Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:43:08 02/22/02
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On February 22, 2002 at 17:39:07, Uri Blass wrote:
>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.
Perhpas, but it is still a good exercise.
>
>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
I thought you deleted it to save Mogens's sudden streak of self-destructiveness.
Albert
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