Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 14:42:29 07/12/02
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On July 12, 2002 at 17:16:30, John Watson wrote: >On July 12, 2002 at 04:46:13, Vladimir Medvedev wrote: > >>Last months I spend much time watching how my chess engine plays blitz against >>other programs. I also have seen many blitz and lighting games between strongest >>engines (GambitTiger, DeepFritz etc.) Now I notice unexpected improvement in my >>own blitz strength both agains humans and computers (may be, up to 50 or even 75 >>ELO). Very funny for me, because I did not studying chess or analyzing much more >>than usually. >> >>What do you think - can only watching (not analyzing!) games of strong players >>improve somebody's strength? I have read somewhere that similar methods are used >>in some sport games like tennis, tabletennis or volley-ball: some kind of >>"muscle memory" is stimulated when sportsman sits on the bench and looks at >>flying ball trying to predict its trajectory. > >I've noticed something similar myself recently. I've watched, oh, 500 or so >games my engine has played on FICS in the last couple of weeks. The other night >I was playing some games myself and there were several occasions where I >*recognized* a position I'd seen that was similar to a position I've seen my >engine play. The key I think is that I recognized the position AND I remembered >the move the computer made. That combination led me down a different avenue of >analysis than I would have done if I hadn't recognized the pattern. > >I think it is generally agreed that pattern recognition is a big part of playing >chess. I don't know how far it can take you -- and I'm a pretty weak player. The great Keres always taught people to solve positions from newspapers without chessboard. The training of decrypting a chess position and thinking about possible solutions alone will by force make you a better player. To the contrary, this is my lecture, the observing of positions on computer displays with a quick eval by progs will not only not make you a better player but will weaken your natural talents to discover tactical things. This is as if I would always tell you the solution while you try to solve some math problem or easy calculations. In the long run I would do a conditioning to you on my hints. Rolf Tueschen
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