Temposchlucker

I haven't played chess nor studied in a while. The last 26 months I learned to sing 3164 new notes. 3 of them I sing false. Margriet keeps haunting me untill I get those 3 notes right too. Thursday we have a very important appearance. It is remembrance day for the dead of WWII. It's a ceremony with the mayor of our city and a lot of VIPs. We are very proud that our choir has been chosen for the ceremony. BUT I have to learn to sing those notes according the idea's of the composer in stead of my own fancyful interpretation. . . Further it is time again to throw another bone to my boss to keep him happy. And my term of being a treasurer at our chessclub will end soon so I have a lot of work to do before I can hand the task over. Another problem is that my English dictionary has fallen on the floor. Since it is from 1959 it is out of order now. So I don't think there will be much time for chess the coming time. But I'll be back. . .

Just got my new rating from the Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB): 1749 ! (was 1712). Huzzaah! Feels like Superman.

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And please all welcome our newest member The Hungarian Knight. (Hungarian = posterity of Atilla the Hun?) May his rating rise to immense heights.

Funky sort of asked me about the difference between skill and understanding in chess. I'll give it a try. The brain has different "parts" that can perform different tasks at the same time. You can easy see that for yourself. It is possible to calculate the square root of 6084 while at the same you sing "Mary has a little lamb". One part can only perform one task at the time. So it is not possible to calculate the square root of 6084 while at the same time you add 2347 to 5378 (try!). If you can find out how much different things you can do at the same time, you will see how many "centers of gravity" the brain has. The main parts are intellectual (where you calculate), emotional (feeling) and mechanical (singing a well known song). But there are a few more. In chess the intellectual and mechanical parts of the brain play the most important role. Thinking and understanding are typically done by the intellectual part. Automatic skills typically belong t...