Fiddling with Silman
After my previous tournament in December, I wrote a post about in which areas I still suck . Endgames, preparation of the assault and the opening. I pretty much solved my openings. About the preparation of the assault I had a revelation a few weeks before my tournament in July. Yesterday, I decided that endgames must be my next goal (finally). I lost 2.5 points in the endgame in just 7 rounds. I adopt the suggestion of Robert and will use Silman's endgame course as the base. When I see an endgame position, usually my mind goes blank. Somehow the triggers don't fire. I had a good experience while exploring an endgame a few months ago . After just a few hours, I discovered already a few concepts that are more generally applicable. Even better, the discovery of the invasion in the endgame was the indirect cause of my revelation of invasion in the preparation of the assault a month later. So Silman must guarantee that I focus on the absolute minimum I need, and fiddling around ...