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From: tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
Newsgroups: net.games.chess
Subject: Re: How and What to Study?
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Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 06:48:12 EST
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In article <417@ll1.UUCP> dfw@ll1.UUCP (Dan Webster) writes:
> [ ... ] Could you please send me (or the net) a quick
>and dirty study method! [ ... ]

Steinitz suggested memorizing master games and playing
them over from memory, without notes, so as to improve
chess perception and memory. What I have been
doing lately is applying this method to Capablanca games
which have a nice ending (won by Capa of course). It seems
to be pleasant and helpful.

This "kills 2 birds with 1 stone" by giving me better insight
into the endings as well.

(My OTB rating is only 2125, though I am a master in postal chess).