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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:39:07 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!)
>
>Many thanks for your time,
>
>jm

1)I think that somebody can be better in memorizing chess positions and worse in
chess.

2)I do not like the idea of calling chess pieces in the word men and there was a
post that I deleted becuase it suggested that women can remember less than men.

Uri

• Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Albert Silver 14:43:08 02/22/02
  • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Mogens Larsen 17:46:26 02/22/02
    • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Albert Silver 19:09:29 02/22/02
      • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Mogens Larsen 13:03:44 02/23/02
        • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Chessfun 13:29:54 02/23/02
          • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Uri Blass 13:59:32 02/23/02
            • Re: (Somewhat OT?) Exercise for remembering positions Albert Silver 05:51:50 02/24/02

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