IM Kostya Kavutskiy offers 4 different training plans to kick your chess into full gear going into 2021. Questions? Post them in the comments!
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Intro
(1:10) – Overview
(1:47) – 1. Calculation
(4:07) – 2. Positional Understanding
(6:52) – 3. Endgames
(10:59) – 4. Openings
My full list of recommendations (no paywall) :
1) Calculation
Resources/apps:
– Chess.com Puzzle Rush/Survival Mode
– ChessKing Apps (iOS/Android) : CT-Art 4.0 / CT-Art (1400-1600)/Tactics for Beginners
– Chessable Tactics Courses/Visualize Course
– ChessTempo
Books:
(0-1400)
Polgar – Learn Chess the Right Way series,
Seirawan – Winning Chess Tactics,
(1400-1800)
Alburt & Palatnik – Tactics for the Tournament Player,
Vukovic – Art of Attack,
Blokh – Combinative Motifs,
(1800-2200)
Manual of Chess Combinations,
The Woodpecker Method,
Edouard – Chess Calculation Training,
2200+
Volokitin & Grabinsky – Perfect Your Chess,
Aagaard – Grandmaster Preparation Series,
2) Positional Understanding
Books (drill by examples):
Silman – Reassess Your Chess,
Gelfer – Positional Chess Handbook,
Hellsten – Mastering Chess Strategy,
Game Collections:
Alekhine, My Best Games,
Capablanca, Endgames,
Rubinstein, Life and Games,
Bronstein, Zurich 1953,
Botvinnik, One Hundred Selected Games,
Tal, Life and Games,
Fischer, Sixty Memorable Games,
Karpov, Karpov’s Strategic Wins,
3) Endgames
Books:
Practical Endgame Play –
Shereshevsky – Endgame Strategy,
Hellsten – Mastering Endgame Strategy,
Theoretical Endgames:
Silman’s Complete Endgame Course,
De la Villa – 100 Endgames You Must Know,
Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual,
4) Openings
Resources:
Chessable, Chessbase, Chess24 all have great opening courses, depending on the topic. But whatever you do, try to play training games and analyze them carefully!
Free tool to save your opening prep: lichess.org/study
Good luck!
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