What are you going to write?
The Trick is learning the chess language. But once you speak it fluently, what are you going to write?
The Trick is the most decisive element from novice to super grandmaster. But how much more do you need? How important is the story you are going to tell with the language?
The trick seems to be so multi functional. You can use it for the opening, for tactics, for positional play and for the endgame. Do I need more?
ReplyDeleteI mean, can there be anything other than understanding to make the difference? There are two captains on the ship, and each one can steer for five minutes. Where is the ship going?
ReplyDeleteYou can have the most extensive vocabulary in the world—and still having nothing worthwhile to say. You also can have the loftiest thoughts in the world—and have no language with which to express them.
DeleteI presume the two “captains” on the ship are System 1 and System 2. As “Honest Abe” Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The only “captain” that can use language is System 2, so he gets the final say on MY ship.
Lol. No, the other captain is the opponent. Who has a quite different idea about the story.
DeleteSorry, I misunderstood. I understand the concept of two authors of the play. It can be difficult to give all the characters something useful to do when there are contrarians on board.
DeleteHaving played a blindfold game with a partner (versus a group of players who were looking at the board) with each of us alternating moves without any discussion of our intentions, I can appreciate the difficulties of alternating play by antagonists while writing an interesting "story" in the language of the chess.