I wonder about focusing on the Chess Grandmaster elite. I understand that they are our celebrities. But I think that for Chess improvement, I would do better to analyze my own games and shore up my own weak aspects.
Like professional football, basketball and such, they are fun to watch. But I cannot dunk, and I cannot throw like they do. I never could. I never will. I can enjoy a friendly soccer game but I have no illusions of greatness.
I don't need to be great. I am happy to get better.
Better tactical alertness. Better positional understanding. Better endgame technique.
Perhaps the best way to improve is to pick someone who is two hundred points higher, and study them. Then the style and typical mishaps of over the board chess will reveal themselves in all their low class splendor.
Power to the Patzers!
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