Think Like a Chess Engine
In Kotov’s great book “Think Like a Grandmaster” he taught the average chess player the inner workings of how a chess master thinks about a position by creating a tree of candidates and then proceeding along the tree. While there is much to learn from Kotov’s work, I have always been...Connecting the Dots in Chess
Posted by beginchess on Jun 6, 2010 in analysis, calculation, Chess, Chess Puzzles, Improvement, Tactics, Thinking Process | 3 comments
I have made an observation while solving puzzles, that I feel will improve my tactical puzzle solving skills, and might have direct application during actual games.
When solving a tactical puzzle of intermediate to advanced level I either:
1. Have no clue how to go about solving it and get it wrong.
2....
The Sixth Ply
Before we get started let’s define what a ply is in chess: A ply is a half move and a move is equivalent to 2 ply or a turn by each player. For example, 1. e4 is one ply and 1…e5 would be the 2nd ply, together these two plys make one move. Getting close to the truth of a chess position...