Temposchlucker

. . . Allthough the chess season hasn't started yet, it is allready itching. The Tata tournament is lurking beyond the horizon. Time to make a study plan for the next half year. First let me distill a final conclusion from my previous posts: Conclusion. In essence there is no difference between analysing a current position and a future position. Since a position is a position. The only difference is the base from which you start. With a current position you can interrogate the physical board for the exact position of the pieces. For a future position you have to interrogate the mentalization in your mind. Question. This leads to the following question. How do you form a mentalization of a future position? There are a few options. Stepping stones. Chess memory. Mentalization. Stepping stones. Jon Tisdall advocates a technique with stepping stones in combination with blindfold chess in his book "Improve your chess n