4 Ways To Revamp Your Chess

IM Kostya Kavutskiy offers 4 different training plans to kick your chess into full gear going into 2021. Questions? Post them in the comments!

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro
(1:10) - Overview
(1:47) - 1. Calculation
(4:07) - 2. Positional Understanding
(6:52) - 3. Endgames
(10:59) - 4. Openings

My full list of recommendations (no paywall) :   / 27108166  

1) Calculation

Resources/apps:
Chess.com Puzzle Rush/Survival Mode
ChessKing Apps (iOS/Android) : CT-Art 4.0 / CT-Art (1400-1600)/Tactics for Beginners
Chessable Tactics Courses/Visualize Course
ChessTempo

Books:
(0-1400)
Polgar - Learn Chess the Right Way series, https://amzn.to/3n9DGCw
Seirawan - Winning Chess Tactics, https://amzn.to/3rLdYbd
(1400-1800)
Alburt & Palatnik - Tactics for the Tournament Player, https://amzn.to/3pIJ8ho
Vukovic - Art of Attack, https://amzn.to/3hzyDKH
Blokh - Combinative Motifs, https://amzn.to/3o6XbNq
(1800-2200)
Manual of Chess Combinations, https://amzn.to/3hy5cso
The Woodpecker Method, https://amzn.to/2X6aSQN
Edouard - Chess Calculation Training, https://amzn.to/2X2522O
2200+
Volokitin & Grabinsky - Perfect Your Chess, https://amzn.to/3n5bAIF
Aagaard - Grandmaster Preparation Series, https://amzn.to/2JBVNU0

2) Positional Understanding

Books (drill by examples):
Silman - Reassess Your Chess, https://amzn.to/388AGSN
Gelfer - Positional Chess Handbook, https://amzn.to/2JB7EBI
Hellsten - Mastering Chess Strategy, https://amzn.to/38YxF6V

Game Collections:
Alekhine, My Best Games, https://amzn.to/3oa9lFg
Capablanca, Endgames, https://amzn.to/2X55BZW
Rubinstein, Life and Games, https://amzn.to/3rORea8
Bronstein, Zurich 1953, https://amzn.to/3pIMFfE
Botvinnik, One Hundred Selected Games, https://amzn.to/389lmWa
Tal, Life and Games, https://amzn.to/3hyPXzs
Fischer, Sixty Memorable Games, https://amzn.to/3rMn47A
Karpov, Karpov's Strategic Wins, https://amzn.to/3ncfAHf

3) Endgames

Books:
Practical Endgame Play -
Shereshevsky - Endgame Strategy, https://amzn.to/2Lj2TgU
Hellsten - Mastering Endgame Strategy, https://amzn.to/3n2n7bK

Theoretical Endgames:
Silman's Complete Endgame Course, https://amzn.to/2X5Rp2E
De la Villa - 100 Endgames You Must Know, https://amzn.to/34ZtqGQ
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, https://amzn.to/3pJ7Nm5

4) Openings

Resources:
Chessable, Chessbase, Chess24 all have great opening courses, depending on the topic. But whatever you do, try to play training games and analyze them carefully!

Free tool to save your opening prep: lichess.org/study

Good luck!

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