I think it's experience
"What makes a player truly strong in chess?"
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Chess strength cannot be reduced to one or two factors. Endgame ability, opening preparation, calculation, and positional judgment all have roles.
i like to watch broadcasts of super grandmaster tournaments. In many games, one player deviates from theory in the opening with a quiet move, such as a6 or h3. The commentators then spend 10 minutes discussing how this move impacts subsequent development and middlegame plans. The players are not simply blitzing out opening moves they have memorized. Rather, they have a deep understanding of how every move interacts with everything that will follow.
it all depends on how many fish they own
A psychologist once conducted a study in which chess players of different strengths were presented a game position and then were asked to analyze the position aloud.
Several findings stand out.
1. Stronger players do not look farther ahead than weaker players.
2. The moves first considered by stronger players are simply better than those considered by weaker players.
3. strong players keep returning to the key move. If their initial calculations do not work, they return to the key move and try to make it work in a different way.
what all this means is that masters have acquired a large number of positional concepts and so recognize quickly the key elements of a position.
How do they acquire this? Experience. Study. Work.
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I think practise makes a man perfect. When some players are trying to logic or theories other players keep going. I think that makes the difference.
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It was a better discussion and guys on my comment above I mean trying to find ( you have to be careful while writing 🫣)
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mikewier wrote:
A psychologist once conducted a study in which chess players of different strengths were presented a game position and then were asked to analyze the position aloud.
Several findings stand out.
1. Stronger players do not look farther ahead than weaker players.
2. The moves first considered by stronger players are simply better than those considered by weaker players.
3. strong players keep returning to the key move. If their initial calculations do not work, they return to the key move and try to make it work in a different way.
what all this means is that masters have acquired a large number of positional concepts and so recognize quickly the key elements of a position.
How do they acquire this? Experience. Study. Work.
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mikewier wrote:
1. Stronger players do not look farther ahead than weaker players.
This is certainly false. Or at least there should be some huge caveats that are missing from your post.
Beginners calculate exactly 0 moves ahead.
Is it tactics, openings, endgames or just overall experience? I see players with low theory knowledge but they still win a lot because they just understand positions better. What do you guys think matters most?