tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post7363085341712285781..comments2024-01-29T13:41:11.764-05:00Comments on Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Jorge teaches George ( prequil)BlunderPronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-84662335866735382722007-05-31T14:51:00.000-05:002007-05-31T14:51:00.000-05:00sounds like good news blunderprone! seems like yo...sounds like good news blunderprone! <BR/><BR/>seems like you are dilegently searching for the next step in chess, and might not have the question, but searching for the question which leads to the answer. thanks, davidtransformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-30873225062179194252007-05-30T09:33:00.000-05:002007-05-30T09:33:00.000-05:00Fantastic. I am often surprised by how many of the...Fantastic. I am often surprised by how many of the bloggers who are obviously obsessed with chess, pining endlessly about what they can possibly do to get better, but who don't get coaches (as for what to do to get better, it is on pretty much every "how to get better" list). <BR/><BR/>I guess the obvious limitation is that they are kinda expensive: it's like paying a chess therapist to counsel you, and they ain't always cheap. For the price of a nice chess book, you have one ephemeral meeting...That's why I have my wife come along and videotape the lessons. I then watch them in the dark. Over and over and over. Dressed in nothing but a helmet shaped like a Staunton Knight.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, as for cost, after meeting with mine once a week for a month or so, once every two weeks (or sometimes less) is enough to maintain a good contact. We primarily go over games, so it takes me two weeks to build up enough slow games to go over.<BR/><BR/>Also, there are coaches at ICC at the IM or GM level who cost around 20 bucks a lesson. For instance, some will annotate three games for a set price, and not with a bunch of Fritz variations but useful principles and an evaluation of what your main problems are. 20 bucks: that's not small change but usually it's easy to rearrange one's life just a tad to free up such money (less McDonalds or Starbucks).Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-813639710784946322007-05-30T09:24:00.000-05:002007-05-30T09:24:00.000-05:00oh, i see i should instead get a spelling coach......oh, i see i should instead get a spelling coach....congratulations to you...chessloserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534803469949990391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-90007506141773068242007-05-30T09:22:00.000-05:002007-05-30T09:22:00.000-05:00awesome, contrats...i too am thinking of getting a...awesome, contrats...i too am thinking of getting a coach. at first i thought it would be silly, but now i see to really improve you kind of need one...i swear we share some kind of life track....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com