tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114416642024-01-29T14:52:50.099-05:00A woodpushers attempt to extend chess awareness by improving tactics, using repetition of tactics problems.psalcidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01082177361411854215noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441664.post-1145138662193964552006-04-15T17:55:00.000-04:002006-04-15T18:05:41.546-04:00

For reference, here are my final results. Remember that I finished Advanced 2,3 and everything afterwards on the last day. My wife and I have plans, so I'll catch you later. setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%66%78%83%87%93%92%Beg.251%63%71%73%75%83%89%Beg.350%60%64%67%70%80%84%Int.172%58%69%76%77%85%90%Int.253% 53%57%63%68%75%77%Int.345%49%56%58%64%71%70%Int.447%50%52%55%66%74%-Adv.144%46%49%50%61%69%

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Well, not entirely. Last night, I wasn't able to complete Circle #6 on time. As a result, this morning, I had to complete the remaining 200 problems. Today I have completed nearly 550 of the problems that are due for today, but life calls. I am bringing my journey to an end. It is up to you guys whether or not I should be marked as a quitter or as a finisher. Doesn't matter too much to me.

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Now comes the real challenge. Three days left, 2000 problems to do. I'm not as excited as I should be. Don't have much to say.

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Circle Three was the first circle that I finished on time, and Circle Four was completed a day early, seven days instead of eight. There was something that is not so alarming to note about this whole experience in these later rounds - headaches, big ones, during the tougher sessions. I am now on Circle Five, and I'm working my way through. Started on Sunday, completing 350 problems, and I need

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This is where things really get difficult, clearly. I am on circle #4, and the challenge of the problems are really starting to slam me in these later areas, and taking a crack at them at high speed, while they are so difficult, seems to be taking its toll. I have completed most of the circle, but I have only three days left (although I would like to finish in the next two days). I don't have a

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Hello. I have some new development on the way (because I like to write code... be it good or bad). The first piece of code produces these images that I've been using on my page, of an entire board. Let us say, for instance, we take the fen string for the beginning board: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR and we wanted to make an image of it. We would simply use the following url: http:/

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Well, it comes time that I post a game, and while over the last few days, I've been doing my circles religiously (I have about 50 problems in the final problem set for Advanced100-3.pgn, and it's kicking my butt), I have just started playing chess against the computer again. This is important because it allows me to really look at the position at my own pace. The following is a game that I

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I am behind by two problem sets, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to quit. I'm just going to take my time. Although I still lose games to tactics, I am catching quite a few more. I even pulled off a Queen Sac last night to snag an extra rook. Well, as I said before, I don't have to update so much here because of the automatic updates above, but thought that I might put something here just

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The current problem, for reference, is Advanced100-1.pgn #20. The tags are as follows: [Annotator "T3H"] [Black "Adamski"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Event "Kopenhagen"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [FEN "1r6/4kp2/3n2p1/2KPp3/4P2p/2NR2P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [Result "0-1"] [Round "?"] [SetUp "1"] [Site "?"] [White "Christensen"] I scored 10% on this problem twice in a row, which is no good.

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I'm off to a decent start, after finishing my last Initiate problem set last night. It got rather ugly and I'm disheartened by the apparent lack of growth, but having a solid mathematical background, I realize that my program's scoring system will show lack of growth when things are infact OK. My current problem shown above (Advanced 100 #1, Problem #3) has the following tags: [Annotator "T3A"

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The stuff that I have added above will make it so that I don't have to copy and paste that table ever again!!! That is linked directly to my Tools Site, where the program itself resides. The other item is the annoying problem of the day. With the one displaying today (Initiate100-4.pgn, problem #17), it is not the first move that got me, but instead some of the later moves, after the black

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setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%66%n/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%63%n/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%60%n/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)58%n/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)53%n/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.144%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.236%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.333% :(n/an/an/an/an/an/a I didn't expect growth on the two that I did twice last time - the goal is not memorization but recognition,

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I have seen two people join up for my application, and responses have been positive, which is good. Now, I have something like 1,400 problems in the system, and another 2,100 at home that I could add, but I think the current sets reach a high enough difficulty. That being said, if anyone has a good set of problems that are not necessarily tactical - mate in one problems or mate in two problems

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There is a reason I love chess. There are only, really, two people involved (of course, when you deal with the championship, you can deal with the crazy K if you want, but that's another story). There is not an official that can walk up and say 'you didn't advance that pawn properly, two file penalty, opponents move' on you. Given that there are situations where you will see people who touch

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I did a ton of problems yesterday (~60), then played a lot of chess after about an hour of break - and I found myself tired and unable to concentrate. This has to be like trying to compete in a marathon after doing a few hours of weight training. The goal must be to build up the muscle and stamina FIRST, then see results LATER. Last night was not a good night. setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%66%n/an/an

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It's a little difficult to get started, and I'll admit it aint wonderful, but anyone who is interested in trying out the developed tool that I've thrown together needs to do only a few steps: First, go to My tools site. I am working on things in the background for my wife, so the only publicly available module will be 'chess'. First, you need to create a new user, which is simple enough. Just

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Been splitting my time between code and this work. I have the public login system working, but I still need to plug my current system into it, and that is taking up a fair amount of time. That said... setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%66%n/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%63%n/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/

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While playing chess, I've also been working on my renewed login system (cookie and database based, rather than based on .htaccess protocol on Apache). setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.144%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.236%n/an/

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setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.144%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.236%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a I spent a lot of time on this last problem set, and the score was low. I am willing to accept this right now,

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setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.144%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a My score wasn't all that high, but man, these problems are getting tough. It's pretty bad because at my level,

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I blundered away my queen yesterday. Does this still happen to the rest of you? I was playing a quick game with a friend (10 mins), and I was distracted because I had to be somewhere.

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setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.447%n/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.1n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a This is better than my runs (or first run, whatever), on my last two problem sets, so I'm happy that I seem to

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Salcido Set Demo Originally uploaded by psalcido. Based on input from the last set, and just for fun, I continue with a new set, and an FYI on this tactics problem displayed, White to move.I tried to make a queen that was more like the Queens of the standard chess set rather than the 'jester' hat, and I don't think that it works very well because it doesn't have the Jester hat that I am

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TestBoard Originally uploaded by psalcido. Hello all, I thought that I'd show you a set of images that I have made for use with Crafty (for that matter, I found an opening book for Crafty, if anyone is interested). Here is a basic image showing the game after 1. e4 h5 2. d4, just to show what the pieces will look like.First, I know that these are not perfect, and I have no intention of

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setc1c2c3c4c5c6c7Beg.164%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.251%n/an/an/an/an/an/aBeg.350%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.172% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.253% (2)n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.345%n/an/an/an/an/an/aInt.4n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.1n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aAdv.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aI have decided to continue moving forward with my circles despite the score of 45% on the last one. It was quite

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