| General Chess Discussion - Is Sicilian Najdorf a good opening to learn for beginner/intermediate player ?#12 I honestly wouldn't play it unless you're aiming for the highest level and if you only play on the net, I would rather choose something else. For example, in the Sicilian the Kalashnikov system is pre… | NM Brotello  |
| General Chess Discussion - Improvement....Lost..........#8 I would suggest that you do the following things: 1. Start solving puzzles on lichess and do it regularly, preferably every day. It's better to solve fewer puzzles every day than a lot of them every o… | NM Brotello |
| General Chess Discussion - Is anyone else feeling the same way?#5 You should stop focusing on your rating. If you study chess regularly, you will inevitably gain elo at some point. You goal for the games should be, for example, to avoid your usual mistakes, get more… | NM Brotello |
| General Chess Discussion - How to improve my chess#7 To become an IM you need a rating of 2400 and 3 IM norms, so unless you're extremely talented and absorb books like a sponge, then it's probably going to be impossible. However, as a general piece of … | NM Brotello |