The Chess Learning Process

The Chess Learning Process

The Chess Learning Process

Chess is a complex game that demands a high level of concentration, and patients to be successful at it. You can never really master the game to its full potential because after the first two moves the game is almost infinite. In the last couple of years I have set off to make my self a master player, I have played chess since I was 9 but I never really made any progress to this year until I read Josh Waitzkin book The Art of Learning. It opened my eyes to something I had never liked doing, and a lot of amateurs player don’t like doing, and that is studying the game. A lot of players just play but never put in the hours of deliberate practices to be a master. We see masters play, and we say well the reason why he/she is so good is because he can see 20 moves ahead, and has a memory like a computer in which master players do have great memory’s, its not because they are born with a super brain but because of 10,000 hours of deliberate practices. Chess master learn by chunking  positions into patterns that is turning random letters into words just like you learn your ABC's. When you was a baby, and from their you learn how to read that is the same way a chess master learns to play any position on the board, if you like skateboarding like me, and have skated then you must know that the  cool moves you see Tony Hawk, and many others doing takes a whole lot of HARD PRACTICE to master. When it took me more then a 100 attempts just to do one kick flip, and just because I did one kick flip does not mean I have mastered it so why could I do 100 kick flip, and only land 1 but I don’t like to practice my chess game well I know why at least to me, read a chess book when you are a beginner like I was 9 years ago with no coach are anyone else that likes to play and wanted to be a great player like me it is very hard to do! if you start reading a book that’s to advance you will not play chess very long because you will be confused by advance material you must learn the basic of the game first then you must repeat everything you have learned over and over an till you get it down then you need to find a player who is more stronger then you and is also trying to  better his game, you got to be motivated you have to really love the game if you want to go far in your chess career, but the main thing is you got to have fun skateboarding is fun! and that is why i  can practices so hard chess has to be fun and that's why i like the Internet you can have fun while you learn to play better chess.
If you cannot afford a coach that is, OK you really do not need a coach an to you are pass the expert level the many problem that newbies and players under 2000 Elo is tactics and hanging pieces you dot need to know how to do a 360 kickflip if you do not know how to do a basic kickflip.

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Chess Is A Mental Martial Art

                      Chess is a mental martial art 

Recently I Viewed A Video On YouTube About Bruce Lee, And He Was Defining What A Martial Art Was, He Said  That Martial Arts Was A Combative Art And A Philosophical Life style.

When I Heard This I Said To Myself This Definition Is Not Only For Physical Martial Arts But Also For Mental Martial Arts Witch Include,Chess,Weiqi,Shogi, And Chinese Chess.

Theses Mental Arts Are the Same Just Like Samurai Would Train Diligently With His Sword As Well With  His Mind So Does The Great Chess Masters. Both Know battle field Tactics And Strategy Both Must Be In Good Physical Shape To Complete Again Other Top Opponents But,There Is All Ways The Exception.

The Same Principle's That Sun Tzu Teaches In The Art Of War Are The Same Principle's You Learn In Chess. Any Military General Will Tell You To Occupy The High Ground And He Who Does It First  Has The Advantage, In Chess The High Ground Is The Center Of The Board.

In Chess There Are Different Style Of Play Mainly Positional And Tactical But At The Highest Levels  Of  The Game Positional can tun Into Tactical Play And Tactical Play Can Turn In To Positional Play, Like Bruce Lee Said I Use No Style As Style Be Like Water. The Same Goes For The Yin-Yang Symbol  There Is a Litter Black In White And A Litter White In Black  This means Harmony And Balance In The Way ,Same Goes For The Great Chess Masters. Here Is The Bruce Lee Video If You Want To See It Thanks  Be Like Water.

There Is Also The Connection Of Pattern Recognition And The Kata Forms Of The Different Martial Arts Learning Theses Forms Or Patterns Is A Key To Success In Chess As Well As In The Martial Arts.

If You Want To Read More About The Connection Between Martial Arts And Chess I Recommend You To Read To Books Which Both Deal With This Very Close Relationship Please Click The Links Below.

Art Of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

CHESS JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES

If You Are Like Me You Want To Be A Chess Master, But You Have Come To Find Out It Is Harder Then You Thought, But I Have Find out That The Learning Process Is The Best Part Yes Losing a lot Of Games Is Hard But You Must Learn From Your Mistakes And Progress.

Sounds Easy But Like Any Art You Can Learn The Basic  Rules And How The Pieces Move In Less Then A Hour, But It Takes A Life Time To Master. Even The Best

Players Of The Game Make Mistakes, They Just Make A Lot Less Then the Average Player. Not Because They Are Smarter Then Everybody Else But Because They Work Harder To Get Better At The Game.

Think About It, An Less You Have Natural Talent You  Will Constantly Be Losing At Chess If You Don’t Study The Structure Of The Game. Know Your Self And Know The Enemy  That Is The Acme Of War, Thats What Sun Tzu Said In The Art Of War.

In Josh Waitzkin Book, The Art Of Learning He Talks About The Learning Process And What I Got From The Book Is To Master The Basics First And Use The Basic To Do The Advance, In the Art Of War Sun Tzu Said Commanding A Small Army Is The Same As Commanding A Large Army Its About.

Making Smaller Circles, To It  Comes Naturally To You, Great Chess Masters Have Thousands Of Chess Pattern In There Minds To The Point That Chess Is A Intuitive Game To Them.

Anybody Can Be A Chess Master As Long As You Put The Time In To Learning The Patterns Of The Game And Practices The Way That benefits You.

This Will Be A on Going Series About My Progress In The Game Of Chess And Please Comment About  How You Have Improve Your Game Thanks.