[blind-chess] Re: Some Comments on the WAC Problems
- From: "Chris C." <cchaffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:58:55 -0400
Hi Richard and all,
Thanks for sharing these facts about the problems.
It is definitely interesting that they all come from real played games. I bet
it took some time to find all of these situations and put all 300 of these
problems together.
I wonder did all of the real players find the best move in their situation like
we have done?
Again, these problems are a very good learning tool, and can teach us all
several lessons when it comes to playing chess.
I appreciate the time you are putting forth to make these available to us.
I myself am keeping all of the problems and there answers for future reference.
Thanks again,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:35 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Some Comments on the WAC Problems
Hello Puzzlers,
I recently learned some interesting information about the book "Win at Chess"
by Fred Reinfield. The problems from the Mario Lang website identified as
WAC001 through 300 come from that book.
First, all problems are taken from real chess games. This means that they
were all problems that had to be solved during a real game and none of them are
contrived.
The problems are organized into 15 groups of 20 problems called tests in the
book. Each test is designed to be a little harder than the previous test. So
we have finished test 1 and are on the seventh problem in test 2.
The problems are not organized by type of problem (pins, forks, mate threats
...), so you must decide what is the best next move without any hint of problem
type. These problems therefore teach you just like a real game by making you
think situationally.
I hope this helps clarify how the problems work. I plan to continue posting
2 or 3 problems a week from this book. And I may post bonus problems from
other books like "The Encyclopedia of Chess Middle Games" as well.
Richard
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