tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post9204871289022438312..comments2024-01-29T10:45:34.227-08:00Comments on Robert Pearson's Chess Blog: Using "Computer Eyes" for Human ProgressRobert Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-91998250258339373392008-03-13T11:50:00.000-07:002008-03-13T11:50:00.000-07:00I think just looking three half-moves ahead is eno...I think just looking three half-moves ahead is enough for my tiny mind, in any half way reasonable looking line, and of course in every single sharp line (I try to rank the lines I think through in terms of sharpness--start with the sharpest lines, as if one of them ends up with me an extra piece, I don't have to waste time worrying about a doubled pawn in one of the quiet lines).Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-39134416010034006082008-03-12T17:44:00.000-07:002008-03-12T17:44:00.000-07:00Wahrheit: first of all, congrats on your rating im...Wahrheit: first of all, congrats on your rating improvement, every little step forwad counts. :)<BR/><BR/>you've also mentioned "application of practical success psychology" as part of your training success. i don't quite follow what you mean by that phrase and would really appreciate it if you could explain that part a bit more or redirect me to an earlier post if you've already mentioned it (tanchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248501580728956514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-9272318634948344662008-03-12T16:27:00.000-07:002008-03-12T16:27:00.000-07:00Wahrheit, you might want to repost this so we poor...Wahrheit, you might want to repost this so we poor commenters get a do-over.<BR/><BR/>I really like your idea about trying to perfect seeing 2 moves ahead. It seems so <I>simple</I>, but even if you have only 5 choices per ply, it's 5x5x5x5 = 625. This is more than we can stomach, so we need to learn how to evaluate, and as you've mentioned, look for forcing moves.<BR/><BR/>Computers can be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-72331875915070891822008-03-12T15:27:00.000-07:002008-03-12T15:27:00.000-07:00I give up. I don't know how you guys can get it wr...I give up. I don't know how you guys can get it wrong. Howard is clearly in the wrong here. <BR/><BR/>This is exactly what is wrong with our society. The making of excuses and or apologies for those who think that for the smallest reason, they can just attack whomever, even though the person on the receiving end did not in any way encourage such behavior. <BR/><BR/>He also got my intent wrong: I Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-4722843860971113492008-03-12T14:52:00.000-07:002008-03-12T14:52:00.000-07:00ALTO!Anyway, I just wish there were more discussio...ALTO!<BR/><BR/><I>Anyway, I just wish there were more discussion of the great topic of the original post!</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks BDK! I enjoy the reading the give-and-take as much as anyone, but Eric, methinks you make much too much of the punctuation correction thing.<BR/><BR/>To give Howard credit, he has published a book, which the rest of us, as far as I know, have not done (though dk has Robert Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-64014372828358288352008-03-12T14:25:00.000-07:002008-03-12T14:25:00.000-07:00Eric: I've posted more than a few comments, and ty...Eric: I've posted more than a few comments, and typically people are pretty cool.<BR/><BR/>Based on Howard's comment, we see better where he was coming from, pointing out the irony of your mistake in a post about writing style. Which, in retrospect, is sort of funny, but also really isn't a big deal. Though I do try to take care: when I'm trash talking about mistake X, I try really hard to avoid Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-7566907880932006592008-03-12T14:13:00.000-07:002008-03-12T14:13:00.000-07:00Hi Blue, you're a little late. It's pretty much ov...Hi Blue, you're a little late. It's pretty much over now. Chris hit the nail on the head--Howard was being childish. According to him, we need to proof-read our blogs and the mistakes we make couldn't possibly be a typo. <BR/><BR/>What world is he living in? What I was sick of is the attitude. You go to almost any site these days, throw down a comment, no matter how innocent, and then you get Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-5430422445277618162008-03-12T14:11:00.000-07:002008-03-12T14:11:00.000-07:00@Eric: There was no malicious intent in my comment...@Eric: There was no malicious intent in my comment. I'm sorry. I'm not quite sure, however, that my <I>faux pas</I> warranted you calling me names or getting my low rating involved. Would a smiley face have gone over better? There were other errors in your post too, and I didn't mention those. Usually I don't go around criticizing other posters' punctuation (the others can vouch); usually my "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-62263305822733096432008-03-12T13:11:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:11:00.000-07:00OK jeez guys this is silly. I came for some chess ...OK jeez guys this is silly. I came for some chess and see pedantism that doesn't warrant a response, with multiple responses.<BR/><BR/>Howard pedantic.<BR/><BR/>Eric lame for then going after his rating.<BR/><BR/>DK lame for having to mention his GM friend.<BR/><BR/>Me lame for callling everyone out on this crap.<BR/><BR/>Could we slap our sausages around any more? Egads. <BR/><BR/>Breadth not (Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-7454576326852678312008-03-12T00:31:00.000-07:002008-03-12T00:31:00.000-07:00one or two decent things to say, to be uncondition...one or two decent things to say, to be unconditionally constructive:<BR/><BR/>i dont know howard, but only that he wrote a very good book that he must have worked very hard on it, and won some critical acclaim. let us respect that. he also knows those we know, and is also kind enough to drop in time to time, such as here, or at blunderprones blog, etc. this is all good.<BR/><BR/>i also know transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-15887146457382318862008-03-12T00:14:00.000-07:002008-03-12T00:14:00.000-07:00Hi Trans! You're right. What Howard doesn't unders...Hi Trans! You're right. What Howard doesn't understand, and this is where you can write or not, is that, no one in their right mind is going to "proof-read" a blog. <BR/><BR/>We might proof-read to some extent our own blogs, but even then, we are not likely pour gobs of time into it. <BR/><BR/>I know when I read blogs and others' make mistakes I wouldn't, I think nothing of it, because I know Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-26665927990397476812008-03-11T23:54:00.000-07:002008-03-11T23:54:00.000-07:00eric, i couldnt agree more. it wasnt very nice. ...eric, i couldnt agree more. it wasnt very nice. lets just forgive and forget.<BR/><BR/>i enjoy your writing, and please just keep being you without hindrance. anyone who can post a Wahrheits blog is a friend of ours.<BR/><BR/>i cannot spell and dont enjoy editing or capitalization, but i have 2628 elo players who love my thought process who--having writen fourteen books on chess--have been transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-91640871204722817262008-03-11T23:44:00.000-07:002008-03-11T23:44:00.000-07:00funny, ivan getting to 2000 left the same comment ...funny, ivan getting to 2000 left the same comment at my blog, too. <BR/><BR/>somehow interviewing a 2035 elo player is big news, but a week from Friday, if we must compare, i am having lunch with a 2628 player ranked in the world top 98 as a now retired player.transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-47222013257351302342008-03-11T20:14:00.000-07:002008-03-11T20:14:00.000-07:00Excellent post Robert! I am looking forward to th...Excellent post Robert! I am looking forward to thin book, and hoping that it can help me out, although I really don't NEED another chess book.wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810798413949148423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-80543547210535874202008-03-11T19:40:00.000-07:002008-03-11T19:40:00.000-07:00Hi Chris, thanks for setting Howard straight. I th...Hi Chris, thanks for setting Howard straight. I thought I did a good job myself, but yours was much smoother! Now he'll probably cry over the fact that I forgot my "t" in the next to last sentence. What? They got nothing better to do in Rhode Island?Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-1296274062597045022008-03-11T19:31:00.000-07:002008-03-11T19:31:00.000-07:00Hi Robert, back to chess now. The method I'm using...Hi Robert, back to chess now. The method I'm using on my blog is working, but it is a little sporadic. <BR/><BR/>When I defeated George Fischer the other night, I couldn't figure out which "category" to put it under. It just seemed like Fischer suddenly lost after the dark-squared Bishops were removed. Certainly, he had a slight edge in the game, maybe even a larger edge, but nothing clear to Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-4335765344661005152008-03-11T19:15:00.000-07:002008-03-11T19:15:00.000-07:00Howard: "And you're a liberal arts major?" This is...Howard: "And you're a liberal arts major?" This isn't the optimal way to ask a question. I'm not sure that people write blogs the same way they would a "paper". <BR/><BR/>If you read enough of these then you will see many "mistakes" but as a person that studies language I can tell you that many of the rules in so-called "proper writing" have no basis in English.<BR/><BR/> For example, the use of ChargingKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120218284616627302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-25861054226146307252008-03-11T19:12:00.000-07:002008-03-11T19:12:00.000-07:00Hi Robert, sorry about that outburst, but "I" do n...Hi Robert, sorry about that outburst, but "I" do not think I will be taking any crap from lowly "B" players like Howard Goldowsky today, especially since I've had a pretty rough week of classes this week! The idiot thinks I do not know the difference between "they are" and "their", the latter indicating possession. Well I do and always have. <BR/><BR/>A typo on my part as I was breezing through Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-89181677117420465162008-03-11T18:59:00.000-07:002008-03-11T18:59:00.000-07:00Anonymous, when I get to typing on the computer, I...Anonymous, when I get to typing on the computer, I move fast enough that I make mistakes just like everyone else. It has nothing to do with a degree. It's the thought that counts. I'm actually surprised you would call me out on so little an error. <BR/><BR/>If you feel better about yourself, I promise you that I seldom make that mistake in my writing, so don't worry little brain over it! Also, Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-69181702631084953862008-03-11T13:34:00.000-07:002008-03-11T13:34:00.000-07:00One of my favorite posts on this topic was by Worm...One of my favorite posts on this topic was by Wormwood, <A HREF="http://burncastleburn.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-deep-do-your-look.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I heartily agree: breadth, not depth is key. I found that over and over in my games. It goes against what all the nonplayers think who ask us "How many moves can you think ahed", when they should be asking "How many different lines can Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-51605560373561315902008-03-11T08:31:00.000-07:002008-03-11T08:31:00.000-07:00I had a chat with the king of CTS blitzmaniac.Plea...I had a chat with the king of CTS blitzmaniac.<BR/><BR/>Please go here : <A HREF="http://gettingto2000.blogspot.com/2008/03/king-of-cts.html" REL="nofollow">king-of-cts</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-44567569955814685512008-03-11T06:21:00.000-07:002008-03-11T06:21:00.000-07:00Robert,You're on an interesting track. I've been t...Robert,<BR/><BR/>You're on an interesting track. I've been thinking similar thoughts myself, and I've got Hertan's book pre-ordered at Amazon. What I'm trying to do is combine my tactical study with calculation study; they work together. I'll be back to see how this works out for you.<BR/><BR/>@Eric: It's "their writing" not they're writing." (And you're a liberal arts major?)<BR/><BR/>Howard Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-41773842217314197862008-03-11T01:41:00.000-07:002008-03-11T01:41:00.000-07:00Hi Robert, do you remember the Star Trek episode (...Hi Robert, do you remember the Star Trek episode (the original series) where there is an eccentric defense lawyer who has all these books and not the future materials? <BR/><BR/>In Chess, that's me. It does a great deal of time, but I seldom use a computer for chess. I much prefer Classical games, comparing them with the newer games and good writers. <BR/><BR/>You may not believe this, but as a Eric Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618752684695965275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-27923928770090240292008-03-10T23:34:00.000-07:002008-03-10T23:34:00.000-07:00wow. truly outstanding. thank you.dkwow. <BR/>truly outstanding. thank you.<BR/>dktransformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.com