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Subject: Re: Rolf's Thesis (exact wording!)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:38:20 02/05/03

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On February 05, 2003 at 15:14:14, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On February 05, 2003 at 14:04:49, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>>People here (also Bob) claimed that also masters and GM would do that all the
>>>time. Only they have a good memory and don't need a book to save the lines. But
>>>is that really true? Do GM play on a base of other experts??? Of course not.
>>
>>That is a statement declaring your ignorance.
>
>Are you a deeper thinker than me? That is the question. You will quickly see
>that I did not even start to discuss anything serious with you. Here in CCC it's
>a real goal to show you some science.
>
>
>
>>There are SO MANY examples that it
>>boggles the mind.
>
>
>Not mine. Because I think instead of copy & pasting. You are just working with
>quotes and anecdotes. Please think for yourself then we can discuss.
>
>
>
>>Here are two quick ones just for your entertainment:
>
>Not joking: I like your examples, but they can't prove your fantasies.
>
>
>
>
>>
>>In Tal's autobiographical book, he relates an episode where prior to playing a
>>round in a tournament he had received a new issue of a Russian chess magazine.
>>In it was an article publishing analysis by a master player known to Tal. He
>>looked over the article rather quickly and thought the line was good to play. As
>>coincidence went, his opponent obliged and Tal quickly found himself completely
>>lost! Tal was very upset and called up the master (I think it was the magazine's
>>editor) to complain on the bogus analysis. The master explained that had Tal
>>actually turned to the next page he'd have seen that the line was refuted
>>exactly as his opponent played!
>
>
>Albert, come on! Did you know Tal? Do you believe all what is written in a book?
>The wording alone makes me laugh. Tal looked quickly, but - to fool the average
>public - therefore he couldn't understand the real quality of the line. ROFL.
>
>Please give me more of such anecdotes. I like it. And I persist: I'm not joking!
>
>
>>
>>As you know, Anand has a game that he lost in a record 6-7 moves.
>
>
>Uhm, Me too! :)
>
>
>>Do you know
>>how or why?
>
>
>Self-hypnosis!
>
>
>
>>Anand himself explained that he saw the opening analyzed in the
>>Informant and didn't bother checking any of the analysis. As a consequence he
>>fell for a 2-move tactic that won a piece. Even a genius such as himself
>>followed the moves so blindly he failed to see a simple 2-move shot.
>
>First of all Anand is not a genius. He's a genial gambler. But as a serious
>chessplayer he lost me.  ;))
>
>And then, didn't you know that Anand simply proved Einstein's relativity theory?
>Because, Albert, when you play in such a high speed like Anand, almost with
>light speed, then you become a 1200 (!!) player for some _short_ moments.
>Microseconds! That is against all known chess laws, but it is a very old
>Psychology Law!
>
>Yours truly,
>
>Rolf Tueschen

I can only say that it is not illogical to remember things without understanding
Suppose that you are a GM with good memory and you have a friend that is also a
GM and you play for the same team(can be the same country in the olympiad).

Suppose that your friend prepared some novelties that you can understand the
logic behind them but understanding takes time and you have not the time.

You can do one of 2 things:
1)Read the notebook of your friend and remember it in 2 hours(the notebook may
include some hundreds of possible lines).

2)Trying to understand the reason that the notes are correct but it will take
you many hours and you have not that time for the next game.

I can tell you that if you trust your friend then choosing 1 make sense because
after you play the line that you remember you may think and understand the idea
behind it.

Uri



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