Originally Posted by M. Schweinsberg
I checked out that site (International Chess School )for a couple hours last night, downloaded and read every sample article they provided. I was pretty impressed, and actually, had never seen material presented in such a way before. Never in any book had I seen anything like this, out of the hundreds I've seen. Seems very promising, and I really might sign up in a month or two.
However, do you know of an even more comprehensive site, that might have actual interaction and feedback? I would be willing to pay for such a site if the material was effective enough.
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I have come across a number of sites but I haven't really been looking for something like this. This site only promises to bring me to where I already think that I am or at least where I used to be and where I should be able to return once I shake off the rust. In "Chess for Zebras" GM Jonathan Rowson talks about giving lessons through ICC which I don't belong to. Looking at last year's Zagreb Open in Croatia, I see a large number of grandmasters for a tournament in a modest sized European city of around 750,000 people. My suspicion is that there are a large number of grandmasters out there that might supplement their income by giving lessons. Steve Giddins wrote about his experience receiving modestly priced lessons from a strong Soviet IM in his book on building an opening repetoire.
Previously I was working with a couple of talented senior masters and I kind of miss that now. Rowson talks about the temporary surge that you might experience just after reading a good chess book but also warns of the experience where a few months later you fall back into old patterns.
Perhaps you could take their course syllabus and design your own improvement program around that. There seem to be so many good books out there these days. It is a question of filtering out all but the best.
Crash