Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (paperback) improvers These lines are greatly under-estimated

These lines are greatly under-estimated by contemporary theory and include weird and wonderful variations such as the Calabrese Counter-Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 f5)

The team is headed by GM Arkadij Naiditsch

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Andras Adorjan has consistently been fighting this negative mindset

Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (paperback) improvers These lines are greatly under-estimatedThe 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. 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