tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post3548287834729350805..comments2024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Comments on The Kenilworthian: "Ready to Improve?"Michael Goellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-86769868431966353392007-08-10T00:52:00.000-04:002007-08-10T00:52:00.000-04:00Hey check out this hilarious video about Chess by ...Hey check out this hilarious video about Chess by Mail. It's family friendly and may get them interestes in chess.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUohamvYAv0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-38743542214194351122007-06-06T16:13:00.000-04:002007-06-06T16:13:00.000-04:00Zeeple: you can have Fritz quickly analyze a game ...Zeeple: you can have Fritz quickly analyze a game for 'blunders' (you define how far ahead it looks), and it will draw an evaluation graph (for each move on the x-axis, the evaluation on the y-axis is drawn as a bar, with +1 meaning white is ahead by a pawn, -1 black is ahead by a pawn). It is a great way to quickly find tactical mistakes.<BR/><BR/>There is an article about using Fritz full analysis and blundercheck <A HREF="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lopez04.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-23943701448088162722007-06-06T07:57:00.000-04:002007-06-06T07:57:00.000-04:00bdk: what is "blundercheck in Fritz"?bdk: what is "blundercheck in Fritz"?Zeeplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217303030920572083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-12676747281247157642007-06-05T13:08:00.000-04:002007-06-05T13:08:00.000-04:00Interestingly, I have noticed that my coach (an IM...Interestingly, I have noticed that my coach (an IM) knows very little about anything except games. When I ask him for books on X, he will hesitantly suggest some book that was popular like 20 years ago, and has no idea what is happening now. He just plays, plays some more, and analyzes games. Indeed, even as a coach he prefers to go over my games than to do any kind of canned lesson (which he is good at when he has to do them). <BR/><BR/>Every time we meet he says, "I think you just need to play more. Get more experience."<BR/><BR/>I have been, and I think it is helping.Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-31894132779115725932007-06-05T13:04:00.000-04:002007-06-05T13:04:00.000-04:00Very interesting. My coach wants me to play a lot ...Very interesting. My coach wants me to play a lot more (though he also likes me doing the circles with tactical problems). <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of training for tactics solely by playing lots of blitz (e.g., 10 games a day) followed by blundercheck in Fritz to find the tactics missed by both sides. This would train one up on real-life tactics (there are a lot of other possible benefits of such a meta-blitz: opening repertoire development obviously).Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-21871803469182751302007-06-03T19:13:00.000-04:002007-06-03T19:13:00.000-04:00I can tell you that NM Alex Betaneli was the same ...I can tell you that NM Alex Betaneli was the same way. I think you can explain it by realizing that, whatever area of chess you study, tactics and calculation of variations are involved. So, if you're spending your time going over master games and really, really thinking about them--going over the annotations and variations of great players, questioning them, trying to find refutations--you're automatically training tactics, calculation and visualization at the same time. They probably also spend a lot of time analyzing endgames, and I personally feel that's another great tool for developing these skills. So, instead of just studying tactical problems, they're multitasking and addressing multiple aspects of their game.Grandpatzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858795059694934352noreply@blogger.com