| From the web: the killing fields of chess training |
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| Written by Sciurus | |
| Thursday, 14 February 2008 | |
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Phaedrus, a Dutch chess trainer, gives some interesting food for thought about Michael de la Maza's chess training methods, also widely known as "the circles" in his latest post: "The killing fields of chess training". He discusses the differences between learning, training, and memorizing, and, while being positive on some of the methods de la Maza suggests, comes to the conclusion that "This kind of dedication, as Michael calls it, may well take all the fun out of chess training. It may easily convince you that training is completely useless, incredibly boring as well as hopelessly time consuming. Those who have followed Michael all the way may well have walked through the killing fields of chess training." Comments (4)
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written by Blue Devil Knight, February 23, 2008
I always appreciate a fresh perspective. I put a somewhat lengthy reply at the original post. I think it is crucial to
 develop a plan that will nurture one's long-term enjoyment of chess. Too many Circlers end up leaving the game once they are done. Of course, if that is someone's goal, it is fine. They want to do the Circles to implant a tactical chip into their brain, but just relax and enjoy the game thereafter. That was my motivation when starting, and I think it succeeded (though I admit in the middle of the journey I developed much more high-aiming goals and planned on staying intensely into chess the rest of my life, but once I finished I realized I actually wanted to go back to normal life). Write comment
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Play chess in style - 
Thank you for refering to my blog.
As far as I can see the Knights and their friends is the most dedicated chess community on the Web. This is one of the reasons that I follow them closely and have joined their quest. If I am a bit provocative in my posts, this is not to be disrespectfull. I hope instead to raise a bit of controversy which enables me to reassess my personal opinions on how chess training should be structured.