tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post4610227880402164718..comments2024-02-21T22:46:50.252-08:00Comments on Empirical Rabbit: The Bain ExperimentGeoff Fergussonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677387413949625511noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-88834212296826531312012-01-25T04:36:19.344-08:002012-01-25T04:36:19.344-08:00I will publish the source code next month.I will publish the source code next month.Geoff Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677387413949625511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-90606238438516017752012-01-23T07:34:38.741-08:002012-01-23T07:34:38.741-08:00Would you mind sharing the Java program? posting i...Would you mind sharing the Java program? posting it some place on your site perhaps? You might be able to collect more data that way too as people use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-15154941932588637542011-03-28T17:36:14.744-07:002011-03-28T17:36:14.744-07:00I felt I got better after doing this. I don't ...I felt I got better after doing this. I don't have proof but I felt like I was recognizing more tactics in my games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-11185745816261804432011-03-23T00:27:05.514-07:002011-03-23T00:27:05.514-07:00There are four questions here:
(1). How specific ...There are four questions here:<br /><br />(1). How specific are the patterns that need to be learned?<br /><br />(2). How many patterns do we need to learn?<br /><br />(3). How quickly are these patterns forgotten?<br /><br />(4). Have I improved at practical chess?<br /><br />If we sample more patterns in our learning set, we will find more patterns that are more alike, so the answer to question (1) depends on the answer to question (2).<br /><br />The number of patterns to be learned depends on where we draw the line on how simple common the patterns have to be. The more complicated examples are likely to be less common, and can usually be broken down into simpler patterns. It is worth while to learn to solve the simple and common patterns almost on sight, but not the complicated and uncommon ones. The 2,000 number is just a guess.<br /><br />You will forget most of the patterns that you learn in a few weeks unless you practice using them. You will remember nearly all of the patterns for the rest of your life, if you practice using them at intervals which roughly double with each repetition.<br /><br />I have not played chess for 15 years, but it is very difficult to compare OTB performances unless you play a very large number of games against reliably rated opponents. If you are doing that, your improvement might be a result of playing chess rather than the training.Geoff Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677387413949625511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-2220528990636618092011-03-21T01:38:35.036-07:002011-03-21T01:38:35.036-07:00My question know is,
-how specific are the learnd...My question know is, <br />-how specific are the learnd pattern, mabye they are all "very" related so the benefit at OTB might be "to small"<br />-how many pattern (tactical pattern ) are there. Heisman is talking about 2000, but this depends how sharp or unsharp you are looking at differences<br />- how "quick are these pattern forgotten". If there are 2000? (20000) pattern to learn and it takes 6 Month (6 years ) to learn them but you forget in 3 Months (3 years)... <br /><br />Would be interesting if you are know better at CTS, ATS, TT, CT or OTBUwe Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-25581249198579673682011-03-02T05:44:58.991-08:002011-03-02T05:44:58.991-08:00A stopwatch is not too bad, but I have now written...A stopwatch is not too bad, but I have now written a little Java program to do the timing and record the result, which is much better.Geoff Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677387413949625511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846266856681564818.post-87474597046046694332011-03-02T04:35:58.914-08:002011-03-02T04:35:58.914-08:00From your description, it looks like you're do...From your description, it looks like you're doing this on paper, how are you finding that? For the timing, are you using a stopwatch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com