How to calculate in chess - Chess Forums

aakashmistri

Mar 14, 2016

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Hey guys !!!! Anybody interested in discussing how to do proper and long calculations in chess ????

u0110001101101000

Mar 15, 2016

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Good question. One I'm exploring right now with Soltis's book and thinking about my own games.

One thing I notice is that I sometimes calculate long fantasy lines... that are not forced. So right now focusing on quick recognition of when I should cut a line short.

The advice I'd heard from, IIRC, Dan Heisman was that a line should be calculated until all the forcing moves are exhausted. But I'm not sure this is correct anymore. I think sometimes you can (and should) stop short, and render a reasonable evaluation.

But many of these ideas are new to me. I'll have better ideas about this in a year or two :)

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As for visualization, I have my own little exercise that helps. When playing over a game, I'll stop at some point and visualize a line. Either on my own, or if it's in a book I may use the variation.

It can be as long as you want, but the goal is to try to see the final position as clearly as you can. I like to look around the board and say to myself "his 5 pawns are here, here, here etc" and "his pieces are here, here, etc" for both players.

Then, play out the moves you were trying to visualize to see if you missed anything. Sometimes it's useful to remind yourself of any files, ranks, or diagonals that have been opened. Newly opened ranks can sometimes be tricky to see in the future position.

aakashmistri

Mar 15, 2016

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aakashmistri

Mar 15, 2016

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0110001101101000 wrote:

Good question. One I'm exploring right now with Soltis's book and thinking about my own games.

One thing I notice is that I sometimes calculate long fantasy lines... that are not forced. So right now focusing on quick recognition of when I should cut a line short.

The advice I'd heard from, IIRC, Dan Heisman was that a line should be calculated until all the forcing moves are exhausted. But I'm not sure this is correct anymore. I think sometimes you can (and should) stop short, and render a reasonable evaluation.

But many of these ideas are new to me. I'll have better ideas about this in a year or two :)

---

As for visualization, I have my own little exercise that helps. When playing over a game, I'll stop at some point and visualize a line. Either on my own, or if it's in a book I may use the variation.

It can be as long as you want, but the goal is to try to see the final position as clearly as you can. I like to look around the board and say to myself "his 5 pawns are here, here, here etc" and "his pieces are here, here, etc" for both players.

Then, play out the moves you were trying to visualize to see if you missed anything. Sometimes it's useful to remind yourself of any files, ranks, or diagonals that have been opened. Newly opened ranks can sometimes be tricky to see in the future position.

Well done sir.....your last few lines were outstanding ......but sir I donot understand this " a line should be calculated until all the forcing moves are exhausted". when u are calculating then u should consider only that a particular line nothing other that line.