• The journey to consistently beating fairy-stockfish level 6.

    From D@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 27 22:57:54 2024
    Dear rgcm:ers,

    It is becoming painfully obvious to me that my games tend to break down in
    the middle game after 20-25 moves if I play carefully.

    The weakness seems to be that I do not consistently recognize the misstep
    that L6 makes, and therefore do not capitalize on it. I find that L5
    generally makes much more obvious mistakes and makes them more often than
    L6.

    I must therefore improve my middle game I think. Sadly, it also seems to
    me that there are no short cuts, but playing, analyzing and thinking. I
    have seen people who whole heartedly talk about solving many lichess
    puzzles per day, and absorbing the lessons through osmosis, but I don't
    know if that is really the best way to go about it.

    Another _obvious_ option, is to find someone more experienced and analyze
    a game together with him to get a hint about what to focus on.

    For the moment, I'll grind on until motivation wanes, and then I might go
    back to reading another book. Perhaps the Edward Lasker one on chess
    strategy.

    Wishing you all a pleasant evening!

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