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Date: 08 Jan 2006 09:43:22
From: John J.
Subject: The same question about CT-ART
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Who here uses it to train and how much has it helped you?
I read an article somewhere that stated that even Masters aspiring to become
IM's find it useful. In Russia, no less!
Thanks!
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Date: 11 Jan 2006 10:15:26
From: Akorps@aol.com
Subject: Re: The same question about CT-ART
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Matthew wrote:
> the program I use the most ... is "Personal Chess Trainer 2.0."
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> The Personal Chess Trainer has a lot of challenging Tactical setups
> (beginning from one move mates, to two, etc. ). I think its better for
> beginners to intermediates. It also though has some really good endgame
> stuff and strategy practice. I have really found it too be excellent. You
> can always try it out for free. The URL is:
> http://www.personalchesstrainer.com/index.html
I downloaded the free version from www.personalchesstrainer.com and I
agree its really excellent. The trial version is good on its own right
and has none of the annoying features of most trial versions. So I
would definitely recommend chess players to download this software. It
was done by Brazilian GM Gilberto Milos who uses the same pattern
recognition method for chess education I recommended in the past, based
on some theoretical work I did in grad school at Berkeley. So all in
all its an excellent chess education software tool. He did a really
nice job on the strategy training and the endgame training, as well as
the tactical training.
CT-ART is excellent also, of course. Up to now CT-ART has been the
software I used the most, though Convekta has some new training
softwares I want to try also later this year.
One really nice feature of CT-ART is being able to flip the board and
play from the opposite side (so you have to look at the position from
the opponent's point of view). That seems to help a lot in seeing your
opponent's threats in real games for some reason. When you get in a
rut, sometimes flipping the board and playing from the opposite side
gets you out of it for some reason. A friend told me about that idea,
and it works for some reason. I never thought of it on my own until he
told me.
Pattern recognition training is important for theoretical reasons, as
the brain uses a "checking" algorithm, where patterns stored in memory
are checked against the sense data such as the chessboard, so you can
actually "see" the good moves sometimes in your mind without
consciously doing any calculation, which is obviously different from
the way a chess engine calculates a move. So if you store up these
chess patterns, it makes it easier to "see" the "best" moves, or some
good moves, over the board when you play a chess game, though sometimes
the chess engines will find an even stronger move that doesn't match
any easily recognizable pattern, but instead requires a lot of analysis
in order to understand.
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From: Martin Brown
Subject: Re: The same question about CT-ART
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Date: 09 Jan 2006 02:50:12
From: Matthew
Subject: Re: The same question about CT-ART
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Hi John:
I have seen many people/authors recommend it. I have used CT-ART some. I
also have the Pocktet CT-ART (which i like even more since I can take it
with me on my pocket PC to practice). While it is very good, it is can
become difficult quickly. Honestly, the program I use the most, and that I
feel is a better program is "Personal Chess Trainer 2.0."
The Personal Chess Trainer has a lot of challenging Tactical setups
(beginning from one move mates, to two, etc. ). I think its better for
beginners to intermediates. It also though has some really good endgame
stuff and strategy practice. I have really found it too be excellent. You
can always try it out for free. The URL is:
http://www.personalchesstrainer.com/index.html
Matthew
"John J." <detectorist@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:_85wf.4062$gf7.341@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Who here uses it to train and how much has it helped you?
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> I read an article somewhere that stated that even Masters aspiring to
> become IM's find it useful. In Russia, no less!
>
> Thanks!
>
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