"Combinative vision manifests itself at an early age, and
children are quick to notice and execute combinations which chance
to turn up. Preparing combinations, however, is
more difficult for them." -- ZAK, Improve your chess
results.
You can always win material or get a checkmate if your opponent
overlooks your threat. But there are some threats your opponent
cannot get out of, even if they notice them.
From: rook@IslandNet.com (Dan Scoones)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc
Subject: Re: Visualization/Analysis in Chess
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:43:26 GMT
Organization: Island Net in Victoria, B.C. Canada
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References: <5bhfs6$9k0@world2.bellatlantic.net>
On Wed, 15 Jan 97 02:36:49 GMT, enyoung@bellatlantic.net (Eugene N.
Young) wrote:
>... how does a good chess player calculate mentally, ie,
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