Great commanders used to say historical phrases before decisive battles: "The die is cast," said Caesar, crossing the Rubicon.
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And then almost mysticism began.
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What is the main reason for the blunder? In the wrong assessment of the position. It was a completely justified bias born of the developments in the party.
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It is clear that these considerations made him look for a win. He did not find it. But there must be one! And then he took the random option as the one he was looking for.
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This ancient problem has been facing people for hundreds of years, no matter what kind of activity they are engaged in. For the study of blunders, we are interested in only one aspect of this problem.
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We have examined only three types of blunder: the dominance of general considerations, pinned pieces, and the order of calculation. There are many more. Each case has its own recipe: in the first case, imagine the final position in your mind, in the second, "keep an eye on" the linkage all the time. And what about the third?
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All the world champions have been "blundered", but it didn't stop them from becoming champions. So it's best to try to learn how to play like them.
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And then almost mysticism began.
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What is the main reason for the blunder? In the wrong assessment of the position. It was a completely justified bias born of the developments in the party.
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It is clear that these considerations made him look for a win. He did not find it. But there must be one! And then he took the random option as the one he was looking for.
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This ancient problem has been facing people for hundreds of years, no matter what kind of activity they are engaged in. For the study of blunders, we are interested in only one aspect of this problem.
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We have examined only three types of blunder: the dominance of general considerations, pinned pieces, and the order of calculation. There are many more. Each case has its own recipe: in the first case, imagine the final position in your mind, in the second, "keep an eye on" the linkage all the time. And what about the third?
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All the world champions have been "blundered", but it didn't stop them from becoming champions. So it's best to try to learn how to play like them.
A chess player will never ask: "Why did you blunder?". He will ask neither his interlocutor nor himself.
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Mistakes in chess can be divided into three types.
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There is only one way out: to learn to play better.
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Strictly speaking, a chess player's creative process consists of only two mental operations: calculating a variation and evaluating a position.
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A chess player's thinking is subject to strict discipline. He is forced to save time and effort, he cannot afford to count everything he wants.
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Here's a rule that can help you avoid such gaps: after calculating a variation, imagine the position that arose at the end of the calculation.
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And these relationships - even between your own pieces - are often quite strained. The whole game is, in fact, a process of clarifying relationships.
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Sometimes both opponents make connections.
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Mistakes in chess can be divided into three types.
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There is only one way out: to learn to play better.
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Strictly speaking, a chess player's creative process consists of only two mental operations: calculating a variation and evaluating a position.
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A chess player's thinking is subject to strict discipline. He is forced to save time and effort, he cannot afford to count everything he wants.
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Here's a rule that can help you avoid such gaps: after calculating a variation, imagine the position that arose at the end of the calculation.
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And these relationships - even between your own pieces - are often quite strained. The whole game is, in fact, a process of clarifying relationships.
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Sometimes both opponents make connections.
The games are very famous - and they made the ancient Old Indian Defense famous! I think it would have become famous on its own, but it just so happened that these games were the "big bang" that started modern chess.
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Half a century ago, with the light hand of Alekhine, it was considered an axiom that this position was hopeless for Black.
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This is not my invention. But I attacked the h-pawn so often and successfully that I think I made this technique popular.
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Do you remember when I said that it is not necessary to develop all the queenside pieces?
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The same rook takes the same bishop! I am still surprised that my opponent allowed me to realize this idea for the second time on the same stage.
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Geometric motifs are clearly visible in this combination.
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In principle, everything is already clear, but in shock White cannot accept the inevitable.
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But you know from your own experience that the inventor inevitably falls victim to his idea...
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Half a century ago, with the light hand of Alekhine, it was considered an axiom that this position was hopeless for Black.
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This is not my invention. But I attacked the h-pawn so often and successfully that I think I made this technique popular.
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Do you remember when I said that it is not necessary to develop all the queenside pieces?
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The same rook takes the same bishop! I am still surprised that my opponent allowed me to realize this idea for the second time on the same stage.
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Geometric motifs are clearly visible in this combination.
