Teaching How to Make a Plan
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Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
If you teach your student how to not hang pieces and recognize basic tactics that win material, then your student will win, it will seem like they're getting better.
What do you means "seem like." Do you think if they skipped those lessons and taught the students how to plan instead it would be better?
But I understand your sentiment. For many years I'd just put my pieces places with nothing in mind. Just attack and defense, stay active, keep my king safe. Even though I'd read Silman's HTRYC which is basically one big book on planning.
I think it takes a certain amount of base knowledge and experience before planning is a concept a player can grasp. I think if you took new players and talked about planning it wouldn't help their play or understanding at all. And even if they recognized a specific position and used a plan you gave them and was completely right, one small tactical oversight and the advantage and plan could evaporate. I'm not even talking about losing pawn, but just a loss of tempo lets say.
(I guess some plans aren't tempo sensitive though, but still, lets say loss of material in that case ;)