What This Is All About
It has been a question in my mind whether someone older than four out of five people in this country would have the ability to improve their chess. There is no question that there have been studies related to this topic, but I decided to pose it to myself and find an answer. Of course, this answer would only apply to me, in my specific set of circumstances, but the information might be of interest to others. At 74 years old, I have played chess on and off throughout my life and consider myself to be a typical club-level player. I do read about the subject and have written some courses on opening theory, but I have not actually dedicated time to studying in an attempt to play better. I am thinking about devoting five hours, as well as playing five 15+10 games, a week to this and am also considering hiring a coach to help. I wrote about my plans at https://www.chessable.com/discussion/thread/1291478/can-old-folks-improve/ . Note: when I got my degree in psychology many years ago, it...