Chess Study Group?

[MelchyBeau]

This is a start,

Anyone else like to join?

Although I imagine we will have a varied skill level among people who'd like to study. I think we can at least get some done.

Any specific books you'd like to study? I have the Amateur's Mind, and I could pick up Art of Attack.

I think one of the easiest things we could study in this format is openings or endgames. Maybe we can work on developing Opening repetoires while we are at it, and maybe have a tournament where the first few moves are forced?

[dmk]

i'll take part in whatever

i'm not very good, i have no idea what my actual rating would be - on gameknot its 1350-1400ish

my endgame is horrible - but i dread studying it too because it seems so boring. i have pandolfini's endgame book.

as white i open w/ e4 and play ruy lopez if 1...e5. as black i basically just play d4->d5 or e4->e5.

so ya. i've been studying tactics. i need to learn endgame a lot. and i know like 2 or 3 opening lines sort of ok. thats about it.

[swingdoc]

Hey guys, I normally don't post in POG but I hope it's okay. I'd love to study with you guys. I'm a strong tourney player. If I might make a few suggestions on what we study? To be blunt, simply studying openings is tedious as hell, especially since you really need to understand middlegame ideas well and really know tactics to know why in the world theoretical moves are good.

I'd strongly recommend picking a solid collection of masters games and studying one game per week. That way we could take a look at how the opening affects the middle game. How the masters exploit advantages, etc. Plus, in most games you get a good endgame lesson too (we'll avoid tal). Books that are really good for this (from most basic to most difficult):

Understanding chess move by move -John Nunn $13.57
Simple chess - Michael Stean $7.95
Zurich International chess tournament 1953 - $11.21

There are other great collections, but I think these are probably the most appropriate for a wide range of strengths.

[swingdoc]

Hey guys, any idea when this might start? I'm up for any sort of study, my previous post was just my 2c for what i thought would work best.

[chocaholic]

I'd also be interested if this thing ever gets off the ground. Also, swingdoc's suggestion to study master games is good, the Zurich book is amazing.

Dan

[MelchyBeau]

Ok, what game would you like to go over first?

We can also use www.chessgames.com to find master's games to go over.

[chuckleslovakian]

You should pick one of Curtains game and see if he would offer analysis

[DMBFan23]

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You should pick one of Curtains game and see if he would offer analysis

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nomination

[FCBLComish]

Which one is Curtains?

[DMBFan23]

Greg with the pimp checkmate