Did you notice that doing chess puzzles actually improved your chess
I haven't tried puzzles much ... only on Lichess on occasions @Benjamin87 I improved in a different time period when Chess books dominated ... Though there were Studies I should have used I did Study endgames quite a bit as well as the other phases ussualy by Studying Complete Games sometimes annotated by symbols as well as words'
Yes, I think they have a bit.
yes, there are good ways to do puzzles.
One must know what particular skill to develop, and to tailor the puzzle solving process to do it.
I have 3 different ways when solving puzzles, each of which target different particular skills.
One must know what particular skill to develop, and to tailor the puzzle solving process to do it.
I have 3 different ways when solving puzzles, each of which target different particular skills.
After one billion of them the conversion could be slightly higher.
Real game r different from puzzle
Not that much, actually maybe the contrary.
It is true that calculation abilities are being improved, and it shows especially in some endgames.
Said that, in 99% of the moves there is no clearly best (=almost forced) move or combination to find, but several slightly better choices. Yet the mind keeps trying to find "the" solution. The final result (at least for me, YMMV) is that I'm neglecting better positional choices, and when finally a "real life" puzzle appears, I'm so blunt (like in "blunt knife") that don't see it.
I guess it is an issue with random non-structured learning.
It is true that calculation abilities are being improved, and it shows especially in some endgames.
Said that, in 99% of the moves there is no clearly best (=almost forced) move or combination to find, but several slightly better choices. Yet the mind keeps trying to find "the" solution. The final result (at least for me, YMMV) is that I'm neglecting better positional choices, and when finally a "real life" puzzle appears, I'm so blunt (like in "blunt knife") that don't see it.
I guess it is an issue with random non-structured learning.
Yes, of course
In recognizing mating patterns puzzles did improve my chess and the same goes for recognizing tactics so for pattern recognition puzzles will or can help I think
It seems to me that doing puzzles has merely improved my ability to solve them while having a negligible impact on my chess play.