I've been using Chessbook for a few weeks. I really like the learn openings by rapid repetitions method. You can use pre-made repertoires, create your own, or you can import lichess studies. There is even a option to connect to your lichess or chess.com account. The free version is limited of course. If you try, the first thing to do is change the appearance to lichess or chess.com, otherwise the default chessboard is quite hard to look at.

Hint: If one tactic is good, then two must be better! White to move.

This is a good place to start for puzzles https://lichess.org/training/themes If you set the difficulty level to -600 (Easiest) or -300 (Easier), I find that I can do a lot of puzzles and find the solutions quickly. This builds up the patterns in my mind by repetition of the theme. For me doing 100 easy puzzles versus 10 hard ones in an hour is a better learning opportunity.

Not long-term goals — just the one or two things you’re consciously thinking about in your games lately. For me right now it’s: • trying to keep a good pawn structure • having a plan after the opening Curious what everyone else is focused on.

Hi! I am from Sadieville, KY. That is about 30 minutes north of Lexington. I am rated about 1300 OTB and about 1700 on lichess. For fun I like to play the video game Subnautica.