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I agree with OhNoMyPants. There is such a thing called state dependent learning. If you are always drunk when you learn you will only do well when you are drunk.

Note there are Bain puzzles that come in Chessbase programs. The one for students is simpler.

Plus they are very physically fit. You have to be to be able to focus and remember accurately for many hours. One glitch and your last 40 good moves are destroyed.

I TD scholastic tournaments. Often there are color combinations that can get confusing. Hence we fall back to the definition of black and white for several functional details. Imagine bright pink vs l…

There are totally black skinned people and totally white skinned people (albinos). But they are rare exceptions. One silly point that I think of is when white goes 1st, I compare it to the British imp…

Training for go is done on a 9x9 board, then progressively to a 13x13 board. It is thought that the North Vietnamese used go strategies vs our chess-like strategies to defeat us in the Vietnam war. At…

Chess.com is not going away but they need humbling. Lichess is doing a good job of that.

That was entertaining and edifying. Thanks.

Many sources state that repetition is the key to memorization. If we see myriad new puzzles all the time it is difficult to study.

This is one of my faves when taking a break from serious chess.