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Reading matters

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A set of books to have on the go:

Opening: White .
Opening: White odds .
Opening: Black e4 .
Opening: Black d4 .
Tactics .
Strategy ,
Endgames ,
Praxis .

For example:

Opening: White EMMS: Starting Out: Scotch Game
Opening: White odds COX SO: 1.e4, COLLINS A simple chess opening repertoire
Opening: Black e4 PEDERSEN Easy Guide Scheveningen
Opening: Black d4 GALLAGHER SO: King’s Indian
Tactics HAYS Winning Chess Tactics
Strategy SILMAN Reassess your Chess
Endgames de la VILLA 100 Endgames
Praxis HARTSTON Kings of Chess, TAL Life and Games

Chessable and YouTube doubtless offer much the same content, but I have never had a dodgy connection with a book, so tend to prefer them.

Next steps:

Opening: White .
Opening: White odds .
Opening: Black e4 .
Opening: Black d4 .
Tactics: patterns .
Tactics: visualisation .
Tactics: calculation .
Strategy: patterns .
Strategy: evaluation .
Strategy: planning .
Endgames: knowledge .
Endgames: principles .
Praxis .

Lichess magic

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Heffalump trap:

https://lichess.org/api/games/user/{player}?clocks=true&perfType=rapid&max=200

Classical games:

https://lichess.org/api/games/user/{player}?clocks=true&perfType=classical&max=30

Games from a player with options:

lichess.org/api/games/user/{player}?clocks=true
lichess.org/api/games/user/{player}?clocks=true&perfType=rapid
lichess.org/api/games/user/{player}?clocks=true&perfType=classical&max=6

Games from a Swiss tournament:
lichess.org/api/swiss/{tournID}/games e.g. https://lichess.org/api/swiss/69wSfABK/games?clocks=true