The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook. Volume 3 Exercises and Training for Ambitious Chess (2100+ Elo) - Davorin Kuljasevic, 2025.pdf

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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
- Typical Mistakes of Ambitious Tournament Players
Chapter 2
- Visualization Bootcamp
Chapter 3
- Tactics Training
Chapter 4
- Middlegame Training
Chapter 5
- Endgame Training
Introduction
This is the third and final volume of a series of workbooks
accompanying my 2021 book How to Study Chess on Your Own.
As the title suggests, self-training in chess is not as straightforward
as one might think, especially if you don’t have a dedicated coach or
a mentor to guide your efforts. I understand the challenges chess
improvers face at different levels. Therefore, I decided to provide
advice, study schedules, and fresh, unconventional exercises in these
books to aid the reader with their chess studies. The first two
workbook volumes were aimed at club players in the approximate
1500-2100 Elo range combined. This one, however, is specifically
tailored for the slightly advanced 2100-2400 Elo group, or what we
could call
ambitious tournament players.
In How to Study Chess on Your Own, I used the term ‘master-level’
to describe this broad and dynamic echelon of chess players. In
hindsight, the ‘ambitious tournament player’ seems a more befitting
description because not all players in this group have ‘master’
strength or understanding. However, most have at least some (and
usually a lot of) ambition to prepare and perform well in strong,
often international, tournaments. Here is what I wrote about their
typical strengths and weaknesses in How to Study Chess on Your
Own:
Master-level/Ambitious tournament player (2100-2400 Elo)
Typical strengths
• Ability to recognize well-known tactical and positional patterns
and apply ‘textbook’ methods of play
• Playing positionally sound chess overall (paying attention to
positional weaknesses, king safety, and piece coordination)
• Ability to find and execute straightforward ideas (e.g. if they need
to find a winning combination or a plan to convert the advantage,
they will usually manage it)
• Feeling comfortable in familiar opening/middlegame schemes and
strategically simple positions
• Solid overall general knowledge
Typical weaknesses
• Lack of strategic depth (short-sighted plans, not proficient with
pawnstructures and their transformations, simplifying positions to
their detriment, not using prophylactic thinking enough, etc.)
• Unconvincing endgame technique
• Rarely finding strong counter-intuitive resources (backward
moves, counter-intuitive piece exchanges, atypical tactical ideas,
etc.) due to a relatively high reliance on the known ideas and
patterns
• Missing tactical subtleties and complex combinations
• Having trouble evaluating imbalanced positions correctly
Years of coaching chess players who have played at this level
haven’t changed my opinion about the list above; if anything, I have
become more convinced. Therefore, this workbook’s primary goal is
to provide a set of exercises that address most of these issues. That
is not to say that an ambitious 1900 or 2000-rated player couldn’t
work with this book – as long as they don’t mind the few potentially
very challenging exercises at the end of each section, I’d be more
than happy if such a player gave this workbook a shot. Likewise, a
curious IM or a GM will probably find a fair share of assignments in
the book engaging and helpful in their chess training. Whatever your
level, I would like to give you a glimpse into the types and schedule
of the
160 exercises
you will tackle in this workbook, which include
‘find the best move’ puzzles, positional understanding tasks,
endgame analysis, and more.
Training schedule breakdown
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Training module/Training methodChapter 2: Visualization
Bootcamp
(20 exercises)Chapter 3: Tactics
(35 exercises)Chapter 4: Middlegame
(60 exercises)Chapter 5: Endgame
(45 exercises)Blindfold ChessDeep Visualization
(20 exercises)Find the best moveFind a Hidden Tactic
(15 exercises)Find a Mini-plan
(30 exercises)Deep AnalysisTactical Analysis
(12 exercises)Endgame Analysis
(15 exercises)SimulationMiddlegame Simulation
(30 exercises)Endgame Simulation
(30 exercises)Playing outTactical Training Position
(8 exercises)
If you’ve delved into my previous works in the How to Study Chess
on Your Own series, you will have a grasp of training methods like
‘Deep Analysis’ and ‘Simulation’. If not, worry not; I will provide a
comprehensive explanation with practical examples in their
respective chapters. The value of these methods lies in the fact that
they demand a higher level of
analytical effort
than your typical
chess puzzles, aiming to enrich your chess arsenal and make you a
better player.
Let’s run a quick overview of the book’s chapters.

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