Author: blass uri
Date: 21:49:13 07/23/00
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On July 23, 2000 at 18:12:29, Gareth McCaughan wrote: >key: >>>> [Uri Blass] >>> [me] >> [Uri Blass] > >>>> I believe that part of them have a very good memory and the right to >>>> move pieces backward and forward will not change much for them. >>> >>> You're right. The part that has the very good memory is called >>> the brain. :-) >> >> I know but this is not the reason that I used the word part. >> >> The reason was that I simply was not sure that all of them have a very good >> memory in calculating variations. >> >> It is possible that some of them have a very good evaluation function without >> very good memory in calculating 15-20 plies forward. > >I realise (and realised when I wrote what I did) that that was >your meaning. But I suspect that actually most GMs have a pretty >good (read: *scarily* good, for most of us) memory, good enough >that being allowed to move the pieces about wouldn't make a >huge difference. > >I don't think you get to be a GM without being pretty good at >tactics. And I don't think you get to be pretty good at tactics >without being able to see future situations clearly. > >But then, I'm a patzer. What do I know? I believe that it may be possible to be a GM if you are good in seeing short tactics and good in knowing openings and remember a lot of plans in the middle game and the endgame. You need to choose the right openings(openings when there is no long lines to calculate). Uri
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