Especially fresh (to me) was the idea of needing to work on coordinating your pieces as the next level after tactics and perhaps before calculation training. I certainly see that as a weakness in my skill set.
Also great was Jacob's definition of "critical moment" or critical position being: "critical moment is where the best move is significantly better than all the other moves; here, it is important that we play the best move."
One possible correction: On lichess puzzles, I did find how to set puzzle ratings to -600 or -300 of my current rating, but I didn't see a way to "turn off" rating adaptation ... all I can do is 'zen mode' to hide the display of the rating.
Hi Nate!
Thanks for doing such interviews. It is always a pleasure to hear directly from people like Jacob.
Just, please, fix his name (Jacob Aagaard) in the title of article.
thanks,
Slavo.
This was excellent. Thanks, gentlemen!
Nate, this was a great interview!
Especially fresh (to me) was the idea of needing to work on coordinating your pieces as the next level after tactics and perhaps before calculation training. I certainly see that as a weakness in my skill set.
Also great was Jacob's definition of "critical moment" or critical position being: "critical moment is where the best move is significantly better than all the other moves; here, it is important that we play the best move."
One possible correction: On lichess puzzles, I did find how to set puzzle ratings to -600 or -300 of my current rating, but I didn't see a way to "turn off" rating adaptation ... all I can do is 'zen mode' to hide the display of the rating.