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I have been trying to increase my over the board rating but haven't been able to root out some of my most pronounced weaknesses. Specifically speaking:
1. Poor endgame technique
2. Very poor calculation
3. Bad attitude over the board
For that reason I have decided to put together a plan of improvement. In this plan I intend to educate myself in the endgame. I have chosen some books (Muller's Fundamental Chess Endgames is just superb) and the appropriate software to work with. I intend to play the endgames against a powerfull engine and criticize myself until I get it right... I have gathered all the material and it is up to me to start working. By the end of this adventure I will have a complete "ENDGAME TRAINING" pgn file... Thought?
Somebody say something please!
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Would be good to share that, maybe some of us can comment some of your moves or suggest some ideas.
Good luck!
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I am in the very, very start of the process. Though, I studied the endgame all year long I didn't systematize it properly. I will put everything together and show you what's up.
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Using engines to study endgames can be deceiving though since they have no concept of a plan and can sometimes go into complicated series of moves when a simpler strategy based on an idea immediately recognizable by a human would suffice to win/draw.
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I have heard that too. That's the reason because chess engines use tablebases. I have read somewhere that sometimes the engines do many "stupid" moves just to get to some position they know to finish.
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Well... As you say, the tablebases and the engines together are decent. The engine that I have seen to be most proficient is Ruffian. So proficient is it that the only things that it miss from a human are the capacity to spit over the board, curse, and misbehave... Though, its moves really hurt and I have seen it play almost flawlessly typical endgames. In any case I need a calculator that I can use in the privacy of my place at odd times and since many free engines have ratings that range from 1800 to 2600 I think that the exercise will still be of benefit
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