Stepping stones! (Problems)

by malcolm, Sunday, January 07, 2007, 11:42 (6677 days ago) @ Tony Kosten

? I suppose it is all a question of being able to visualise well, which
? definitely improves with practice.
I'd better keep doing those exercises then ... Its certainly something I notice with stronger players is they can discuss the game without the board being there.
? I have a series on blindfold techniques over on chesspublishing.com (in
? the Gold Plus section), but I am retiscent about using it here as I think
? it is too advanced.
We don't want to burn our brains out

I also wonder if stronger players think about a position in a different way. Maybe there are some tricks that can be learnt. For example, there are techniques you can use to improve memory - one of the standard examples is being shown a tray with 20 objects on it for a minute then you try to remember as many as you can. I used to have a book which showed you a method of commiting them to memory in a more visual way, and you got an immediate improvement. Unfortunately I have forgotten where I put the book