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 Jacob Aagaard's "Inside the Chess Mind"The book has ten test positions. The reader is asked to do his best to find the best continuation for each, and record his thoughts. You are given a limited amount of time with each puzzle, usually between 5 and 10 minutes, sometimes a little longer. Two GMs, two IMs, two experts, a class B player, a beginner and Fritz have been given the same puzzles and the same amount of time for analysis. Their recorded solutions follow each puzzle. The reader is encouraged to do all 10 puzzles first, before looking at any of the solutions. It's a very interesting concept and as Aagaard is the first to point out, he is not the first author to use it. I did the ten puzzles today. I am sure that many of you could do better than me. I hope so, because frankly, I was terrible. Perhaps they are very difficult, perhaps I am too used to the leisurely pace allowed on GK. I have not looked at the solutions of the other players yet since the solutions amount to an entire book. But I am curious to know if anyone else has given these puzzles a try. |
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