The Secret of Chess

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Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
robbie_1969 wrote:

all you Lydo disciples, please plug this in to your computers and tell me what's whites best move?

 

Well, not that difficult.

Qa6 Ra8 Qb7 Rb8 Qc6 Rc8 is only a draw by repetition, so white should continue with b4! Rxc6 dxc6, and the 2 advanced and connected passed pawns on b5 and c6 should win the game.

Pattern recognition helps, the precise numbers help.

Not very difficult, is it?

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
robbie_1969 wrote:

actually queen can move and at best black has a perpetual attack on the queen, I wanna know how Lydo and his disciples evaluate the position and what would they play.

White has HUGE evaluation advantage:

- space

- pawn more

- good vs bad bishop

- many more subtle terms I recognise, like d5 and b5 distant neighbour pawns, who later, please note, in my above variation, become ADVANCED CONNECTED PASSERS to win the game,

and is easily winning.

1 second for me to recognise that based on my refined patterns.

Again, some say no need for more patterns.

But DO NOT the b5 and d5 distant neighbour pawns, defined only by me, transform into the winning connected passer tandem?

Because the d5 pawn is CLOSE to the b5 pawn, it is able to become connected passer after the dxc6 capture.

Do you see the logic behind distant neighbours now?

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
ilovesmetuna wrote:

Rxb4 on move 26 instead.

I guess evrything wins here.

26. Rxb4 or 26. Ra1 are probably strongest.

I would assess this position as +250cps white advantage purely evaluation, pattern based.

So, no much of a fight really, white is clearly on top.

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
robbie_1969 wrote:

after Rxb4 ...Qxc6!!

After 26. Rxb4 the black queen is STILL on d8, so it is not clear how you take on c6.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
robbie_1969 wrote:

anyway I just wanted to know how someone thinks of a move like 24.b4, is it pure calculation, intuition? a combination of both.  Pattern recognition? Who can say?

As said, 0.33 seconds for me.

Pure pattern recognition.

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
E_Luckov wrote:

Is he being sarcastic here?

 

"What is so difficult to understand: I am CM officially, but '2600+ strength' factually.

The modern world is full with empty titles and those mostly mean nothing.
For example, most modern literature Nobel Prize winners have actually written extremely mediocre
works, and their contribution to literature is literally=0.

Who needs all that?

I hate empty things. I prefer to be non-titled, but strong, rather than titled and mediocre.

Concerning me posting some games, there are 100+ such posts on talkchess, the last one a handicap game I played against
Stockfish 8, knight for missing c7 pawn, the same handicap that Nakamura quickly lost to Komodo:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewt...731656&t=65168

Just browse the forum more carefully.

I would have posted here too, but the replay software is not ideal.

Btw., I don't know why should I explain to a person who needs 410 games to score a draw against Stockfish?

I am able to draw every single game."

 

No wonder the "flat Earth community" is so big...

It is not flat, there are hillocks here and there. happy.png

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
h4_explosive wrote:
E_Luckov wrote:

No wonder the "flat Earth community" is so big...

exactly. this thread is the perfect example of human stupidity in its purest form. If Lyudmil told them that we are living in a computer simulation created by aliens called The Lyudmil's, they probably would believe him and call everyone who questions it ignorants or trolls. Ridiculous... on the one hand it's extremely funny, but also very sad at the same time.

I don't know what is so funny.

As said, I am the humblest of all.

Why would you believe the current book bestseller on Amazon, 'From beginner to Grandmaster' by Beliavsky and couple others, more?

You really think a beginner will become GM after reading this book?

Really?

250 pages read and the absolute beginner becomes GM.

How is this trustworthy?

BUT, please note, people buy it like hell.

It is currently No. 4 or 5 in the Kindle store.

Why so?

Are people so stupid?

Or maybe because the author/s is a GM?

So, you would believe a GM who tells you he has written a book that will bring you from beginner to GM in a week, but you will NOT believe me, who am telling you I have become GM-strong from master strong in 12 or so full years?

Which of the 2 assertions is less likely to be true?

12 full years for a master to reach GM strength or one week for beginner to reach GM level?

