Thoughts on the perfect chess "system"
03 Nov '13 18:404 editsHello- It's been awhile since I left competitive chess, but thought I'd take a break from irritating the political conservatives in the comments section and add a few thoughts on my idea of the perfect chess "system" This 3 part system would give a chessplayer all the tools they need to compete and improve.
1. A chess App. worth paying for. This app would give a chess player access to all the tools in order to improve one's game including: Access to publications such as New in Chess, Informants as well as most of the major national chess publications around the world, a large openings book, tutorials and test problems on tactics, endgames, positional play, ideas and thoughts behind opening moves and novelities, a compitition section where a player could play against a strong program on 50+ different levels (with a hint key), as well as practical advise for OTB and correspondence players such as setting up an effective playing area, finding the best balance between study and competition, equipment that best suits your needs, game loads, etc. It would be a big task to create an app that would give a chessplayer access to all this with just one click, but if someone did, it would be worth paying for.
2. The best device for a chessplayer: I think this would be a tablet of some kind. Tablets are not as bulky as a laptop computer, but larger than a device such as a Apple smartphone, and easier to see from a distance. Brand loyalty aside, a tablet gives a chessplayer a device small enough to keep a chess position on to refer to while moving the pieces on a standard chess set, as well as being big enough to see a chess position clearly from accross an average size table.
3. A good standard size chess set: There are some things technology cannot fully replace, and this is one. Study after study has shown that a chessplayer who makes the effort to physically move pieces on a board will remember the moves longer, and it's no secret that correspondince players that take the time and effort to keep their current chess position in front of them and explore their lines of play on a standard chess set by actually moving the pieces, score far better than those who plan their next move by simply looking at a position on a computer screen or print out. A "good" standard chess set need not be expensive, but should be of the same size as those in OTB tournaments.
This would be my idea of the perfect 3 part chess system. It's compact, portable, and not very expensive. We already have #2 and #3. Number 1 I think is still still a few years away.
Thoughts?🙂
1. A chess App. worth paying for. This app would give a chess player access to all the tools in order to improve one's game including: Access to publications such as New in Chess, Informants as well as most of the major national chess publications around the world, a large openings book, tutorials and test problems on tactics, endgames, positional play, ideas and thoughts behind opening moves and novelities, a compitition section where a player could play against a strong program on 50+ different levels (with a hint key), as well as practical advise for OTB and correspondence players such as setting up an effective playing area, finding the best balance between study and competition, equipment that best suits your needs, game loads, etc. It would be a big task to create an app that would give a chessplayer access to all this with just one click, but if someone did, it would be worth paying for.
2. The best device for a chessplayer: I think this would be a tablet of some kind. Tablets are not as bulky as a laptop computer, but larger than a device such as a Apple smartphone, and easier to see from a distance. Brand loyalty aside, a tablet gives a chessplayer a device small enough to keep a chess position on to refer to while moving the pieces on a standard chess set, as well as being big enough to see a chess position clearly from accross an average size table.
3. A good standard size chess set: There are some things technology cannot fully replace, and this is one. Study after study has shown that a chessplayer who makes the effort to physically move pieces on a board will remember the moves longer, and it's no secret that correspondince players that take the time and effort to keep their current chess position in front of them and explore their lines of play on a standard chess set by actually moving the pieces, score far better than those who plan their next move by simply looking at a position on a computer screen or print out. A "good" standard chess set need not be expensive, but should be of the same size as those in OTB tournaments.
This would be my idea of the perfect 3 part chess system. It's compact, portable, and not very expensive. We already have #2 and #3. Number 1 I think is still still a few years away.
Thoughts?🙂
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