Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 12:37:33 03/01/03
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On March 01, 2003 at 13:10:25, Dan Andersson wrote: > Calculating variations. He point out that Kotov's prescription can lead to >unnecessary waste of time and energy. Wasting energy will often lead to bad >tournament results. He amends the search rules to give them more practical >usefulness. One is called DAUT, Dont Analyze Unecessary Tactics. Another problem >with Kotov's book is the game selection. They are one sided and obviously chosen >to prove a point. The losing side is invariably playing a bad game and not >putting up any fight at all. Finding the right plan and winning the game isn't >nearly as easy as it seems from those games. The losing side passes a multitude >of chances to get counterplay. And he never points that out. So he gives a false >impression of how hard it actually is to win a game. Yes, all these points are true. Kotov presents the calculation of variations in a rather "brute force" manner! I was also wondering why reaching a victory is not as easy as Kotov describes :-) > >MvH Dan Andersson
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