I've been slowly working my way through a book on openings, however I find that I have a difficult time following along because the book (like a lot of Chess books) will give you 4 or 5 moves in Chess notation, and then when it eventually shows you a chessboard with the layout of pieces -- the board often doesn't match what I had drawn mentally.
I'd like to get better at picturing the board in my head by reading Chess notation.
This could be made into a puzzle to help develop this skill. For example, I can imagine a page where some Chess notation of 3 or 4 moves are shown at the top and then you're given a handful of boards to select which one matches the notation. The puzzles could get harder by increasing the number of moves in the notation and/or adding a timer so you only have so long to pick a board.
I've been slowly working my way through a book on openings, however I find that I have a difficult time following along because the book (like a lot of Chess books) will give you 4 or 5 moves in Chess notation, and then when it eventually shows you a chessboard with the layout of pieces -- the board often doesn't match what I had drawn mentally.
I'd like to get better at picturing the board in my head by reading Chess notation.
This could be made into a puzzle to help develop this skill. For example, I can imagine a page where some Chess notation of 3 or 4 moves are shown at the top and then you're given a handful of boards to select which one matches the notation. The puzzles could get harder by increasing the number of moves in the notation and/or adding a timer so you only have so long to pick a board.