Apologies for my absence. Had some health issues and couldn't muster the energy to post. Anything interesting happen in the chess world since the end of October??
Conrgats to Magnus Carlsen, what a tense victory after a somewhat slow start to the match and what an amazing life story; training for that dream since his childhood. I'm sure he feels it's all been worth it now. And what gentlemen both Carlsen and Anand were/are. Really nice to see and chess is very lucky to have such great guys as ambassadors.
Well, I can promise you that throughout my time away chess was never very far from my mind. During the festival of Hannukah, I also had some cousins over to stay which meant one thing: chess guinea pigs! If you're a parent or chess coach, teaching those under 10 can seem like a daunting task. But in my never ending project to search for good ways to keep kids interested, I had a couple of ideas for teaching which I'll also be sharing here soon.
After having resumed chess back in August this year, I've been quite conscious that simply playing games from beginning to end isn't a very good way to improve one's play overall, although working exclusively from books isn't as much fun.
However, over the last month or so I did only play games from beginning to end and playing online against various engines has led to some really bad habits (taking about 5 seconds max before making a move etc.) which I'm determined to get rid of. Anyhow, I really feel desperate to get back to my books and exercises as I've really plateaued and my game isn't going anywhere. I really need to get back to the drawing board...
Anyway, more later!
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