Author: Mark Young
Date: 23:46:04 07/08/01
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On July 08, 2001 at 19:37:21, Gordon Rattray wrote: >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. “Feel” and "intuition" was also Capablanca’s Achilles heel. GM Alekhine Studying GM Capablanca’s games for his match with the then world champ found that GM Capablanca moves were good but not the best moves in many positions. GM Alekhine discovered this by using his own brute calculating abilities. He used this knowledge to defeat GM Capablanca and become World Champion himself. > >Gordon
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