Questions tagged [calculation]

A long time ago, someone told me about the negative thinking method. There is a saying that in every position there is a move that will not worsen it. The method goes as follows. You chose n candidate moves which are possible in the position. You…

I've seen some of my colleagues (2100-2200 Elo) who after shaking hands just think about 3-4 minutes on the first move, even though they know what they're going to play. When I asked one of them he said he's "building up focus and concentration" so…

If you're calculating a sequence, suppose you calculate it correctly( for example, you know you're gaining +2 points) but can't really evaluate the final material count correctly(can't tell that you're up a rook for some pawns), if the opponent…

Forgive me if the answer is obvious, but I wondered about this for a while. In a game where one player can calculate all possible moves (whether the amount is more or less than atoms in universe or whatever) and another does not, would the first…