Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 10:24:47 02/04/02
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On February 04, 2002 at 10:38:04, David Rasmussen wrote: > >Thanks for the link. Great article! I too am a weak chess player, and I have >also recently had an insight about focusing on tactics instead of positional >knowledge. I have 40 chess books or so, and of course some of them are about >tactics, and I have read them, and solved the excercises, but to actually >improve from it, I haven't really been able. I know from my experience with >running (I like to run), what regular excercise will do for your ability. >Studying chess, I have missed something similar to this regular repetitive >training from physical training. In physical excercise and in learning in >general, small isolated repetitive excercise is the foundation for development. >And most chess books just have a lot of example of knowledge. No chess books >that I have read have had the intension of practically making the player improve >as much as possible in the shortest time, given the space of the book. > >/David It is always good to have tactical and positional knowledge The drawback of the solving of tactical problems alone . Is that you do not own the positional knowledge and your are trying to put the pieces in the way they where in your diagram Wich most of the time doesn't work in practice They call that diagramplayers. Tomorow I am going to write a piece for my chess students It is the fight for tempo this is the most important lesson of chess This lesson counts for the opening the middel game and an active endgame. Wich also contains the plan be carefull you don't get to active in this case you can start loosing tempo's! Do not forget positional play and tactics most of the time cross each other. Or in a good position a tactical combination many times folows. It is then again that if your chess knowledge is not to high. You easely can be overwelmed by what the chessprogram calculates. But never hasitate to have doubts on someones ideas including chess programs. Folow your plan! When I make my anelyses I alway make a crossing of what the computer calculates And what I think of the position. I first folow blinfolded the moves the program gives and then I go back to the position and look at what went wrong in these moves. Espacialy positionaly but also in finding ways to Sharpen the game. And always keep in mind the fight for tempo! I gues this are the best tips to give Regards Marc van Hal
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