Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:42:04 05/25/01
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On May 25, 2001 at 09:40:31, gerard sanchez wrote:
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>Ha ha ha !
>I actully didn't mean Chess Assistant 2 but Chess Strategy 2. I don't know it
>it was just one of those times when things just sticks to your head :)
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>Gerard
Aaahhh.... :-) ICD carries it I believe as do many others, or you can go to the
official site. The program's name is Strategy 2.0, and can be bought alone, or
as part of a package in Total Chess Training. Hmm... Reading this it DOES sound
like a sales pitch. Well, I don't see how I can answer and avoid that. :-)
Albert
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>On May 24, 2001 at 23:59:27, Albert Silver wrote:
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>>On May 24, 2001 at 19:07:18, gerard sanchez wrote:
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>>>I am beginning to think you are a salesman :) A very good salesman if you are
>>>lol
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>>:-) Yeah, I realized it could look that way, but really I think the idea is
>>good and it was really about the idea of training against the computer (subject
>>of the thread) in a methodical way.
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>>>Anyhow, where can I get Chess Assistant 2
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>>2 or too? If 'too' then you can find it here at ICD. If Chess Assistant 2, then
>>no idea where you might find it. I think 2.1 was the last DOS version of it, but
>>why would you want it? Some old 386 lying around? :-)
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>> Albert
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>>>On May 24, 2001 at 17:09:45, Albert Silver wrote:
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>>>>On May 24, 2001 at 15:10:37, Uri Blass wrote:
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>>>>>On May 24, 2001 at 13:17:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
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>>>>>>Hi Uri
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I am glad to read your very optimistic posting. But frankly spoken I do not
>>>>>>think it will ever be possible for me to play on a 2400 ELO level against
>>>>>>humans. So my first aim is to obtain 2100 ELO and then ... time will tell. I am
>>>>>>however convinced that it is much easier to get 2200-2300 ELO vs computers.
>>>>>>Despite all endevaours the psychological factor vs humans is rather important.
>>>>>>And already the uncomfortable feeling that you are playing a 2300 ELO human
>>>>>>player may suffice to loose a game ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kurt
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>>>>>I believe that you only need to play more games against humans if you want to
>>>>>get 2100.
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>>>>>The time that you need to get 2100 is dependent on the number of the games that
>>>>>you play.
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>>>>>If you play 2 tournament games against humans every week and do not agree to a
>>>>>draw too early then I expect you to get more than 2100 in less than 6 monthes.
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>>>>>Uri
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>>>>Play experience no doubt weighs significantly, but this brings to mind something
>>>>a snooker teacher was found of repeating:
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>>>>"The phrase 'practice makes perfect' is incomplete and therefore wrong. It
>>>>should be 'PROPER practice makes perfect'."
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>>>>Basically, it isn't about spending a lot of time at the activity, but how that
>>>>time is spent. Proper methodology is crucial if you are a very ambitious.
>>>>
>>>>Possibly my favourite learning/training program is Strategy 2.0, which includes
>>>>theory, exercises and actual guided practical play. Basically, it starts with
>>>>theoretical material explaining the lesson of the day (so to speak), then goes
>>>>on to exercises in which you have to find a key move or moves, the key here
>>>>being that they are most often positional moves, and finally come the practical
>>>>play against the computer. The key in this last part is that you have several
>>>>hundred chosen positions to choose from, illustrating the different lessons, for
>>>>you to train against the computer. So you practice against the computer, but the
>>>>practice is clearly directed to help you work on a certain aspect of your
>>>>understanding. So if I just studied weak squares, I would choose one of the
>>>>practice positions of Weak squares in which I start with a large advantage
>>>>because of a weak square in my opponent's position (or you could switch roles
>>>>and try to defend it) and play from there, trying to exploit my advantage.
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>>>>In essence, it is the next step that computers can take us to, beyond the
>>>>well-known: theory and exercises. Now it's theory, exercises, AND practice.
>>>>Sorry if this sounds like a plug, but if you don't know it, it's worth looking
>>>>at IMO.
>>>>
>>>> Albert
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