Hi all, I play blindfold chess and am now working on blindfold cubing. I've made my own connection with it; For EP, I memorize edges as a combination of numbers and letters. I now have it split A-F and 1-6.
If I run into a position that has: D4F3 in sequence, I'm able to visualize a chess position. Obviously this doesn't work with every combination of letters/numbers, but my comfort with bld chess helps in certain situations. I know this probably wasn't the direction the thread was going, but it works for me because it has personal appeal. I also used to be a huge basketball fan, so certain combinations of numbers become useful. (i.e. 23=Jordan, 45=Jordan's return, 21=Duncan, etc, etc.) As previously mentioned, I'm new to bld cubing, but the above mentioned strategies has helped with getting my EP under control. Thanks to Tyson for encouraging me to divvy up the solution. A bit more work with EP and CP and I'll get a successful solve in. (hopefully) Happy cubing and stay friendly -Richard --- In [email protected], Rune Wesström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And what tells you that a "random board" must reflect a legal chess position? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sander hendrickx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] bld video > > > > 1) 3 kings isn't a random chess position... it's an > > impossible/illegal chess position > > 2) weird legal things aren't that hard to come up > > with, but are hard to memorize because they don't make > > sense. for example let's say I can take your queen > > with my bisschop, instead I put my knight in front of > > your rook... it's a legal move, but it doesn't make > > sense (and thus let's call it random), so it's much > > harder to memorize... > > > > just my 2 cents, euro's, whatever > > sander > > > > --- Rune Wesström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What do you mean by a "random" board? A board with > > > e.g. three kings and five bishops on it? In other > > > case I can´t agree with you. Take e.g. some curious > > > problem "mate in 3 moves" with 20 pieces on the > > > board. Don´t you think a chess master would catch > > > this position in less than, say 20 seconds? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:45 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] bld video > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > > Lars Petrus <lars@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't see any reason why people couldn't, with > > > a lot of talent and > > > > > years of dedicated practice, do the same thing > > > with a 3x3x3. It > > > > > doesn't hold more information than a face or a > > > chess position. > > > > > > > > Um... I disagree. What you mentioned, that chess > > > players can memorize > > > > a chess situation very quickly, that's only for > > > *real* chess > > > > situations coming from a *real* game that makes > > > sense. If you give > > > > them *random* boards they're not any better than > > > other people (oh > > > > well, probably better than the dumbo on the street > > > who doesn't even > > > > know what chess is). But in blindsolving we're > > > dealing with *random* > > > > cubes, so that's not comparable to chess masters > > > memorizing a > > > > meaningful chess situation. > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