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
Yenny-Leon wrote:

<sarcasm> How outrageous that LT would use that title for his book!  Any author so arrogant and presumptuous as to include the word "secret" in a chess book title must be delusional, and should be avoided like the plague! </sarcasm>

 

Secrets of Practical Chess by John Nunn

Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy by Neil McDonald

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters by Lev Alburt and Larry Parr

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson

Secrets of Chess Training by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Tactics by Mark Dvoretsky and Malcolm Gesthuysen

Secrets of Chess Intuition by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin

Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy by Lars Bo Hansen

Secrets of Creative Thinking by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Training by Mark Dvoretsky

Secrets of Positional Play by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Defence by Mihail Marin

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters by Lev Alburt and Larry Parr

Secrets of Positional Chess by Marovic Drazen

Secrets of Endgame Technique by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Pawnless Endings by John Nunn

Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters by Edward Lasker and Kenneth Stubbs

Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings by John Nunn

Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon by Eduard Gufeld and Eric Schiller

Secrets Of Chess Transformations by Drazen Marovic

Secrets of Grandmaster Chess by John Nunn

Secrets of Opening Preparation by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Chess Secrets by Raymond Keene

Tactical Chess Endings: Improve Your Chess by Unlocking the Secrets of the Endgame by John Nunn

Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess by John Nunn

My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez by Lajos Portisch

All You Need To Know About Chess Game: A Simplified Guide On The Secrets Tricks & Strategies by Brown McCarthy

The Secret of Tactical Chess by Fred Reinfeld

Secrets of Pawn Endings by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht

Secrets of Spectacular Chess by Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood

Wesley So: My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian Chess Opening Software by ChessBase

Bobby, Bruce & the Bronx: The Secrets of Hip-Hop Chess by Adisa the Bishop

Secret to Chess by Viva Media

Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack! by Zenon Franco

Chess Secrets Revealed by Fred Reinfeld

Secrets of Spectacular Chess by Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood

Master Method: Judit Polgar's Sicilian Secrets

Secret Notes by David Bronstein and Sergey Voronkov

Secrets of Rook Endings by John Nunn

Chess Secrets I Learned From the Masters by Edward Lasker

Secrets of Opening Surprises - Volume 6 by Jeroen Bosch

The Secret Life of Bad Bishops by Esben Lund

The Secret to Chess by Maurice Ashley

How to Win in the Chess Openings: A Noted Champion Reveals the Secrets of Seizing and Holding the Initiative by I.A. Horowitz

Endgame Secrets: How to Plan in the Endgame in Chess by Christopher Lutz

Grandmaster Secrets Endings by Andrew Soltis

Secrets of a Grandpatzer: How to Beat Most People and Computers at Chess by Kenneth Mark Colby and Michael R. Stewart

Grandmaster Secrets: Openings by Andrew Soltis and Rob Long

Wesley So: My Secret Weapon: 1.b3 (Nimzo-Larsen) by ChessBase

Secrets from Russia - Chess Theory and Analysis by Anatoly Karpov

Secrets of Chess Unleashed by Praneetha Patnaik

The Secret of the Pawns by Patrick C Stoddard

Tal's Winning Chess Combinations: The Secrets of Winning Chess Combinations Described and Explained by Mikhail Tal and Victor Khenkin

Precisely.

Thank you very much, Yenny-Leon.

Only that many? happy.png

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
stewardjandstewardj wrote:
lfPatriotGames wrote:
h4_explosive wrote:
E_Luckov wrote:

No wonder the "flat Earth community" is so big...

exactly. this thread is the perfect example of human stupidity in its purest form. If Lyudmil told them that we are living in a computer simulation created by aliens called The Lyudmil's, they probably would believe him.

Is it stupidity or just gullible? The people who believe him might live normal productive lives where intelligence is required. I think it might be they WANT to believe him so much they are willing to put aside normal reasoning. Someone suggested he is just being sarcastic. Maybe the title of his book is just a little sarcasm. Obviously not everyone is going to get his sarcasm. Between the claims of having the secret of chess, 3500 rating, gateway to another dimension, etc. whether its sarcasm or serious, it's to the point where reasonable people will say no thanks to whatever he is offereing.

Those that believe him when first joining the forum are gullible.

Those who still believe him after a week are additionally stupid.

And those who don't believe him after a whole year has passed are NOT worth visiting a chess forum at all.

