Manual de Houdini 3 2012 | Page 207

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3.6.4

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Tactical Training
T ra ining

At t a c k/Che c k/De fe nc e t ra ining

There are certain basic skills in chess, like the ability to spot tactical patterns quickly
and reliably, that can be honed. The program has modules to help you train and
improve your abilities in this area.
The special trainings modules automatically generate practise positions, presenting you
with positions in which you must spot all pieces that are attacked, in check or not
defended. The positions are taken from any database you select.
Click on T ra ining and select one of the three options: Attack, Check or Defence.

In the dialog that appears you can select a database and a start game number. The
program keeps track of the games it has already gone through and offers you the next
one when you start again. You can also set the maximum time you get per position.
The above picture shows the dialog that appears for Attack training. The others work
in basically the same way (except that the task given is different). This is what you
have to find
Attack – here you are required to click all white and black piece that can be
captured by the enemy;
Check – click all pieces that can deliver check to the enemy king by moving to a
checking square;
Defence – click all squares which are not defended by at least one friendly piece.
Clicking on squares will mark them green, clicking again removes the mark. If you solve
the problem in the allocated time the program will automatically present a new
position. If not it will show you the correct solution. You also get statistics of your
results, and can proceed to the next training position. Click on the red "Stop" button
on the top left to end the training session.

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