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Subject: Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:13:13 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 16:10:44, John Merlino wrote:

>The next version of Chessmaster is going to have an exercise in which you are
>required to remember a position and then set it up on an empty board. Your
>thoughts on designing this exercise would be appreciated. Here's what we have
>now:
>
>Beginner -- 4-8 pieces (men), always a legal position
>Intermediate -- 8-16 pieces (men), always a legal position
>Advanced -- 12-20 pieces, completely random (and possibly illegal) position
>
>Opinions, questions, derision and insults are welcomed (within the bounds of the
>CCC Charter of course!)


It has been shown that grandmasters do not remember random positions any better
than beginners do.  However, GMs very keenly remember real-game positions of
games between strong players.

Why then is the "Advanced" setting using random positions?  Shouldn't it be
using complex but completely legal positions from real games between strong
players?



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