Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 12:14:51 03/15/04
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On March 15, 2004 at 14:30:58, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >On March 15, 2004 at 13:51:39, martin fierz wrote: > >>On March 15, 2004 at 09:12:44, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >> >>>One was that only top-level players should study the games of Kasparov. The >>>reason was that Kasparov doesn't plan, he doesn't play normal proper chess, he >>>doesn't look at patterns, he breaks all of the "rules" - and he can do so >>>because he counts everything (or prepares it at home). >>> >>>Another interesting claim was about Watson's book "Secrets of Modern Chess >>>Strategy", where Watson claims that basically there are no such things as chess >>>rules, chess patterns - it's all just a big myth, used to explain things we >>>don't understand, and that concrete counting is everything. Kaidanov claims >>>that, like studying Kasparov, the book is totally inappropriate for all but the >>>best players. Weak players should generalize, play stereotyped chess, etc - but >>>only because they can't count. >> >>it's nice to see that a strong player reacts this way to watson's book :-) >>i found the book very interesting and thought-provoking, but i thought about the >>same as you did: the first thing people have to learn are the general rules, and >>then, if they get really really good (IM or GM), they have to learn the >>exceptions to the rules. but for mere mortals a couple of dogmatic rules are >>like beacons in the sea of variations, and of great help. >> >>cheers >> martin > >Yeah, actually the book was very good - but not for the reason Watson was hoping >for. You roll your eyes once per page when the "it's all about calculation" >comment inevitably comes up - and look at the games, conveniently organized by >the basic patterns ... :-) > >Greets, >Vas All chess patterns are heuristics, not rules. GMs have _very_ good heuristics, but ultimately it is just a guess. anthony
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