Still some chance to save your decency, the full year is still not over.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
stewardjandstewardj wrote:
Yenny-Leon wrote:

<sarcasm> How outrageous that LT would use that title for his book!  Any author so arrogant and presumptuous as to include the word "secret" in a chess book title must be delusional, and should be avoided like the plague! </sarcasm>

 

Secrets of Practical Chess by John Nunn

Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy by Neil McDonald

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters by Lev Alburt and Larry Parr

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson

Secrets of Chess Training by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Tactics by Mark Dvoretsky and Malcolm Gesthuysen

Secrets of Chess Intuition by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin

Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy by Lars Bo Hansen

Secrets of Creative Thinking by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Training by Mark Dvoretsky

Secrets of Positional Play by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Chess Defence by Mihail Marin

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters by Lev Alburt and Larry Parr

Secrets of Positional Chess by Marovic Drazen

Secrets of Endgame Technique by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Secrets of Pawnless Endings by John Nunn

Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters by Edward Lasker and Kenneth Stubbs

Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings by John Nunn

Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon by Eduard Gufeld and Eric Schiller

Secrets Of Chess Transformations by Drazen Marovic

Secrets of Grandmaster Chess by John Nunn

Secrets of Opening Preparation by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov

Chess Secrets by Raymond Keene

Tactical Chess Endings: Improve Your Chess by Unlocking the Secrets of the Endgame by John Nunn

Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess by John Nunn

My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez by Lajos Portisch

All You Need To Know About Chess Game: A Simplified Guide On The Secrets Tricks & Strategies by Brown McCarthy

The Secret of Tactical Chess by Fred Reinfeld

Secrets of Pawn Endings by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht

Secrets of Spectacular Chess by Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood

Wesley So: My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian Chess Opening Software by ChessBase

Bobby, Bruce & the Bronx: The Secrets of Hip-Hop Chess by Adisa the Bishop

Secret to Chess by Viva Media

Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack! by Zenon Franco

Chess Secrets Revealed by Fred Reinfeld

Secrets of Spectacular Chess by Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood

Master Method: Judit Polgar's Sicilian Secrets

Secret Notes by David Bronstein and Sergey Voronkov

Secrets of Rook Endings by John Nunn

Chess Secrets I Learned From the Masters by Edward Lasker

Secrets of Opening Surprises - Volume 6 by Jeroen Bosch

The Secret Life of Bad Bishops by Esben Lund

The Secret to Chess by Maurice Ashley

How to Win in the Chess Openings: A Noted Champion Reveals the Secrets of Seizing and Holding the Initiative by I.A. Horowitz

Endgame Secrets: How to Plan in the Endgame in Chess by Christopher Lutz

Grandmaster Secrets Endings by Andrew Soltis

Secrets of a Grandpatzer: How to Beat Most People and Computers at Chess by Kenneth Mark Colby and Michael R. Stewart

Grandmaster Secrets: Openings by Andrew Soltis and Rob Long

Wesley So: My Secret Weapon: 1.b3 (Nimzo-Larsen) by ChessBase

Secrets from Russia - Chess Theory and Analysis by Anatoly Karpov

Secrets of Chess Unleashed by Praneetha Patnaik

The Secret of the Pawns by Patrick C Stoddard

Tal's Winning Chess Combinations: The Secrets of Winning Chess Combinations Described and Explained by Mikhail Tal and Victor Khenkin

In today's world, we see plenty of phrases in titles of books and social media posts such as "Change you life", "secret", "must know", "must read", "If ____, then read this", etc. this is simply to catch the person's attention, and I find it quite annoying when people do this, then I read/watch it and it's not nearly as good as it sounded. However, Lyudmil is just one in the crowd to be doing this, and he shouldn't be accused of doing this. However, he should be accused of all of the farfetched claims he have posted.

On the contrary, I am one of the VERY FEW authors on Amazon, whose titles include just 2-3 words.

95% of all titles, especially the more recent ones, are at least 10 words long with the subtitles.

Make the conclusions yourself.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov
E_Luckov wrote:

What's the point of that book list? Are you trying to prove something? Let me see... just one name: John Nunn... sorry, if you can't see the diffrence between John Nunn and LT, there is nothing to discuss.

As far as I know NONE from that list was a person that came out of nowhere claiming to be the best player ever... or refused to play because of "noises", or "cheaters" or "planets alignements".

For sure, this is fair beyond just naivety...

 

Precisely, I am much stronger than Nunn.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Here my last title, for anyone who might be interested: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CQVNC6K/ref=s9_acsd_newrz_hd_bw_b194_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=DAP17MWAZC36KXVE0740&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=17355592-3237-51ea-a6a2-f95fdeea28ea&pf_rd_i=4406

500 mates, ranging from 1 to 5 moves.

