Answers.Body: <p>Teach him by showing example positions that you can play out against each other. There is a big difference between being told that two rooks are often stronger than a queen and really experiencing the power of the two rooks. You could maybe play out a position from the <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1306138">Kramnik-Leko match 2004.</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You can try and show him the games played by legendary players like Bobby Fischer, Paul Murphy, Emmanuel Lasker, Jose Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov etc. Moreover, for any chess player , reading the following book is a <strong><em>must</em></strong>. It is the <strong>BIBLE</strong> of Chess. The book is named <strong>MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES</strong> by <strong>Bobby Fischer</strong>. Watching these games and reading the annotations not only increases the  chess knowledge but is also great fun. For such a senior player I think this is a good way to teach him.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: The book by Fisher is no doubt a classic one, but it takes more to call it as a bible of chess.
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Answers.Text: Bible in the sense that a survey conducted 2 years ago about the books preffered by present GMs, IMs and all living world champions showed this book to be a hot favourite of all of them and the only common link among them. That means, the game has progressed a lot with new variations and new insights in several openings but the knowledge offered by this book has and perhaps will never go irrelevant.
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Answers.Text: Check tis out on http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
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Answers.Text: Maybe Bible is the wrong word but "My 60..." is an incredibly good book to work through.
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Body: <p>I recently met a club player who had been playing chess for 23 years, but couldn't improve his ELO more that 1800. When I played with him, I found his tactical skills are good, moderate endgame knowledge (excels in rook endgames) and poor opening knowledge. Afterwards we had a chat and I could uncover several myths in his mind such as knights are superior to bishops, two rooks will never beat a queen etc.
  If I am tutoring a student like him, how would I go about teaching him. 
  My first impression is to make him unlearn the 'myths' in his mind, teach a few opening lines helping him to understand basic principles like developing pieces quickly, controlling the center etc.</p>
  
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Title: Unlearning myths from the mind of an experienced club player
ThreadText: # Unlearning myths from the mind of an experienced club player
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-01)
  
  I recently met a club player who had been playing chess for 23 years, but couldn't improve his ELO more that 1800. When I played with him, I found his tactical skills are good, moderate endgame knowledge (excels in rook endgames) and poor opening knowledge. Afterwards we had a chat and I could uncover several myths in his mind such as knights are superior to bishops, two rooks will never beat a queen etc.
  If I am tutoring a student like him, how would I go about teaching him.
  My first impression is to make him unlearn the 'myths' in his mind, teach a few opening lines helping him to understand basic principles like developing pieces quickly, controlling the center etc.
  
  **Tags:** opening, endgame, tactics, clubs, teaching
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-01. Score: 6
  
  Teach him by showing example positions that you can play out against each other. There is a big difference between being told that two rooks are often stronger than a queen and really experiencing the power of the two rooks. You could maybe play out a position from the [Kramnik-Leko match 2004.](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1306138)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I will try that out. By the way, it seems impractical to start from a beginner level teaching him the opening principles. He would counter my arguments by showcasing his victories by not following the **book** in the opening phase.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-09-02. Score: 2
  
  You can try and show him the games played by legendary players like Bobby Fischer, Paul Murphy, Emmanuel Lasker, Jose Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov etc. Moreover, for any chess player , reading the following book is a ***must***. It is the **BIBLE** of Chess. The book is named **MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES** by **Bobby Fischer**. Watching these games and reading the annotations not only increases the chess knowledge but is also great fun. For such a senior player I think this is a good way to teach him.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: The book by Fisher is no doubt a classic one, but it takes more to call it as a bible of chess.  
  > **username_2**: Bible in the sense that a survey conducted 2 years ago about the books preffered by present GMs, IMs and all living world champions showed this book to be a hot favourite of all of them and the only common link among them. That means, the game has progressed a lot with new variations and new insights in several openings but the knowledge offered by this book has and perhaps will never go irrelevant.  
  > **username_0**: Thank you for the clarification. Could you be more precise about the survey? May be a link to the published results.  
  > **username_2**: Check tis out on http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever  
  > **username_0**: The article is not a survey but rather an opinion from one of numerous IM's.  
  > **username_3**: Maybe Bible is the wrong word but "My 60..." is an incredibly good book to work through.  
  
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