tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4179179259185092619..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Remarkably Unremarkable!Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-76644205947964018912011-01-19T17:08:58.359+00:002011-01-19T17:08:58.359+00:00I'm reviewing this for another chess publicati...I'm reviewing this for another chess publication, so I din't want to say too much here: but I thought it a really poor, messy book, with a potentially much better book hanging around somewhere inside it.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-90153619176707621672011-01-19T14:34:21.511+00:002011-01-19T14:34:21.511+00:00I'm sure both is the right way forward really....I'm sure both is the right way forward really. I'm also suspicious that 'buying a book' is not the prelude to 'constant analytical work', but is what happens before a book sits unstudied on my shelf.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-76028862240045598312011-01-19T12:28:58.803+00:002011-01-19T12:28:58.803+00:00If you have the time, do both. 'Constant analy...If you have the time, do both. 'Constant analytical work' is the catch-all phrase for chess improvement - but varying the type of work is sensible for more than one reason. (One thing might be more effective than other, variety helps to keep freshness, etc.)Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-16683090732352326912011-01-19T12:15:07.230+00:002011-01-19T12:15:07.230+00:00I have thought for a long time that my performance...I have thought for a long time that my performance (and grade) varies according to how often I play bad moves rather than the frequency I make good ones.<br /><br />Perhaps I should get this book and work through it. Or, probably I should first go through my own games and take a closer look at where I go wrong. I'm sure that there'll be patterns.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.com