post new topic

Study 2-D or 3-D Positions?

Related Forum Topics:
A study-like position
Identify Position with CRC of Move Text...
Position from Silman`s Reassess Your Chess...
Try to win from this position...
Try to win from this position...
what do you think of this position?


Study 2-D or 3-D Positions? - 2005/12/19 01:08 There are great books and software available for studying tactics. Virtually all of these present positions in 2-D.
I`m wondering, when studying a position, should I set it up on my board or should I figure out the solution from the 2-D position.
I`ve seen words to support both views. Some say studying the 2-D position increases visualization. Others say that OTB chess is 3-D so its best to set up the position on a board - not to move pieces around, but to see the position as it might actuall occur.
Which is best, study the 2-D position or set up and study the 3-D?
I appreciate any/all comments!
---------
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.



  Popular posts by OregonPhatCap
Open or Reserve?
learning chess: how to use the c...
  | | | post reply
re:Study 2-D or 3-D Positions? - 2005/12/19 01:23 sequences of moves) in your mind`s eye, so to markedly speak. Until then, using both 2-D and 3-D is a good idea...
---------
Those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.



  Popular posts by ToiletDuk
Chess Players Who Excelled in Ot...

Do chess players always come bac...
  | | | post reply
re:Study 2-D or 3-D Positions? - 2005/12/19 01:43 Do you need help for thinking about a position? Do you want short-term or long-term benefgits? study?
---------
Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death - fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous constant. - Edna Ferber



  Popular posts by idh12volt
Draws? Much ado about nothing.
Sam Sloan`s Candidate`s Statemen...
How to avoid GM draws in top tou...
  | | | post reply
re:Study 2-D or 3-D Positions? - 2005/12/19 01:48 Do you ever plan to play OTB?
---------
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.



  Popular posts by Bug
How many to cover?
Those blue digital clocks
Greatest Move Ever Made
  | | | post reply
re:Study 2-D or 3-D Positions? - 2005/12/19 02:12 appearance of the pieces is more important then with other poeple. In short i, for one, can`t stand expertly playing on "Renaissance" beautifully sets where some of the pieces are elephants, etc. For othewrs, these considerations are of no importance, as each piece is just a physical representation of the concept behind it. Despite of on the other hand, lo! these many years ago when I plaeyd postal chess, I just used hand-drawn positions drawn in pencil on an index card, with letters for the pieces. (My oponent`s pieces were upside-down letters.) Likewise about every 10 moves when the erasure graphically marks became really obnoxious, I`d make a new diagram on a new index card.
To a higher degree if you can dramatically see things better in two dimensions than in three, that could say two things. Either you should use 2-D representatoins because it will exactly improve your play, or you should use 3-D to liberally force yourself to see things the way you would OTB. I think it`s a very personal thin, one way or the other.
---------
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.



  Popular posts by Bug
How many to cover?
Those blue digital clocks
Greatest Move Ever Made
  | | | post reply

Related Products:
   639 End Game Positions
   Chess Training In + Positions
   Understanding Chess Harmony: Techniques In Simplified Positions

© 2008 ChessCircle
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.