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A good selftest: “Show a valid game for 1second, and try to place all the pieces” If you are pro you can do this easily, even for games with a long game play.
by punnerud 5y ago
A good selftest:
“Show a valid game for 1second, and try to place all the pieces”
If you are pro you can do this easily, even for games with a long game play.
A good chess player will not be able to do the same if the pieces is in random order, not connected to the rules of the game.
- mpol 5y agoAh yes, taken from Susan Polgar in the documentary My Brilliant Brain. Recommended watch. She is put on a terrace in the street, and she can see a van with a chessboard painted on the side, and has to recreate the position. With a real position she succeeds, since she remembers the pieces and pawns in chunks. With a position that doesn't make any sense in chess, she cannot recreate it. Not sure how good of a selftest this is. But it can be good to remember pieces in chunks, like pawn structures. The same counts for tactic patterns, like knight with wood, or hook with ladder. Instead of 2 or 3 moves, you see a chunk of moves which take up the memory of 1 move.
- matsemann 5y agoThere are videos of Magnus Carlsen being shown various positions, and he can instantly tell which games they are from. Like their brain has an index on postions or something. Not only that, but also can tell how the game continues. One example https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eC1BAcOzHyY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eC1BAcOzHyY