Personal Notes

Openings: www.chesspositiontrainer.com http://chesstempo.com/game-database.html http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer

Middlegame: www.chesstempo.com http://chess.emrald.net/index.php

"Play TacticalTrainer" "tell trainingbot number 10998" "play trainingbot" "follow *"

http://www.youtube.com/user/kingscrusher?feature=watch "Finger WeeklySimuls" "tell Wisdom quote"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hapticapps.chesstime.pro

New handle as of May 14: Lainger "t tomato grid 429965" "t tomato grid 430037"

Three levels of war

Tactics. Specific to certain situations, positions; double attacks, pins, temporary sacrifices, etc.

Operations. Specific to certain battles, games; opening choices against various opponents, middlegame plans, kingside vs queenside courses of action, maneuvers to exploit two weaknesses, positional sacrifices, etc.

Strategy. Theory and doctrine that hold across various domains, games, openings; centralization and control, piece coordination, activity, development, initiative, principle of two weaknesses, etc.

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