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FutureGM2001forlife

What should I study other than tactics and endgames?? (I have a 1394 USCF rating.)

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I like to break it up into 5 general categories:

openings, strategy, tactics, endgame, annotated game collection.

Strategy is pretty broad, from ideas like pawn structure to positional sacrifices to setting up an attack.

Pick your weakest area, or something you're interested in. Avoid picking what you've already spent the most time learning or practicing.

Oh, and for example an annotated collection for your rating would be a book like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Chess-Move-John-Nunn/dp/1901983412

fuzzbug

Try Andy Soltis' book:

https://www.amazon.com/Studying-Chess-Made-Easy-Batsford-ebook/dp/1906388679/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471405235&sr=1-1&keywords=studying+chess+made+easy

kindaspongey

Possibly helpful:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/

Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

German_MagnusCarlsen

Use the lessons/chess mentor feature here on chess.com! It is really helpful and I use it a lot.

FutureGM2001forlife
German_MagnusCarlsen wrote:

Use the lessons/chess mentor feature here on chess.com! It is really helpful and I use it a lot.

Thank you very much!