How Masters See the Board

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Interesting! So that explains how Magnus who knows millions of games is dominating the chess world.

@d4Nc3Bf4 said ^

Interesting! So that explains how Magnus who knows millions of games is dominating the chess world.

who knows? magnus might be using grahn's advices to succeed lol

I'm still a very weak player compared to you folks.

@Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang Thanks for sharing the article. :) I hope I can learn from this. I have hit a plateau on here, and my rating in OTB games keeps going up and down. I'll try to study more games and see if I can study them the correct way...

I do not know the exact game, but from where the pieces are, i assume it is a puzzle with black to move and 1...Qh4! wins for black (1...Nxh2! also wins). If 2.h3, Qxh3, and on any other move than 2...Qxh2#

Edit: I remember it now! It is Rubensteins immortal!
It was white to move, and after 1.Be4, Rubenstein continued 1...Qh4! followed by 2.g3 Rxc3!! 3.gxh4 Rd2!! 4.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 5.Qg2 Rh3 0-1 white resigns

Rotlewi - Rubinstein, I recognized it very fast.

@RealDavidNavara said ^

Rotlewi - Rubinstein, I recognized it very fast.

Another example of how masters see the board @Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang he he

@RealDavidNavara said ^

Rotlewi - Rubinstein, I recognized it very fast.

great find, how did u even manage to make out the whole game? i barely know any piece lol

The first diagram is the Polish GM (supposed to be world champion Imo) where he just played 20.ng4 and won in spectacular way rh3!!. The game is between Georg Rotlewi and Akiba Rubinstein in 1907. if I remember correctly?

My peak was only FIDE 2050, and I recognized Rotlevi-Rubenstein fairly quickly (under 20 seconds?)

Of course, with a hint like that, there's only a few hundred games that it could be....