Tactics_Woodpecker method

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A lot of people might have heard of the book Woodpecker Method, if you haven't it's basically a tactics book that you need to repeat 7 times, each time quicker and quicker. The ones that went through it, what is your experience with it? More importantly, do you see improvement in your actual play? 

I've just gone through the whole beginner and intermediate section after 99 hours (only the first cycle) and honestly it's the most difficult thing I've ever done in relation to chess. Did everyone find it as hard? I might have gone too deep prioritizing accuracy, but honestly the accuracy is not even that high, 93% for easy and 67% for intermediate and I wouldn't say I feel big improvement in my play. Would love to hear your thoughts.

danlerner66

Not in chess but, after reading, it feels like that's what we have been doing in other phases of life and gradually master any new skill. However, it sounds interesting and will try it for a new skill and come back to share more.

krewking504

It's strictly tactics training. Theres still positional and vision/calculation to consider in order to get a noticeable improvement. I recommend woodpecker 2 for positional training. And I recommend this website for vision/calculation as well as an interactive woodpecker 1 app where you can choose the amount of puzzles as well as

krewking504

... rating level. It'll pull positions from lichess database. There's also a vision/calculation app there too. I find it made imediate improvements for me .

krewking504

Chesstraining(dot)app

SpanishStallion
Problem with woodpecker method is every chosen position is ambiguous and there are several ways to solve the puzzles. Chess tactic training offered on chess.com is much better for improvers!
danlerner66
SpanishStallion wrote:
Problem with woodpecker method is every chosen position is ambiguous and there are several ways to solve the puzzles. Chess tactic training offered on chess.com is much better for improvers!

That's a fair point! The Woodpecker Method definitely has its limitations, especially with ambiguous positions. That said, its strength lies in the spaced repetition approach, which can help solidify patterns. But I agree—chess.com's tactics trainer is much more dynamic and adaptive for steady improvement.