MDLM method (God help me!)

Originally posted by incandenza
Hmm, well I don't see clicking a square vs. physically touching one as a distinction that could possibly make any difference.

There's more "commitment" involved in reaching out and touching the square. It's more effort to hit the spot than to click a mouse. I don't know if that makes a difference though.

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I meant anyone on the site.
The full 7 cycles, 1209 problems?

I've done the vision exercises, and the knight ones. The concentric circle one is absolutely brilliant. I jumped from 1300 to 1483 from just doing those. I stopped doing them, and dropped to the low 1400's. I started doing them again, along with some other studying, and I recently hit 1500. As for the tactics, I just try to do some everyday. Its just too difficult for me to keep up with.

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Are you actually using CT-Art?
I know we PM'd recently about this & I thought maybe Chess tactics for beginners
http://products.convekta.com/198/2/
may be better for -1300 players to start.

I think many of the CT-Art problems would be hit-and-hope for -1300's & may put them off.

The pattern recognition aspects would probably sink in though with practice.

That software is pretty simple, so I do 50 a day (or at least i did at one point) pretty easily to sharpen my basic tactics (chess tactics for beginners) I do about 5 to 10 a day on the intermediate one

Originally posted by chesskid001
That software is pretty simple, so I do 50 a day (or at least i did at one point) pretty easily to sharpen my basic tactics (chess tactics for beginners) I do about 5 to 10 a day on the intermediate one

I have both & although Chess Tactics for Beginners hardest problem is supposed to be easier than CT-Art's easiest one, I think there's a fair bit of overlap.

The find the draw & how to proceed puzzles are still very useful to me, as are many of the mates in 2.

I had been doing 50-100 per day on CTFB & 25-50 on CT-Art which I only bought a couple of weeks ago.

The ELO ratings are hilarious!
What have you been getting? I think my highest on CTFB was 2150 for a 100 puzzle test! 😲

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I have both & although Chess Tactics for Beginners hardest problem is supposed to be easier than CT-Art's easiest one, I think there's a fair bit of overlap.

The find the draw & how to proceed puzzles are still very useful to me, as are many of the mates in 2.

I had been doing 50-100 per day on CTFB & 25-50 on CT-Art wh ...[text shortened]... s!
What have you been getting? I think my highest on CTFB was 2150 for a 100 puzzle test! 😲

50-100 per day on CTFB and 25-50 on CT-Art per day???

how much time does this take per day?

Originally posted by diskamyl
50-100 per day on CTFB and 25-50 on CT-Art per day???

how much time does this take per day?

100 on beginners takes between 20-30 mins
25-50 on Ct-Art about the same I guess.

I'm lucky because I can do them at work sometimes & many are the geometric ones (forks/skewers/pins) which I've done over & over again.

I've done 900 of the Ct-Art exercises & 1000 of the CTFB ones so I've yet to complete either.
I think it's best to thoroughly ingrain the easier tests first, then move on to the less straightforward puzzles.

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I have both & although Chess Tactics for Beginners hardest problem is supposed to be easier than CT-Art's easiest one, I think there's a fair bit of overlap.

The find the draw & how to proceed puzzles are still very useful to me, as are many of the mates in 2.

I had been doing 50-100 per day on CTFB & 25-50 on CT-Art wh ...[text shortened]... s!
What have you been getting? I think my highest on CTFB was 2150 for a 100 puzzle test! 😲

On beginners, my elo rating is about 2000. One intermediate I think its about 1950. Clearly the Elo ratings are not meant to be used interchangeably with USCF ratings. ( or maybe I am really an expert in a class c's body 😛

I havent done any tests though, I just do the practice