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Date: 11 Jan 2007 04:15:48
From: materialkiller
Subject: Positional judgment
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A lot of books and expert refer to controling the center is the
paramount importance in positional play. But how do you know if your
pawn strong center is going to under pressure from the flank?
Is their a hidden danger to centralize pieces?
What is method of analyzing the strength of central control?
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 13:11:12
From: Mark Houlsby
Subject: Re: Positional judgment
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On 25 Jan, 19:45, [email protected] wrote:
> Good judgement in chess is the result of experience.
> Experience is the result of of bad judgement.
So, you're arguing that bad judgement in chess is the result of good
judgement?
Pretty st.
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 11:45:20
From:
Subject: Re: Positional judgment
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Good judgement in chess is the result of experience.
Experience is the result of of bad judgement.
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Date: 13 Jan 2007 13:37:02
From: Mark Houlsby
Subject: Re: Positional judgment
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materialkiller wrote:
> A lot of books and expert refer to controling the center is the
> paramount importance in positional play.
Yes, that's true...the reason it's important to control central squares
is
to enable one to use them as posts or anchors for pieces. This is why
central control is nearly always a key strategic objective *in the
opening
phase*.
> But how do you know if your
> pawn strong center is going to under pressure from the flank?
Very often, it is under such pressure, e.g. in some lines of the
Exchange
variation of the Gr=FCnfeld Defence. It's necessary always to balance
the
strategic and tactical pros and cons.
> Is their a hidden danger to centralize pieces?
>
Quite often, yes. The maxim of centralisation is a good strategic
guide, no more.
> What is method of analyzing the strength of central control?
Calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate....
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Date: 15 Jan 2007 23:09:42
From: Ron
Subject: Re: Positional judgment
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In article <[email protected] >,
"k Houlsby" <[email protected] > wrote:
> > What is method of analyzing the strength of central control?
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> Calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate....
Experience is very important.
Once you've played a few hundred games, and played over a few hundred
master games, you'll development the judgement to make these kind of
analysis with more accuracy.
There isn't really much in the way of shortcuts.
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 18:15:16
From: jlssoft
Subject: Re: Positional judgment
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"Ron" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "k Houlsby" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > What is method of analyzing the strength of central control?
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>> Calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate, calculate, evaluate....
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> Experience is very important.
>
> Once you've played a few hundred games, and played over a few hundred
> master games, you'll development the judgement to make these kind of
> analysis with more accuracy.
>
> There isn't really much in the way of shortcuts.
Just a few things to keep in mind, the "Classical" form of chess stresses
center pawns and control while the "Hyper Modern" stress flank attack but
still center control. The founding works of the latter school of thought can
be found in the writing of Richard Reti and Aron Nimzovich.
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