Hello folks
Thank you for the answer about the Morphy book. I was concerned that it may be
in descriptive notation. Yes, Morphy can be instructive but the level of
defensive technique in his era was very poor. For a newcomer to chess I would
suggest something more modern and in algebraic notation.
David Bronstein was never World Champion. He drew a World Championship match
12-12 with Botvinnik in 1951. Tal was World Champion from 1960 to 1961.
Bronstein was prone to odd and obscure quotes while Tal had a mischievous sense
of humour. His university subject was satire. I haven't heard that particular
quote before, but it may true or equally it could be a Tal quip.
Depth of calculation depends on many different circumstances. Some forced lines
are calcuable - my personal record is fifteen but my opponent deviated on move
2 of the line - whilst certain middle-game positions may have each side with,
say, six candidate moves each and all of them playable against any of the
opponent's moves. That gives you 36 two-move combinations ( in the normal sense
of the word as opposed to the chess meaning of tactical lines) and that would
tax any player.
Certain Grandmasters had a reputation for making unpredictable moves. Oleg
Romanishin was one such and he was a strong player rated about 2600 Elo. Former
World Champion Tigran Petrosian was also noted for the obscurity of some of his
moves but they did sometimes backfire - notably his Qh1 as White in his game
against Gligoric at Rovinj-Zagreb 1970.
Some ideas may take a long time to bear fruit. In a 2006 game at Paignton about
move 23 I wanted to switch a Bishop from f3 to b5 via e2, Routine enough.
However, I first played Bh5 attacking a Rook on e8 which couldn't move away.
This provoked the Pawn move ...g7-g6 which weakened the f6 square. I then
rerouted the Bishop to b5 via e2 as planned. My 40th move was the penetration
Qf6, on the very square weakened by the advance...g7-g6. I certainly hadn't
calculated 17 moves ahead but the seed of an idea was there and eventually it
blossomed.
Happy calculating!
Tyson
On 26 May 2018 at 12:12 Chris Ross <c.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Personally, I think the advice of thinking about “one move” ahead is
categorically flawed and very unproductive.
Although Botvinnik is not my favourite player ever, I doubt he would have
stooped so low to make such trivial remarks.
As Tyson points out and has been highlighted by the likes of Capablanca,
having “one idea” or “plan” if you like, is the way forward, however many
moves that requires. Having the plan, whether it be good or bad, sound or
unsound, is the path forwards. Moving without a plan or objective is the
route to disaster.
I’d also be interested in grabbing this book on Morphy. As far as I know,
Morphy never wrote a book and presumably, this is a book about his games.
Although I don’t fully consider studying Morphy’s games as a pathway to
improving one’s chess, they are certainly entertaining and demonstrate the
inadequacies of the defensive abilities of the players during his time.
Cheers,
Chris
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Hello everyone.
Just a quick reply.
Firstly I'd be interested to know the title of the Morphy book referred
to here.
Secondly the quote of "one move." in reply to the question "How many
moves do you see ahead?" has been attributed to various people including
Capablanca and Alekhine. This is the first time I've heard of it attributed
to Botvinnik and, to me, it doesn't seem like a Botvinnik remark. Regardless
of that I feel it is better to try to see one idea further ahead. Said idea
may last longer than one move but if it is a detail that the opponent has
missed then it may well prove decisive. If requested I will expand on this.
Regards,
Tyson
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On 26 May 2018 at 01:31 venkkj@xxxxxxxxx mailto:venkkj@xxxxxxxxx ;
wrote:
I usually offer this little bit of advice to new players. It is
the same advice World Champion Tigran Petrosian gave to new players//study
the games of Paul Morphy. Fortunately for us blind people on bookshare,
there is an annotated volume of his best games available there and it is
quite accessible to the blind since it only presents complete games.
And I offer new players this little tidbit from three-time World
Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. A reporter asked Botvinnik, “How many moves do
you think ahead?” Botvinnik replied, “One.” A reporter asked world
reknown cellist Yo-Yo Ma, “How many bars of music do you learn each day.”
Ma replied, “one.” A reporter asked perhaps the most feared ever female
Tennis player ever, Martina Navratilova, “How many points do you think
ahead?” Martina replied, “One.”
Patrick
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