I'm progressing slowly through my CT-Art Level 20 circles.
One reason I'm progressing slowly is all the time I'm spending on CTS. I'm approaching 25,000 problems tried. I'm trying to get more out of my CTS time by doing the problems in small blocks, and then using the session page to go back through the problems.
I'm also trying to raise my success percentage; it's slow going when you have 20,000 tries under your belt, but so far I've managed to raise it from 72.3% to 74.6%. I could have followed the lead of others and created a "SlowAbend" user, but I'm too stubborn.
I sometimes suspect that the speed and instant gratification of CTS contribute to my analytical laziness; when I'm spending time on CTS, I find it harder to work on CT-Art and really nail down all of the variations. On the other hand, I feel that the CTS experience, including the time pressure, trains one part of tactics very well: the ability to quickly scan a position for checks, captures, undefended pieces, etc. In the end, I've decided that CTS and CT-Art complement each other, quick vision and careful analysis. If only I had both, rather than neither.
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3 comments:
"the ability to quickly scan a position for checks, captures, undefended pieces, etc."
This is exactly what I liked about CTS. I found that my scanning greatly improved after several sessions on CTS. I need to get back on there ... havn't done tactics there in a while.
You're rated 1442 on CTS, so I would say the practice is paying off.
Thanks! When I started on CTS last November, my rating was a little below 1300, I think. On the one hand, I'm very happy with a 150 point increase; on the other hand, if you divide 150 points by 25,000 tries... :)
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