Guess what?

Even strong players, 2200-2700, GMs included, do miss close to 50% of the optimal solutions, even with less long mates, 2 or 3 ones.

You might not believe me, I was also surprised, but that is the truth.

I also learned quite a lot while preparing this book.

At least now you know I am very very hard-working.

What else you need?

 

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

The paperback will follow shortly.

I should write 263 books, then I will take some rest.

I heard the most prolific writer had 263 titles, so I am after it.

The sporting spirit is very important, you know, just like in chess.

OK, this was just a brief post, please continue with your much more interesting discussion.

 

sallyandme

what is the secret? love 

 

RoobieRoo

70% of the chess knowledge in the book is hidden there, but NO ONE knows this, apart from me.

 

Lol I sense the beginnings of a cult! ahh Luydo thanks for the good times!

Yenny-Leon
Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:
Yenny-Leon wrote:

@hitthepin, the book is not just tabulations of numbers.  There are tables of numbers, but these are intended as evidence to support pattern-recognition, which can be summarized in verbal "rules of thumb" (including new ones not articulated by anyone before).  You can ignore the data tables if they don't interest you -- they're intended for programmers to use in tweaking their chess engines, not for rote memorization.

Not at all: they are intended for EVERYONE to have a precise grasp of chess evaluation.

That is what evryone misses, including GMs like Smerdon, to a large extent.

Numerical values in tables are EXTREMELY important.

Yes, I see your point about the piece square tables -- that they are useful in general, not just to programmers.  I'm still reading the early chapters, and I'm starting to understand that my initial statement was too simplistic.  The patterns of the numbers are especially interesting for the knights and pawns.

Yenny-Leon
E_Luckov wrote:

What's the point of that book list?

My point was to demonstrate how unreasonable it is to criticize LT for the title of his TSOC book, as IfPatriotGames seems to do in the quote highlighted in post 5961.  If dozens of other chess authors over many years have made dramatic use of the word "secret" in their book titles, what's the big deal when LT does the same?

Yenny-Leon
robbie_1969 wrote:

70% of the chess knowledge in the book is hidden there, but NO ONE knows this, apart from me.

 

Lol I sense the beginnings of a cult! ahh Luydo thanks for the good times!

The only cult I've seen starting to develop here is the cult of LT-Haters.  Notice how they often:

  • repeat their mantra of the same weak arguments ("he boasted about his strength, so his book must be worthless", "no rated games lately, so he couldn't have become stronger")
  • reject his book, in advance, without having read a word of it
  • conveniently ignore positive feedback from players much stronger than themselves, e.g., GM David Smerdon, IM Gerard Welling, and IM Herman Grooten
  • often laugh out loud to themselves, at jokes only obvious to them
  • and possibly post the fake 1-star book "reviews" (smear campaign) on Amazon.  Maybe not the same people as the more acrimonious critics here, but would it surprise anyone if they were?
Pulpofeira
Yenny-Leon escribió:
E_Luckov wrote:

What's the point of that book list?

My point was to demonstrate how unreasonable it is to criticize LT for the title of his TSOC book, as IfPatriotGames seems to do in the quote highlighted in post 5961.  If dozens of other chess authors over many years have made dramatic use of the word "secret" in their book titles, what's the big deal when LT does the same?

Totally agree. Calling Carlsen weak, on the other hand...

Yenny-Leon
Pulpofeira wrote:
Yenny-Leon escribió:
E_Luckov wrote:

What's the point of that book list?

My point was to demonstrate how unreasonable it is to criticize LT for the title of his TSOC book, as IfPatriotGames seems to do in the quote highlighted in post 5961.  If dozens of other chess authors over many years have made dramatic use of the word "secret" in their book titles, what's the big deal when LT does the same?

Totally agree. Calling Carlsen weak, on the other hand...

Depends on the context.  Compared to the latest version of SF, Carlsen is weak.  Compared to LT, of course that is a totally different question -- they would have to compete directly for such a claim to have any credibility among the public (I don't know that LT made that latter comparison, are you implying he did?)  But, in any case, I can still learn from TSOC, even if the author is not as strong as he says, and even if he sounds boastful at times.  If I avoided reading eccentric authors, I would have to toss out half of my books about cutting-edge topics.