Hello! I'm not a very strong player but here is my opinion. I find puzzles very useful, but only if they are from real games. I find compositions more difficult to solve, so maybe for that reason I enjoy them less.
The endgame studies seem more useful to me.
As far as the mate compositions, I always fail to solve them, mainly because I can't never find the best defence, I'd say they are of less real practical use then the one from real games, but maybe I'm wrong.
Hello! I'm not a very strong player but here is my opinion. I find puzzles very useful, but only if they are from real games. I find compositions more difficult to solve, so maybe for that reason I enjoy them less.
The endgame studies seem more useful to me.
As far as the mate compositions, I always fail to solve them, mainly because I can't never find the best defence, I'd say they are of less real practical use then the one from real games, but maybe I'm wrong.
I had the same opinion as you about mate compositions. But a 2600 FIDE GM advised my friend to study them as hard as he could.
So, I´m trying to take a new look at it.
Hello! I'm not a very strong player but here is my opinion. I find puzzles very useful, but only if they are from real games. I find compositions more difficult to solve, so maybe for that reason I enjoy them less.
The endgame studies seem more useful to me.
As far as the mate compositions, I always fail to solve them, mainly because I can't never find the best defence, I'd say they are of less real practical use then the one from real games, but maybe I'm wrong.
I had the same opinion as you about mate compositions. But a 2600 FIDE GM advised my friend to study them as hard as he could.
So, I´m trying to take a new look at it.
I see, a Gm opinion should always be held in high regard. Well if I find some interesting checkmate compositions then I'll post them on this club. See you.
Hi friends, how are you?
I would like to know your opinion about chess studies and the benefits of solving them.
Besides it, about the specific studies of giving mate in a few moves, but with the pieces prearranged in strange squares. What do you think about these specific types of studies?