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Old 01-06-2005, 11:58 PM
bugstud bugstud is offline
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Default Re: Chess: want to get better fast

well, it all depends on your idea of good. I also had no access whatsoever to capable chess instruction and was more or less entirely self taught. I probably should have used a betterbook than mco-13, but that is the one I started with as far as openings go.

anyway, back to popinjay. Tactics are foremost, then get the silman books so you may improve your planning and positional ideas and processes. Playing a lot of internet chess will help you along the way towards implimenting the book learning.
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