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| Posted by wschmidt uskidscompute.com 4/22/2006 15:37:57 Play online chess |  Subject: Novice Nook #14Message: chesscafe.com/test/heisman14/pdf and this one I've already read. Those of you who are more experiences will pretty much know most of what Heisman is discussing, but a refresher is good and for many, there will be some new points to consider. One of the concepts that I've learned from reading Heisman, which seems intuitive AFTER he points it out, is that if one has correctly evaluated one's position, one's best move simply sustains that evaluation. While H sometimes talks about "improving" a position, it doesn't really result in a change in the evaluation, because the capacity for improvement was there in the position in the first place. Frankly, I think this has implications way beyond the world of chess - character development and morality come to mind - but I'll leave it at the 64 squares for now. Hope you all are having a good weekend. ws | ||
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| Posted by cascadejames uskidscompute.com 4/23/2006 21:41:23 Play online chess | What can be done now? Message: ask yourself, "What can he do now that he could not do before?" I used to ask a similar and simpler question in the form of, "What new threats does that move generate? But I like Heisman's question better because I think that it will cause me to look at more possible moves and see threats that are less obvious. But IMHO, Heisman leaves out an important question, which is "What can I do now that I could not do before?" Sometimes your opponent's moves create opportunities as well as threats. This is fresh in my mind because I recently inadvertantly passed up an opportunity for a skewer that an opponent created with one move and took away with his next. I missed it because his move did not create any threats and did not interfere with the planned attack that I was hatching at the time. It was simply a one time opportunity coming unexpectedly out of the blue, and I failed to recognize it. I might have seen it if I had been asking myself, "What can I do now that I could not do before." Obviously this question is covered under his generic advice to ask "how my opponent's move has changed the situation." But for some people, including me, I think it might be useful to ask yourself the question more specifically. James ——— Chess: European Individual Championship Ends in Controversy — The European Individual Chess Championship has become a magnet for top chess players, with more than 160 grandmasters participating in this year’s competition. The players were drawn by the prize money (about $172,000) and by the chance to earn one of 23 spots in the World Cup, which, in turn, is part of the cycle to select the world chess champion. Given the depth of the field, any result was possible. That was true last year when Ian Nepomniachtchi, who was ranked No. 78 in the world at the start of the tournament, was the winner. (Nepomniachtchi has since risen to No. 18.) This year, four players tied for first, and the Russian grandmaster Vladimir Potkin was declared the winner in ... Posted by apastpawn | uskidscompute.com 4/23/2006 22:12:35 Play online chess Also, maybe just as importantMessage: Can't say I always look early for a possible mate as he states. You may quickly skip that unless it appears possible. But I have missed a few mates like everyone. Wayne ——— On Chess: Carlsen free-spirited in approach to game — Magnus Carlsen, the 20-year-old wunderkind who is ranked second in the chess world, consistently heeds his inner voice. In that way, he reminds me of Bobby Fischer - although otherwise they share little in common except that both were self-taught. Carlsen has the flexibility of an "Internet kid" who has played thousands of chess games online. While Fischer could hunker down behind his moat of a few exquisitely prepared openings - an option not available in today's dynamic computer era - Carlsen often seems as freewheeling as a future NBA star, shaking and baking on a hardscrabble neighborhood court. "It's no secret that the best players' opening preparation is much deeper than mine," he recently told ... |