Are you sure? The answer must be odd as the first square is 1, an odd number. All the other squares will be even due to doubling. As I understood it the number was the sum of all squares, and therefore, it would be an odd number.
Great post. Is the best way to become familiar with a given opening's resulting middlegame positions - aside from amassing a large volume of games played - to play through a bunch of master games in that opening? If not, what else?
Many options - Have someone who knows the opening inside-out explain it to you (great, but not always possible); Get a book or course that has good explanations; Play training games in the opening (rapid works well); Play against the computer and see what it does (not whole games, just trying a few moves at a time); Arrange an engine tournament and review the games (see Matthew Sadler's new book)
The last number is 6 not 5 in the grain problem
Are you sure? The answer must be odd as the first square is 1, an odd number. All the other squares will be even due to doubling. As I understood it the number was the sum of all squares, and therefore, it would be an odd number.
Yeah true. I just copied from wiki when it still had the wrong answer.
Great post. Is the best way to become familiar with a given opening's resulting middlegame positions - aside from amassing a large volume of games played - to play through a bunch of master games in that opening? If not, what else?
Many options - Have someone who knows the opening inside-out explain it to you (great, but not always possible); Get a book or course that has good explanations; Play training games in the opening (rapid works well); Play against the computer and see what it does (not whole games, just trying a few moves at a time); Arrange an engine tournament and review the games (see Matthew Sadler's new book)