Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 16:37:21 07/08/01
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On July 08, 2001 at 18:11:08, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >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 Ok, what about Capablanca? He had great positional intuition and could often "feel" that a certain move was correct. This aided his calcuation and he became world champion. I still believe that chess is made up of many combined aspects, all of which are essential. Gordon
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