Temposchlucker

. . A concept is something that is totally different from a pattern. And I mean totally . A concept is created by the mind in a conscious way while a pattern is assimilated unconsciously. In a chessgame there are way too many facts to handle for the mind. By summarizing facts into concepts, you are able to summarize thousands or even millions of similar positions into one single concept. The weakness of pattern recognition is that it is too vulnerable for details. One pawn on a3 in stead of a2 can change the whole character of a position. That is true for every pattern. That makes it difficult to find the truth about a position by means of patterns. Concepts are a means to simplify complex positions. It is our way to cope with a complex world. Inevitably you will loose details when simplifying matters. But that outweights the fact that it makes the game more managable. By far. Now what are the consequences of this statement? That is easy to miss. First of...

. . . Finally the bad weather season seems to arrive, so it is time to start with the preparation for Tata. Given the comments and emails on my previous post I have to conclude that it was totally incomprehensible again. That surprised me a bit, since I thought it was crystal clear. But the repetition afficionados want to read about repetitions so they create a need for repetitions where there isn't one while the fans of pattern recognition read pattern recognition in stead of concepts and miss the point totally in doing so. But don't worry, I can explain things quite well if I set myself to it. Yet that will have to wait a bit. Ok, this is my training plan for the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012: I will do the first CD of the Bangiev method. The first CD is full with tactics. Besides applying the B-method I intent to write down the narratives needed to solve the exercises. Thus catching two birds with one stone. Why Bangiev? Well, the best answer is probably that we seem to...