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Those things are recognizable in my own study adventure.
I recently bought a new opening course on Chessable. It has 100 trainable lines and just like a kid that goes to the faire for the first time, I was excited and wanted to grind it out as fast as I could.
The problem was that after I woke up the morning after, I couldn't even remember having seen some of these lines.
My memory has never been the greatest and I'm already 39, so I took a step back and decided to repeat only 1 chapter of around 10 lines at a time, until I made no mistakes anymore.
So far it's working! Small steps at a time.
When it comes to focusing on chess, I rather have it the other way around: one of the reasons why I started to play again was that like most people I also started to have problem focusing on one activity and avoiding distractions and playing chess is one of the ways I'm trying to counter it. That's why I approach even my online games in a very different way than most online players: I only play classical games (30+20 and longer) and occasionally some 15+10 rapid, using a physical board and focusing only on the game, zen mode, no visible windows except those related to the game, no other activities during the game (except for getting water, possibly a small snack and visiting the toilet). In other words, I'm trying to immitate an OTB game as closely as possible.
But i came to my rating soley through grinding...
@MagnosAlexandros said in #4:
> But i came to my rating soley through grinding...
sames lol
So focused grinding is the answer?
> Grinding Hard, Not Smart, Doesn’t Work in Chess
> Creating a “chess zone” is an ideal way to eliminate distractions during your training...
Decoys are everywhere and they’ll sacrifice your time.