Author: Mark Young
Date: 05:09:53 07/09/01
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On July 09, 2001 at 06:40:20, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >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. In many position you can't be sure using "feeling" and "intuition" alone. GM Alekhine realizing this played openings and positions against GM Capablanca were "intuition" and "feeling" were not enough to determine the best move and course of action, it took brute calculation, and that was GM Alekhine’s strength. In a sense you can say GM Alekhine played an anti-Capablanca style of chess to defeat his archrival. > >Regards.
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