One humbling experience

I have been working my way through a number of Chess Mentor lessons and if there is anything I have learned it is this:

Any move that I choose any game will almost never be the best move available and, yes its true, it may be one of the worst moves available.

Thankfully Chess Mentor can only deliver blows to my ego otherwise I would be bloodied and bruised. I have never studied chess before and I have only taken up the game in earnest recently but it really is an eye opening experience to recognise my level of incompetence. Mssrs. Silman, Wolski and Mar's comments are great at pointing out the new levels of failure that I achieve in my study of the game.

I would stop doing the lessons from pure humiliation but, fortunately and surprisingly, the lessons are helping me. The way I consider a position, the way I view piece movement, pawn structures and utilisation of the board are only some of the things that I have just started to see. I still blunder away pieces and opportunities but I am trying to think about the game differently. From one chess newbie to other chess newbies, I can only recommend that you endure some of the pain that Chess Mentor offers for new insights and logical approaches to problems.

Tactics Trainer is excellent but for understanding the game better Chess Mentor is the tool.

thank you for the excellent testimonial!

I agree with AMAC7079.  Chess Mentor is the best (so is S. Polgar's puzzle books if not using a computer).   It is both humbling by helping you know that you are not as good as you think you are, but satisfying knowing you are improving as well. 

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