Adult Chess Improver in 2025

Adult chess players are often told NOT to play blitz. This is TERRIBLE advice.

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Benedictine on Chessable. Channel for adult chess improvers, beginner/intermediate chess players (800-1800). Content creator, Chessable author and writer.

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Brief Bio:

I played my first chess tournament aged 36 and achieved my aim of 1800 OTB. I am a Chessable community author – author of the popular courses Common Chess Patterns and the Visualise series and others. I am also a writer of fiction. Writing historical murder mystery comedy in the form of the Lavender and Brown series. See the links below:

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Chessable Courses:

Common Chess Patterns:

*NEW* Advanced Chess Patterns:

The Visualise series:

Blunder Busters:

Paul Morphy – 25 Games to Memorise:

Knight Fork Trainer:

100 Chess Tactics, 100 Chess Threats for the Club Player:

Chess Immortals – Wilhelm Steinitz:

FREE: Basic Chess Patterns:

To train chess visualisation on your phone, table or reading device:

My murder mystery comedy series:

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“Lavender and Brown – The York Mysteries”:

“Lavender and Brown – York Shorts”:

“Lavender and Brown – The Castle Howard Christmas Mysteries”:

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