Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:21:22 06/24/02
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On June 24, 2002 at 17:31:47, Terry Ripple wrote: >On June 24, 2002 at 16:09:44, martin fierz wrote: > >>On June 24, 2002 at 11:24:37, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>> >>>> >>>>=============================== >>>> >>>>[d]r1b5/p2k1r1p/3P2pP/1ppR4/2P2p2/2P5/P1B4P/4R1K1 w - - bm Bxg6; >>>>Rebel Century 4 : 38 seconds (11 ply) >>>>Rebel XP beta 1.01 : 21 seconds (11 ply) >>>> >>> >>>I like this position quite alot, because it's so easy (I mean tangible) for a >>>reasonably intelligent human to see clearly. >>>This is an example of a position which I always wanted to know if anyone of >>>2200 elo would ever miss. >> >>sure, i (2200) can well imagine missing that in a game. if you tell me white to >>move and win, i will probably find it easily. but if somehow my tactical >>instinct doesn't tell me i should look for something, i could miss this >>combination - like lots of others... i have seen better players miss easier >>combinations than this! doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen. >> >>aloha >> martin >------------ >Your exactly correct! It's much easier to find a combination to a problem when >you are told there is a winning move in a particular position, but the real test >is if you will see the combination in a real game of chess! Look at how many >times Grandmasters miss a better move than what they made or even a winning move >that they missed. In an over the board game you can't be always searching for >deep complex combinations on each and every move or you will certainly lose on >time, and so with experience you get a certain feel that there is possibly a >combination when the pieces are positioned in a particular pattern and then you >spend some extra time on this position. > >Regards, > Terry Well probably there are many things which hardly any much weaker player would ever miss, and I would often miss, but this I just can't imagine ever missing in a 30 min/game if there is atleast 10 minutes left on the clock. It is exactly my mentality to see this. Oh how interesting! We must have a thread about it, but there is no longer any "general chess forum". It has happened before that I have won a great game from a player who I normally always lose to, only because the position was just perfect for my instincts. I suppose everyone has instincts which make him great in certain positions, or type of game, which are individual to him. If one would bring all other patterns into ones blood in the same way, it might make many of us close to GM's. e.g. that game I refered to above, was a time when it followed the exact nature of a particular GM game that I had pushed deep into my psyche. It wasn't the same moves, but the ideas and positions were very similar, and it was just like enjoying drawing a picture, whilst my opponent was actually losing a game! That's all he thought about it. That didn't give me as much credit as I felt I deserved! S.Taylor
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