The Woodpecker Method
by Axel Smith & Hans Tikkanen · first published 2018
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…2250 on Lichess, and I consider openings a waste of time. Ok, I confess I wasted a lot of time on them in the past, and my rating was rather constant for years and years, until I started tactics via the woodpecker method. It's hard work, but definitely worth it. (quite a few of the easier exercises are opening tactics) https://www.amazon.com/Woodpecker-Method-Axel-Smith-Tikkanen...
on “A Beginner's Garden of Chess Openings (2002)” ↗By "Woodpecker method" do you mean this: https://www.amazon.com/Woodpecker-Method-Axel-Smith-Tikkanen... ? This is why HN is great -- appears to be an amazing book.
on “Thoughts on chess improvement, after gaining 600 points in 6 months” ↗…a puzzle for review later on. The philosophy behind the training regiment is inspired by the following two books which have been very helpful in improving my game: reading Rapid Chess Improvement, The Woodpecker Method.
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