Patzer's review

A while back, I almost completely lost my motivation for chess. I felt uninspired and uninterested. Nothing seemed to be fun anymore. But one day I looked at my book shelf and picked up a little book and started to flip through it. I went through a game. Wow! I went through another. Wow again! This book is nice! So since that day, the book has been on my bedside table, and I have (mostly) gone through one game per day before going to sleep. The book I am talking about is Instructive Chess Miniatures . Let me tell you why I like this book. If you like these reviews, please consider supporting my work. Visit my patreon page for details. Become a Patron!   What can you expect from this book? I have written about miniature games before. In my review of Catastrophes and Tactics , I mentioned that the definition of a miniature can vary. In Ataman's book, the games last 25 moves at most. So what's the point? Why study miniatures? First of all (and obviously), they are quite sh...

Visualization is perhaps the most important skill of a chess player. It is often said that it the ability to play through moves in your head is the strongest indicator of playing strength. I am not in a position to validate or challenge this statement, but I think we all can agree that visualization is important when it comes to chess. The question is how we can learn this crucial skill. There are, of course, many possible roads to take. One is to get a book on visualization training. And that is what I did. And of course, this review is about that book. If you like these reviews, please consider supporting my work. Visit my patreon page for details. Become a Patron!   What can you expect from this book? Chess visualization course  is not just a book. It's actually a series of books. Or, at least, it was . The book/series is self-published, so it can be difficult to track down. I have only seen the first book myself, but I read on some random site that there are actuall...