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Subject: Re: Chess improvement method and CC

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 11:08:55 02/05/02

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On February 05, 2002 at 11:39:53, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:

>On February 05, 2002 at 06:51:24, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>>On February 04, 2002 at 16:04:52, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>>
>>>However, the Russian school had their methods for teaching kids and we
>>>have seen the results.
>>
>>What does this last sentence mean?
>>
>>/David
>
>I do not know what is exactly what part I was not clear, so I will rephrase.
>The sentence should be connected to the paragraph before.
>
>Iwrote
>"I understand. Chess books have always centered around "chess" and not around
>the "players". The books that might come close to what you want could
>be "Training for the tournament player" by Dvoretsky et al.
>"Improve your Chess Now!" By J. Tisdall and a little less "Secrets of
>Practical Chess" by J. Nunn..."
>
>So I rephrase it
>"However, the Russian school had their methods for teaching kids and we
>have seen the results. They taught thinking about the training of the players
>and not only chess. A little bit about his methods can be peeked on Dvoretsky's
>books. Their success tells me that the correct way is teaching how to train
>rather than teaching chess by itself, which is what you were asking for."
>
>I hope it is clearer. At least is longer :-)
>
>Miguel

Well, this is how I understood it the first time, but I was unsure if you were
being ironic :)

/David



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