One thing I may not have made clear in my recommended study is the importance of tactics. This is especially when you get out of the beginners' class and have more understanding of the game. Grandmasters say the many fault of chess teachers is that they don't put a heavier emphasis on tactics. That is why I recommended that you get the book Winning Chess by Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev. Since the masters say that tactics is 90% of chess it makes sense to recommend that you spend at least 80% of your time on this subject. When you are a high rated A player then you have mastered tactics. Until then you need to study books on tactics and there are many and I can give you a recommended list if you want. In many of these books there are examples that can be done by diagram study and many you don't need the chessboard. This makes it extra easy to study when you are waiting at airports or bus stations, waiting at the dentists office, waiting at a restaurent, during commercials while watching tv, etc. Study of tactics is very important.
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