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

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 01:26:45 02/25/02

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On February 25, 2002 at 02:39:44, Odd Gunnar Malin 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
>
>I don't think this should be random positions.
>These more random and less chess the position is, tyhe differences between the
>advanced and the beginner will be smaller.
>
>I think you should get this position from real games to ensure that the position
>is logical so that chess-memory is tested/trained.
>
>Odd Gunnar




And who wants to memorize illegal positions ?

Matthias.




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