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Subject: Re: The latest truth on chess ?

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 03:40:20 07/09/01

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On July 09, 2001 at 02:46:04, Mark Young wrote:

>On July 08, 2001 at 19:37:21, Gordon Rattray wrote:
>
>>
>>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.
>

Exactly. How can you be sure about a crucial move if you didn't calculate
exactly all the variations coming in play.
The "feeling" or "intuition" is an heuristic tool , and in that sense is prone
to error.

Regards.





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