Comments on: Attack and Check Training in Fritz http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:41:19 -0500 hourly 1 By: Luc http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88/comment-page-1#comment-14654 Luc Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:21:48 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88#comment-14654 What is the theory behind these exercises? What, exactly, are they designed to develop? Just the ability to see checks? Thanks, Luc What is the theory behind these exercises? What, exactly, are they designed to develop? Just the ability to see checks?

Thanks,
Luc

]]> By: Steve http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88/comment-page-1#comment-1246 Steve Thu, 24 May 2007 12:11:15 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88#comment-1246 Thanks, BDK. I agree with you about the doc for Chessbase products. Thanks, BDK. I agree with you about the doc for Chessbase products.

]]> By: Blue Devil Knight http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88/comment-page-1#comment-1243 Blue Devil Knight Thu, 24 May 2007 03:34:36 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2007/05/23/88#comment-1243 I emailed them about the scoring system, and they never responded. The documentation, as is par for the Chessbase course, is awful. I do each for three minutes, and if I get fewer than ten 'correct' (whatever that means!) I keep going until I get it. My best score is 25 units of correctness in three minutes. It can be very frustrating sitting there looking for the one piece that I haven't noticed yet that is attacked. I have learned now to look for backwards bishop and queen moves, and long-range moves. Just as in real games, I tend to overlook them even in this simplest of exercises! Also it has forced me to quickly check to make sure a piece isn't pinned to the King: if you click on a piece the queen attacks, but it can't actually capture b/c of a pin, it doesn't give you credit. I emailed them about the scoring system, and they never responded. The documentation, as is par for the Chessbase course, is awful. I do each for three minutes, and if I get fewer than ten ‘correct’ (whatever that means!) I keep going until I get it. My best score is 25 units of correctness in three minutes.

It can be very frustrating sitting there looking for the one piece that I haven’t noticed yet that is attacked. I have learned now to look for backwards bishop and queen moves, and long-range moves. Just as in real games, I tend to overlook them even in this simplest of exercises! Also it has forced me to quickly check to make sure a piece isn’t pinned to the King: if you click on a piece the queen attacks, but it can’t actually capture b/c of a pin, it doesn’t give you credit.

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