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Jerry G posted an update
I am 58 . I have had 2 mild strokes. Doc told me playing Chess and reading a lot could help my cognition and memory . I am really spaced out from it. So I started playing a few months a go. I am up to 560 ELO BUT, I played just to challenge my mind and hopefully help out my situation. Soooooo As a result I played only to play NOT to work on fast check mates or common patterns to get checkmate fast. I usually clear off mot of my opponents pieces before I get checkmate. That being said. I think I lack early check mate patterns and how to end a game. I am looking for advice to help me with this aspect of the game. I think I would be much further along If I had this Information In my tool box one could say. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TY.
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Good for you. I am 64 and retired. I restarted playing chess after over a 40 year break as one of the activities I use to keep exercising my brain.
Chess puzzles (especially the lower rated ones) tend to emphasize mating patterns along with the tactical patterns from unit 4. Another thing that helps me are the Chess Vibes rating climb videos, especially the ones around my rating level. You get to see Nelson identify and exploit some of the types of mistakes that your opponents are likely to make during your games.
Best of luck!
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