Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 16:21:11 05/21/99
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On May 21, 1999 at 18:55:56, gerard sanchez wrote: > > > It seem as though Knowing at what stage you are in the game (opening, >middlegame, endgame) provides advantage for the player. However, I am not so >sure when to tell, I was thinking that there is some sort of transition between >these parts of the game, and that's why I can't pin point the stage, it just >sorta arrives slowly. On the other hand I am also thinking that there may be >certain signs that tells where you are, for example after the second exchange. > >. Yes, there is transition from one stage to the next (note that the middlegame can be skipped). A good player should excel at these transitions, and a good program too. There are books devoted to the transition from opening to endgame: -Mastering the endgame (two volumes), by Sheresevsky and Slutzky. -Strategic themes in the endgame, by Mednis. He also has some older books which cover almost the same material. And now the books that deal with transition from middlegame to endgame: -From the middlegame to the endgame, by Mednis. -Exchanging to win in the endgame, by Nesis (or is it Nessis?). I have not studied these books exhaustively, but they are quite good. The only bad thing about Mednis' books is that he 'recycles' a lot of material from his earlier books (and I would not be surprised if he has come with "newer" books covering the same material, just with some updates). BTW, I am not impressed by the way computer handle the transition to the endgame, but this is really difficult even for grandmasters (perhaps because they are alwyas running out of time when they have to take these decisions).
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