Author: BubbleGum1
Date: 05:47:49 07/25/04
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I have been seeing Silver write for years, i can't take it anymore i want to know what he looks like. Where's a picture?! :) >On July 24, 2004 at 09:22:28, Robert Pawlak wrote: > >>Albert, >> >>I found this statement to be the most interesting: >> >>"When performing the tests, the players calculated and manually recorded >>variations for all the candidate moves. Thus the entire process of calculation >>was recorded. This helped me greatly in my later work with these pupils." >> >>Based on personal experience, I think that this step is one of the most >>important in terms of improving calculation ability. >> >>Bob > >I actually used to do this when I was actively pursuing the game. The number of >high ranked (2200+) players I gunned down via tactics or more efficient >calculating was not insignficant. I didn't have anyone guiding my steps, but I >wanted to try and spend 20 minutes just calculating a complex position and see >how well I was doing. After spending a lot of time, and having reached a >conclusion of sorts, I would then write down my choices and everything I had >seen, plus any reasons I had supporting or rejecting a move. The idea was to >understand as much as possible, make a choice, and know why I had rejected >another move, even if this was summed up by something like 'gives the opponent >too much counterplay' or whatnot. It was quite revealing the number of holes in >one's vison that came up, just replaying the moves on a board without the use of >an engine. I'd then recheck with an engine, though this was in the mid to late >90s. > >The writing down of the variations and moves can probably be broken down into >two stages to improve one's vision: > >1) You write down the moves *while* you are calculating. This removes most of >the effort to remember what one has calculated (not all memory effort is removed >because you still have to remember how the position looked in your mind), and >will help you organize your thoughts to learn to structure your analytical tree. > >2) You write down your moves/analysis *after* you have finished calculating (be >honest in not adding moves you suddenly see while writing), showing the full >process of calculating and reasoning for further scrutiny. > >I never did 1) and only 2), but since my game is rusty as hell, I will no doubt >use it to help get it out of the rut. I have some absolutely *great* books of >self-study positions for this purpose, "Modern Chess Self-Instructor" by Viktor >Pozharsky. For anyone interested, be warned they are *tough* (for 2100+ IMO), >but quite cheap: $35 for 3 volumes >(http://store.convekta.com/shop_model.asp?gid=146&sView=Catalog). > > Albert
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