"Best Way To Study" Experiment - [SIGNUPS CLOSED]

The study is over. It only lasted a month.

We are waiting for the analysis, but the recent high temperatures are apparently having an adverse effect on smurph’s brain. :slight_smile: There was a request for dan level analysts, but I’m not sure if any games have been analysed yet.

From my own point of view I found the study helpful. I spent a month doing tsumego and memorising pro games. You can find a brief summary in my profile.

For the tsumego, a mainly studied Cho Chikun’s elementary life and death problems on veterator.com site. I generally set aside about 30 mins a day for this.

For the pro games, I stuck to a Cho Chikun theme which in turn introduced me to other professionals. I had never memorised games before and was surprised how easy it was. About 60 moves in 30 minutes was my target, trying to understand the moves as best as I could as I went along. The main idea was just to pick up common shapes though.

The end result for me is that I improved from about 20k to about 17k. I was pleased with this, but it became clear that I was losing games due to a lack of understanding of the fundamentals.

After the study I decided to join the Open Study Room with the idea to play more games and have them reviewed. I also started playing on IGS and quickly reached 16k+, so I think I must have learnt something. :slight_smile:

Anyway, I gained from the study and I hope the other participants did too. I am looking forward to the results and analysis.

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