SOME GOOD OLD
FASHIONED CHESS ADVICE
For many years, the great American grandmaster Larry
Evans wrote a very popular column in Chess Life magazine.
I remember a time when I was reading his column (in which
he answered some letters from readers) and saw a letter
from a player of my acquaintance, a fellow I'd once met and
played against at a chess tournament years before. I don't
have the column handy to quote the letter, but the gist of his
problem was this: the player had hit a “plateau” in his chess
advancement and he felt like he'd kind of stalled. Even though
he was playing and studying chess, he seemed to have
stopped progressing as a player and he felt like his chess
development was stuck in neutral.
Grandmaster Evans gave the guy some great advice, which
I've expanded upon and modified in a number of articles I've
written in the years since. Here I'll offer you my latest version
consisting of eleven tips, five from GM Evans and six from
me, all of which I've followed and which have helped me in my
own chess career.
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