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I don't know this particular book, but IMO, tactics training is much better done with a computer/website, which will tell you immediately where you went wrong, without you having to look up the soluti …

I would question that there is a craze of becoming a GM (or other titled player). Do you have any proof of this claim? True there are lots of people playing online, but in general people are doing …

I think there are several ways you benefit from endgame study. Your middlegame can benefit: For a beginner player it is often easier to process an emptier board with few pieces. The limited move opti …

Not to be overwhelmed by theory, when learning any opening, I recommend to start with the main line first and look at side lines later or when you encounter them in play. …

Generally solving tactics puzzles should be part of every player's training schedule. There can be several reasons why this did not help your tournament games: Perhaps your play is limited by other …

Depends a bit on your level. Assuming you are rather a beginner player, the best way to improve is by studying tactics/solving tactics puzzles. You can do this on many websites, which is quicker tha …

Not a scientific answer, but several points that seem obvious to me: Just as with many activities, in order to maintain your level in chess you need a bit of practice. Or said differently, if you st …

No, there is no chance for white to draw, let alone win, this game. In fact, if you enter this into an endgame tablebase it will tell you that it is mate in 13 moves with perfect play from both sides. …

This is a game between beginners. Nothing wrong with that, but there is not much point at this level giving a very deep explanation as to the "why". Both players should pay more attention to not bl …

Still, I don't see what point there is in learning the color of squares independent of any other chess knowledge. … Learning by just playing/analyzing could for instance go as follows: You notice that a black light-squared bishop in many games goes from c8 to g4 to pin a white knight on f3 to the white queen on d1. …

Once you have a decent understanding of plans and positional play, learning openings will make much more sense because you will understand why a certain move is made and also what to do if your opponent …

Nf5 ...Qh7, Nd6+ (discovered attack) wins the queen. Note that any other attempts to save the queen fails: Nb4 or Nce7 or Nge7 or Nf6 with the idea to attack the white queen fail because Nxg7+ is ch …

Your analysis is pretty much to the point. I am not a 1. d4 or Slav player, but the opening looks fine to me. Basically you liked the (sham) sacrifice starting with 14 e4 so much that you ignored th …

Similar questions have been asked before here or here. Still I think it would be more useful to have these resources listed by level. There is not much point for a beginner to listen to a GM explainin …

As pointed out by Glorfindel, these are evaluations, which tell you who the engine thinks is better. A positive score means white is better, a negative black is better and values around zero mean that …