Hahahaha, I always watch your videos. Puzzles are fun.
16:28 - very funny, "To the untrained eye"
I don't solve alot of puzzles anymore. Then I had a target of 2650+ puzzle rating. It been a long time now.
Okay scrap that. (31:00) is the funniest. I thought you would find it, because you already explained the theme. That reminds me, there is a book called "Blindspots" that talks about this. There are just some moves we don't consider by instinct. Moves like a backward queen move, a L-shape Rook idea, a bishop backward move,a king one step move for safety, and so on.
The more puzzles you solve, the more dangerous you would be.
Man you have no idea how much I appreciate you watching the vids and giving me feedback, not many people do haha.
Tricks for the uninitiated is also a great phrase lol
I imagine that once you reach certain level, puzzles are not helpful anymore, to me, solving them allows me to practice pattern recognition and also practice decision making in specific situations, but I imagine that once you reach certain level like you, it is more important to focus in positional advantage and advanced tactics.
This book could definitely help because it is just soo true, so many blindspots and moves that defy logic like that one, to push the king to a square, you have to attack it from the side you want it to move. I find backwards bishop moves the hardest to spot, knights no so much, I don't know what rook Lshape moves are but I will find out.
Thanks for the comment man! See you on Friday