My Recommended Chess Articles

My Recommended Chess Articles.

The Path to Improvement 

By Kelly Atkins with S. Evan Kreider. 

A serious chess player you should never stop looking for ways to improve his/her skills. My chess knowledge was totally messed up and I have had a hard time to win a single game before unless my opponent was totally new to chess or allowing me to win, I got tired losing my games and started looking for ways to be a better player. I searched in google for the chess openings, memorized the steps and execute them in my games but I never got better since most of the time what I've memorized was not happening simply because my opponent had different plans, back then it was truly frustrating, I really want to give up and quit playing chess at all but I have had a feeling that still I can make it. So, I didn't stop searching until I found this "A Path to Improvement" article on the internet I followed the advice, I bought books, studied, practiced and play again. Then gradually my skill was improving and started winning the games, reaping the fruit of my labor while slowly crushing my opponents down.

Honestly, it was not easy to study chess especially if you are a working professional. You will need Time, Focus and most of all Determination. If I do not have "WILL to WIN" attitude I will not give time and study anymore, I will not waste money, and shift my focus to the other things. But I don't want to settle down in a below average skill and keep my opponents beating me on the board. I want to be one of the best players in this field because I love chess and this love is for life.

Yes I am still losing games, even the Grandmaster loses games too, but I know for the fact that the way I play is far better now than before. If you are a serious chess player like me and you want to improve your chess skills this is the BEST article that you MUST read, this was definitely helped me a lot. 

Let me summarize. The authors are sayings that the  path to chess improvement is simply from ground to up, from basic to advanced lesson. It's like building a tower that you need a foundation first, you cannot expect good result in from your games if you do not know the basic lesson of chess, tactics and strategies or else you will just end up frustrated, just like me before. So, my advice is don't waste your money and time buying books and studying them without knowing the real Path to Improvement.