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Have you tried Kotov's 'Think Like a Grandmaster'? The whole first chapter is on the analysis of variations.
I did not. Is that worth trying? I know that Kotov work is considered to be really good but for some reasons this tree-of-analysis stuff never thrilled me (I read about it in one Averbakh's book). Maybe it is just a matter of taste, I do not know...
I don't really know to be honest with you, only read a few pages, mentioned it because the content seems appropriate.
Spielkalb explained it very well. I believe that when he writes, "field(s)" he is referring to the imaginary fields of force that the pieces and pawns create on squares on the board whether occupied or not by any other pawn or piece. The complex of squares that the enemy K is restricted from forms the mating net. As you get stronger in your mind it will become second nature to see the mating net.
Also, after 2.Rd5+ Black has 3 options:
a. 2...Rxd5 as SpiSelkalb writes
b. 2...KxB(c4) 3.Qb5#
c. 2...Ke4. 3.RxR(d6) (discovered check with White Q at b7 check)
3...Ke5. 4.Qd5#
It is not a forced mate in 3.
It is a forced mate in 3.
2...Ke4 3. Nd2# (corrected)
Also, if the advice is good, then it doesn't matter where it comes from.
Thanks everyone for sharing ideas, especially ThirllerFan, it was helpful. However, Spielkab, in Tactics trainer you do not know that you are supposed to look for mate in 3.
The way I solved was actually the one I used. I checked Qc7+ and Qb5+ becouse queen is the strongest piece and it did not involve saccing material. Then I checked Qd5+, but did not find anyting. Winnign Ra5+ was the last to consider and I found winning line almost immediately.
This is why I find it interesting. Out of 1m 35s it took me to solve the problem I spent 90% calculating wrong first moves, this is why I was looking for ideas which move to condider first.
Actually, I am 2000+ FIDE but this does not seem too relevant to me.
Maybe you struggled a bit on this one because the pattern is unusual. I guess you have a "check forcing moves" routine at your level of play.
I'm not sure Kotov's tree of analysis method is very relevant : nowadays, the concensus of strong players seems to be that some 'fuzzy thinking' is necessary (cf. Tisdall, Nunn and Hendriks)
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After 3.Nd2+ Qxd2
It is not a mate in 3. You need to double check your calculations.
Exactly, with all due respect for player of Kotov's level, apart from "do not check any variation more that once" I was never able to see any value added in tree of analysis. And as you mentioned, the consesus is that this is not really advisable.
Transpo, you're right. ...Time to hit the tactics.
Can someone give me a short impression what Kortov's "Tree of analysis methods" means?
Basically, Kotov says to list your candidate moves, and then to analyze them one by one, until you reach a clear conclusion, without ever going back.
Other strong players believe this is an incorrect way to proceed, as some idea you uncork in line B may reveal a hidden branch in line A and justify you get back to line A and re-evaluate. Nunn says this 'back-and-forth' thinking is pretty common, and actually a good way to get deeper ideas in a given position.
Thanks for the explanation!
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So what are the odds of having VDPAU support in xorg-driver-ati one day in the future?
Phoronix: NVIDIA Releases Standalone VDPAU Library
While NVIDIA developed VDPAU (the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix, one awesome way of accelerating HD video playback with great results) for use in their proprietary graphics driver, the API itself is open and has been well adopted by multimedia applications. VDPAU has worked out so well and has received critical mass that there is a VDPAU back-end for Intel's VA-API and work is underway on bringing VDPAU support directly to Intel's graphics driver. VDPAU may one day end up being used in other open-source drivers too...
So what are the odds of having VDPAU support in xorg-driver-ati one day in the future?
Last time I checked, the documentation released by AMD lacked any info for the video decoder. Also, as Bridgman pointed out earlier, the early HD Radeons had the acceleration implemented in a way such that documenting it would compromise HDCP (or something along those lines).
I'd say video acceleration for R600/R700 is simply not coming to opensource drivers (not from official sources), we might see it in fglrx if we're lucky.
Such is the sorry state of linux graphics - my choices are intel (drivers in quantum state, getting all the features to work with adequate performance is next to impossible for a casual Linux user), AMD (no opensource 3D for cards less than 4 years old, proprietary driver has problems with some basic functionality (Xv) and switching between computer power modes), nvidia (no opensource driver worth using yet, proprietary driver mostly works, but lacks some common features (XR&R1.2), and there's always the creeping shadow of nvidia's 'Bumpgate'). Other graphics vendors have no drivers/hardware worth using.
There is opensource 3D for all currently shipping ATi cards. Your info is too old.AMD (no opensource 3D for cards less than 4 years old
It's not at the level of their binary right now, but many advanced games work (stuff like Nexuiz).
I run open drivers on my rv710 at home (chipset released this year, I believe), play OpenArena and neverball for hours on end, and have all the 3d effects in KWin enabled, and I have no issues right now. So for me, it's both useful and stable, although it won't reach feature parity with fglrx for quite a while.
I'm sure that experiences will differ, though, as the rate of development is really fast. But I disagree that there is no OSS 3D for any card less than 4 years old.
The AMD/XOrg devs have been doing great work recently.


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