Point of contact between logic and patterns
System 2 is mainly babbling from memory. "Capablanca said this, so I must try to do that" It is logic in the parroting style without true understanding. On the other side, there are the well-known patterns. We must guide our attention towards their point of contact, where the logic and the patterns meet, in order to glue the logic to the patterns, creating new patterns that can be absorbed along the way. What does that look like? White to move rq3rk1/b1p2pp1/p1n4p/5N2/2b1PpP1/5Q1P/PBB2P2/3RK2R w K - 0 1 The first pattern is a double attack with 1. Qc3 to the mating square g7 and the loose piece Bc4. How can black prevent the mate? There are two main ways black can try. 1. ...f6 blocks the long diagonal. But now it enables white to take the bishop 2.Qxc4+ with check. 1. ... Qb4 pins the white queen to the king. Where are the patterns? It are just the well known tactical patterns double attack, mate in one, pin, providing a tempo. Where is the logic? In the narrative. The nar...