Imagine she only wishes a Happy Easter in the nightgown, but actually hitting “tweet”
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.GothamChess's 'facial expressions and sense of humor are completely natural, a perfect ambassador for a fun and less intense chess world.'

O Signore, che naturalezza dell'ambasciatore!
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Discrete and disarming charm of modern elite pro #chess
chess.com/blog/RoaringPa…

Has clowning round and making yourself silly become a necessary feature and precondition for drawing attention in this modern circus world?

Which one you'd prefer to see in the games of modern elite pro, a fighting draw, or an engine's home prep win?

Just from under the press
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To make the goal of becoming a #chess master easier for you, here's the brain region you have to zap with a small electric current (just 2mAmps). It will replace some 10,000 hrs generally considered it takes to become an expert in any domain.
And plz tell us how it went

So you want to become a #chess master? In any domain, most people are average performers. Some are actually terrible and just a few are exceptional. What makes the difference?

All you need is zap your brain with 2mAmps

How come we see men of hardly any intellect excel in #chess and others of great talent scarcely show moderate ability, and get confused and bewildered when they have to move a pawn?

Les Caractères (1688) by Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696)

Dr. Lasker needed 200 hours to teach an avg young man ignorant of #chess and bring them to a high level,

Rules of play and exercises, 5 hrs
Elementary endings, 5
Some openings, 10 hrs <---- (5% of all time)
Combination, 20
Positional play, 40
Play and analysis, 120

We 'are being taught how to hit, but not where to hit... You get 16-20 year olds trying to figure out how to play after eight years or so of bad habits.'—Paul Annacone

Reminds of a chess player who hit the wall unable to progress any further

#tennis #chess #chess improvement

How to start teaching beginners right?

For “if the game’s not taught well at the beginning levels, it just doesn’t matter”
#Chess ?

No, yet it is a universal issue in honing any skill (the above quote comes frm Todd Martin, the former #tennis #4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan Sports Analytics Conf)

'Memorizing without understanding isn't something I advocate for and neither does Chessable.'

How'bout this Elijah Logozar? (cited from the site)

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What is your goal with these tweets about Chessable [opening experts]? asked Elijah Logozar (perhaps felt affected as one of their opening mavens?)

Here's why
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Meet Chessable Op Experts

'This book is meant to give you a brief overview abt the Evans. Warning, the 'author' adam_a5x is a big patzer in chess, so don't expect too much :)
Learn this book at your own risk.
Nonetheless the lines I am giving here are based on valid resources.'

Meet Op Experts

GermanMC (1921 FIDE, 11 courses).

'QGD may seem impossible to crack due to its incredible solidity. In this repertoire, I use illustrative games, instructive vids, over 7500 words of instruction to ensure you'll be ecstatic when someone plays QGD against you!'

Meet Opening Experts

SIMPLYDT is @Chessable's co-founder, a mod strong Club player. He designed his 'Able' ser with help of an IM, used these for a time until he moved on to stronger, GM-level repertoires. The Able is short, easy to learn but LACK explanation of Ideas and Plans

Meet openings experts

Benedictine (135 ECF, 1712 FIDE), 'an adult chess improver turned course creator, one of the most, if not the most, prolific community authors on Chessable.' (cited from his profile on the site)