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In principle, everything is already clear, but in shock White cannot accept the inevitable.
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But you know from your own experience that the inventor inevitably falls victim to his idea...
This position crystal-clearly shows the idea of the chess game: attack the king as quickly as possible!
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The example we have considered is old-style chess. Today, grandmasters play a little differently. Let me start with a game that I am very proud of.
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I think it will be appropriate if I complain to you now. For many years now I have been fighting with FIDE. I've been trying to explain to them in every possible way: if grandmasters played 10 times faster, they would play 10 times better! Why?
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It is well known that in difficult endings the side with the better covered king always has an advantage.
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It was like a mirage in the desert! And I thought what a shame that it was not my move and the combination was destined to remain only in my imagination. It's a shame that you can't buy a turn in chess. This combination is worth a year's salary, and I wouldn't regret it! Many things in life happen only once.
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Now I'm going to ask you to listen more carefully, because this is one of the best combinations in my life, if not the best.
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Korchnoi was right: my knowledge was indeed abstract.
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The combination is really very beautiful. And you know my opinion: beauty is the most important thing in chess.
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I am somewhat obsessed with my love of chess combinations. And I never tire of repeating: you have to believe in the magic of the combination!
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The example we have considered is old-style chess. Today, grandmasters play a little differently. Let me start with a game that I am very proud of.
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I think it will be appropriate if I complain to you now. For many years now I have been fighting with FIDE. I've been trying to explain to them in every possible way: if grandmasters played 10 times faster, they would play 10 times better! Why?
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It is well known that in difficult endings the side with the better covered king always has an advantage.
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It was like a mirage in the desert! And I thought what a shame that it was not my move and the combination was destined to remain only in my imagination. It's a shame that you can't buy a turn in chess. This combination is worth a year's salary, and I wouldn't regret it! Many things in life happen only once.
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Now I'm going to ask you to listen more carefully, because this is one of the best combinations in my life, if not the best.
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Korchnoi was right: my knowledge was indeed abstract.
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The combination is really very beautiful. And you know my opinion: beauty is the most important thing in chess.
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I am somewhat obsessed with my love of chess combinations. And I never tire of repeating: you have to believe in the magic of the combination!
I would like to repeat: chess is a simple game. Its rules are simple, the starting position is the same, and all the initial moves are known. The difficulty of chess lies elsewhere: in the clash of two personalities!
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Playing Morphy's games, you always get pleasure - like from classical music or from paintings by old masters. His style is very pure, very open, very bold and sharp.
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There was another chess player whose combinations fascinated me: Adolf Andersen, the winner of the first international tournament in London.
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I am trying to explain to you the meaning of the chess game in simple words. The real life of chess pieces looks completely different. It is much wiser to start the game with moves:
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I would like to give beginners one more piece of advice. I have to warn you: it contradicts the conventional wisdom.
Therefore, there is a more subtle way to develop. You just need to move the pawns a little bit, giving the pieces space.
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Now I'm going to show you a game that I composed for my new Self-Teacher. I needed a clear example of what a good attack is and what a bad defense is.
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Playing Morphy's games, you always get pleasure - like from classical music or from paintings by old masters. His style is very pure, very open, very bold and sharp.
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There was another chess player whose combinations fascinated me: Adolf Andersen, the winner of the first international tournament in London.
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I am trying to explain to you the meaning of the chess game in simple words. The real life of chess pieces looks completely different. It is much wiser to start the game with moves:
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I would like to give beginners one more piece of advice. I have to warn you: it contradicts the conventional wisdom.
Therefore, there is a more subtle way to develop. You just need to move the pawns a little bit, giving the pieces space.
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Now I'm going to show you a game that I composed for my new Self-Teacher. I needed a clear example of what a good attack is and what a bad defense is.
- The most important stages of creative development.
- Individual work of the coach.
- Acquired skills of the student.
- Culture of behavior and morality of a young chess player.
- Acquired skills of the teacher.
- Individual work of the coach.
- Acquired skills of the student.
- Culture of behavior and morality of a young chess player.
- Acquired skills of the teacher.
