Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 15:11:08 07/08/01
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I would like to add this extract of a chat transcript with GM Michael Rhode on the argument to clarify my previous point : <snip> Jeff: How well would you say solving tactics and mate problems improve one's play? rohde: ok tactics are super important in general rohde: in fact the saying that chess is 99% tactics really is true rohde: most learning players make way too much about "this is the plan" or "i dont like this because of doubled pawns" when they really should be thinking, " if he does this, then what am i going to do ?" rohde: mate problems are an exercise in tactics rohde: that is why they are good rohde: the idea is to figure out the problem and understand why the solution is the solution rohde: the positional themes, like "control the center", develop your pieces, dont get a backward pawn, are easy to learn and not a problem rohde: so i think mate problems are very good rohde: GM dlugy's teacher, Zaltzman, many years ago, had him do hundreds of problems every day <snip> The complete transcipt can be found here: http://chess.about.com/games/chess/library/weekly/aa050399.htm
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