, it gets lost quickly. If I understand WHY (and Nelson explains it) then I find that I retain it.
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If you have a chessable account you can create a personal courses from the PGN:s and use their opening trainer to memorize the lines. I think Ryan’s advice is better actually but this could be a complement for practical training.
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You can try chessbook, it uses spaced repetition, like chessable.
https://chessbook.com/?via=Saxonthorn
Yes, that’s an affiliate link, but it is free.
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Dominic posted an update a year ago
Hello everyone! I’m Dominic, and I’m excited to join this course. I’ve been playing chess ‘seriously’ for about a year, but my rating is stuck around 850. I’ve watched many of Nelson’s videos on YouTube and can’t wait to learn and grow with all of you. Thank you, Nelson!
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Welcome, Dominic!
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