Author: Peter Berger
Date: 15:20:59 02/22/02
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On February 22, 2002 at 16:13:13, Roy Eassa 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!) > > >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? Confirmed . I remember the result very well, but not the source currently (although it should be easy to find with a little Google) . But if you throw the pieces on the board in a random way the beginner is expected to do just as well as the grandmaster with people of similar visual intelligence, while with real chess positions you will get what you probably want to show.
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