Excercises for planning ahead
Excercises for planning ahead
Post suggestions for excercises to build up the skill of planning ahead.
reddisert | 3 years ago
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I believe that playing chess, especially for extended periods of time is very beneficial for building up the skill of planning ahead.
I am, of course, speaking of the chess where people actually sit out and reason things, as opposed to the rote memorization of and application of a famous sequence of moves.
Also good: the game Go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
I am, of course, speaking of the chess where people actually sit out and reason things, as opposed to the rote memorization of and application of a famous sequence of moves.
Also good: the game Go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
reddisert | 3 years ago
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There have been some discussions on the differences between the reasoning involved in Chess and Go. Namely, relatively speaking, Chess stresses analytical thinking more, while Go stresses pattern recognition more.
While there is probably significant overlap in the skillset involved, Chess is "more analytical" because it has specialized pieces which follow different rules in movement. A Chess strategy would involve thinking through various interactions between these different pieces. On the other hand, Go pieces all follow the same rules. The strength of the pieces is derived from the other pieces, and the planning would concern the progression of the formation of pieces.
The advantage of expert, stable, long-term memory about board configurations (the "rote memorization" part), and the looking ahead based on these memories, is likely to be shared between these board games. So here, they also serve to exercise attention and patience.
While there is probably significant overlap in the skillset involved, Chess is "more analytical" because it has specialized pieces which follow different rules in movement. A Chess strategy would involve thinking through various interactions between these different pieces. On the other hand, Go pieces all follow the same rules. The strength of the pieces is derived from the other pieces, and the planning would concern the progression of the formation of pieces.
The advantage of expert, stable, long-term memory about board configurations (the "rote memorization" part), and the looking ahead based on these memories, is likely to be shared between these board games. So here, they also serve to exercise attention and patience.
cognitivefun | 3 years ago
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