Among the teacher's difficulties is the intellectual passivity of the students and their unwillingness to think. Children often listen attentively to the teacher, carefully performing the part of the work where simple copying is enough.
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Let the student feel that the teacher believes in his or her strengths, expects effort and responsibility from him or her, and is ready to help.
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How to study debuts? The first two ... years should be taught chess theory, developing ... their combinational abilities.
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The main thing at this stage is to develop self-confidence. Many students at this age have mood swings, a "fragile" psyche, and an inability to endure defeat.
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The main skill of a young chess player, which he must acquire by the end of the third year of study, is a CONSTANT SENSE OF THE LINKS BETWEEN THE FIGURES IN THE GAME.
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Let the student feel that the teacher believes in his or her strengths, expects effort and responsibility from him or her, and is ready to help.
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How to study debuts? The first two ... years should be taught chess theory, developing ... their combinational abilities.
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The main thing at this stage is to develop self-confidence. Many students at this age have mood swings, a "fragile" psyche, and an inability to endure defeat.
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The main skill of a young chess player, which he must acquire by the end of the third year of study, is a CONSTANT SENSE OF THE LINKS BETWEEN THE FIGURES IN THE GAME.
The teacher needs to structure lessons in a way that each class contains a hidden "spark" allowing the student - under certain tension on their part - to independently "uncover" the essence of the newly studied concept.
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The main thing in this is to instill in the student the desire and ability to "use their brains". In this challenging period for the student, the teacher's approval is an important push when storming the "granite" of chess science.
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The coach's key task is to help the student experience such an important FEELING OF SUCCESS when the nearest sports goal is achieved, and a specific skill is mastered.
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...there are many positions when even a significant material advantage is insufficient for victory. They arouse children's curiosity, mixed... with skepticism…
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I would like to add that the most important thing for an educator is to engage the students, as enthusiasm is the foundation of all successes.
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The main thing in this is to instill in the student the desire and ability to "use their brains". In this challenging period for the student, the teacher's approval is an important push when storming the "granite" of chess science.
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The coach's key task is to help the student experience such an important FEELING OF SUCCESS when the nearest sports goal is achieved, and a specific skill is mastered.
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...there are many positions when even a significant material advantage is insufficient for victory. They arouse children's curiosity, mixed... with skepticism…
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I would like to add that the most important thing for an educator is to engage the students, as enthusiasm is the foundation of all successes.
Children respond very well to EXCEPTIONS when, for example, a pawn is stronger than a queen.
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A very important feature of IMAGINATIVE THINKING is the establishment of unusual, "incredible" combinations of objects and their properties.
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The goal of a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's king. This is the central theme of this stage of learning.
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And it is imperative (otherwise everything will be in vain) that each of your students from time to time feel the joy of victory.
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A very important feature of IMAGINATIVE THINKING is the establishment of unusual, "incredible" combinations of objects and their properties.
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The goal of a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's king. This is the central theme of this stage of learning.
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And it is imperative (otherwise everything will be in vain) that each of your students from time to time feel the joy of victory.
I started thinking about machines, reading about cybernetics. In short, it's a long story, and it ended unexpectedly: I decided to become a machine myself.
So, pay attention. I divide myself into two: I am "myself" and I am "the machine." The idea is that the chess player himself doesn't participate in the game! The task of the human is only to manage during the game and... prepare the brain before the game. The entire mental apparatus of the human transforms into a machine and is divided into 12 subdivisions.
The most pleasant thing about working with this machine method is that there's no need to invent anything. You only need to compose from ready-made and known elements because that's exactly what inventing is, only conscious, not chaotic...
So, pay attention. I divide myself into two: I am "myself" and I am "the machine." The idea is that the chess player himself doesn't participate in the game! The task of the human is only to manage during the game and... prepare the brain before the game. The entire mental apparatus of the human transforms into a machine and is divided into 12 subdivisions.
The most pleasant thing about working with this machine method is that there's no need to invent anything. You only need to compose from ready-made and known elements because that's exactly what inventing is, only conscious, not chaotic...