effective studying (General)

by juggernaut, Thursday, April 13, 2006, 01:35 (7187 days ago) @ siegrun

? I had the same problem, but from July the format has changed & its much
? better now to revise! You even get bonus points! & whats most important,
? you can see the solutions after 15 exercises.
? I do the beginners, intermetdiate & advanced & I get the same % in all of
? them! May be one day, the levels will be sorted out.
? But I noticed that minor players are just as sharp at tactics as advanced
? players. So may be there isn't a difference, anyway.

I blelive there is a difference. I figure if the beginner/ intermediate player had to type in their analysis, it would not match the advanced students analysis. This type of tactical exercise rewards the right move made. The beginner might be thinking,' I like attacking the king so I will play Bxf7+.' The intermediate player will say, ' The enemy king looks vulnerable and I have a greater number of attacking units than he has defenders.' The advanced player will say, ' There is weakness on f7, my forces can cut the enemy king off from escaping, and the remaining enemy pieces cant cover these invasion trajectories for my attacking units. The position must be won for me, it's just of question of details.' Each of these player may have clicked the right first move but I am pretty sure the reasoning or thoughts may be something like this. I think it might be great for a qcombo puzzle to be posed to all, let everyone submit their ideas and rating (no need to be bashful about ratings now) and lets see how the grandmaster thinks about the position / move. I thinks this will be of great benefit to all. Actually this was done to a large degree in Jon Levitt's column that was scrubbed (or is it back now? I stopped looking after a while when nothing was happening). Despite the perceived lack of interest, it is a great teaching tool. It took too long for the answers . Make it weekly or biweekly. No prizes, that delays the answers!