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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