“Alas, there are very few chessplayers who train. The majority of them merely process information.” ~ Mark Dvoretsky

(linkablez.info likes to steal material from here and claim someone else wrote it, so expect this to be showing up there, soon.)
“Don’t believe it if someone tries to convince you that they know the only correct method of improvement. Such a method does not exist, and such claims are at best self-deception and at [...]

I get asked questions about learning how to play, by parents asking for their kids, and by adults asking for themselves. “Is there a book you’d recommend?” is frequently the “opening gambit” of the conversation.
I don’t like to recommend books without knowing the person I’m recommending them for, because there are several choices and every [...]