NEW UPDATE: Chessable can now keep track of your Woodpecking with our new Cyclical Review feature
The Woodpecker Method is the name given by Axel Smith to a training system developed by his compatriot and co-author Hans Tikkanen. After training with his method in 2010, Tikkanen achieved three GM norms within a seven-week period.Sharpen your tactical vision and make fewer blunders
The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles in a row; then solve the same puzzles again and again, only faster. It’s not a lazy shortcut to success – hard work is required.
But the reward can be re-programming your unconscious mind. Benefits include sharper tactical vision, fewer blunders, better play when in time trouble and improved intuition.
The Woodpecker Method explained
This being a book that advocates repetition, it made it the perfect candidate for a Chessable course. And that's why today you can now master it with Chessable's MoveTrainer™.
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Stretch Goal
We added a new
accuracy tracking feature (
over a single study session, not for cycles) just for training with this course, and if the course reaches 1,000 students in the first month, we promise to add yet another feature:
custom spaced-repetition intervals (Stretch goal!).
