Comments on: Faulty Thought Process: Missing the Obvious http://beginchess.com/2008/04/26/faulty-thought-process-missing-the-obvious/ Chess for Beginners Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blue Devil Knight http://beginchess.com/2008/04/26/faulty-thought-process-missing-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Blue Devil Knight Fri, 02 May 2008 22:05:15 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/?p=171#comment-91 This is a good topic, and I like Heisman's criteria, which I steal. His book 'Elements of positional evaluation' is a very interesting book-length treatise on the topic with some cool iconoclastic ideas (e.g., that material and space are 'pseudofactors', reducible to activity). In theory, I think he is right, but in practice I think he is wrong. I have a few pages on evaluation in my thought process document, in PDF <a href="http://kingassassins.50webs.com/CP.3.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It starts on page 9. Also, starting on page 4 I describe in some detail my approach to evaluating a position to come up with plans. It discusses in a bit of detail the relationship between plans, candidate moves, and board evaluation. In particular, I am very happy with the way I found to break down 'piece activity,' breaking down the different ways the term is used when discussed by the pros. This is a good topic, and I like Heisman’s criteria, which I steal. His book ‘Elements of positional evaluation’ is a very interesting book-length treatise on the topic with some cool iconoclastic ideas (e.g., that material and space are ‘pseudofactors’, reducible to activity). In theory, I think he is right, but in practice I think he is wrong.

I have a few pages on evaluation in my thought process document, in PDF here.

It starts on page 9. Also, starting on page 4 I describe in some detail my approach to evaluating a position to come up with plans. It discusses in a bit of detail the relationship between plans, candidate moves, and board evaluation.

In particular, I am very happy with the way I found to break down ‘piece activity,’ breaking down the different ways the term is used when discussed by the pros.

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