Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 01:14:02 06/11/00
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On June 11, 2000 at 02:30:54, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >On June 10, 2000 at 17:58:11, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>After the game I talked with Kasparov, > >Is it Kasparov or Karpov? > >>Then he explained tht enormous advantage of a player like him over a player like >>me: >>-I just have not neccesity to think, I know the patterns of thousands of >>positions, I know without thinking what must be done, but you must think almost >>everything, from move to move because you have not so much patterns. My thinking >>processes begin just playing another GM..... > >This concept is well known. GMs dedicate a lot of time learning a lot of >different patterns. IM Ziatdinov wrote a book called "GM-RAM" and he gives you >positions that you must *memorize* and learn. He feels that if you learn all of >them you'll be a GM of 2600 strength... but he also says that the road ahead is >not an easy one. He gives you the positions, but doesn't tell you who is >supposed to move or who is winning... and not only that, he doesn't give you the >solutions... he just tells you where to look up the answers... he starts you off >with endgame positions, then middlegame... and *all* the games are old... I >think every position is pre-WWII. > >I thought it was an interesting concept. The question I have is, if he feels >that if you learn all those positions and master them you should be 2600 >strength GM... how come he's still an IM? > >Baldo. Maybe somewhat busy writing books...?! Thanks
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