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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 15:04:11 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 16:44:52, William H Rogers wrote:

>Trying to remember an illegal position is totally useless and goes against the
>teachings of chess. It would be better to have them remember a complicated
>position from famous players so that they can learn more.
>Oh well, I guess I am opinionated.
>Bill


I don't think you're overly opinionated, at least in this case.  I agree 100%
with what you said.  If people want to remember random things, they might just
as well play one of the many free variations of the game "Concentration" that
are available for every platform (PC, Mac, Palm, PPC).

Remembering real chess positions involves taking note of chess-related patterns
and (pawn) structures!  It's THIS memory skill that is notably greater in strong
players than in weak players.



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