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Infinite Analysis?: How to Avoid Technological Tilt

Hi!

Nice post, it addresses the very common problem of looking at mistakes without really having any clue of how to prevent them from happening in the future. This transforms learning into torture.

BTW, you forgot to translate the "Set limits on your analysis" paragraph. Obviamente no es un problema para mí, je je
Now I will try to anylyse the game on my own, before using engine and not get bocked down by losses. I hope that everyone gets the oppurtunity to learn such valuable pieces of information to improve our chess!
Yeah also came to report the paragraph that wasn't translated, lol
@OctoPinky said in #2:
> This transforms learning into torture.

But chess is supposed to be hard work. That is implicit theory of learning. Any hard work will do, even if demented.
@dboing said in #7:
> But chess is supposed to be hard work.

As in athletics, there are different levels of "hard work". I'm talking about a work so far from the player's current abilities that it is more likely to make injuries than real improvement, as if you try to train your cycling climbing the Galibier when you struggle to make 10 mph on a 6% mile climb.
@OctoPinky said in #8:
> injuries than real improvement, as if you try to train your cycling climbing the Galibier when you struggle to make 10 mph on a 6% mile climb.

yep!

muscle waste. exhaustion. not just reduced improvment, but regression of the potential. need to stop, recuperate, heal body. and retrain back what was wasted.

but the mind is magical. Apply some hard work ethics and voilà, it overcomes the brain biology (the implicit theory).
@dboing said in #7:
> But chess is supposed to be hard work.

I was thinking about moves like this: I followed general idea "push passed pawns", even better when you can push them with check. Well, it seems one of these is a winning move, the other (actually played) ruined my advantage. I could analyze it for hours and still have no clue about the reason, let alone being able to find the right move in a future similar position: