Unclarified facts.
The hypothesis. The hypothesis I'm working on right now can be summarized as: After you reach a certain level, improvement in chess can be achieved mainly by pattern recognition. What does that say, a certain level? That's the plateau where people are stalling after initial growth. When you haven't reached that level yet, probably anything will cause you to improve. A list of facts that need clarification. There are a lot of facts that need clarification. A lot of these questions seem to point in the direction of this hypothesis. That's why this hypothesis has evolved in the first place. I have tried to geather a list of these facts/questions. On a lot of these items we have posted before. So sorry for doubles The former French blitz champion. I had the honour to play a lot of games with this guy. He had drunk about a whole bottle of red wine. During the games he was talking to another guy. So he paid hardly any attention to the game. But he beated me game after game. W