Answers.Body: <p>I think it is a sign of greater awareness of certain patterns and positions. So my answer is Yes, I do think it is a sign of improvement.</p>
  <p>I doubt that there is anything wrong with going back through an old chess book, even if you remember everything -- rather I think it is good; it is something that I have done quite often as well. It will certainly reinforce what you already know. I would advance and get more exercises to work on, but you will find that all the previous exercises that you have done will help a great deal with your new exercises.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I think that's a best case, not having to think about a combination, but 'knowing' it.</p>
  <p>It's not a sign of improvement, but it's a definite plank in the platform.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: How much more do you expect from answers to yes/no questions, dude. Was I unclear about 'no'?
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Answers.Text: Are you the sole judge of sufficient depth, or is there a panel of judges for artistic impression and technical merit?
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Answers.Text: @friscodelrosario Yes, there is a panel of judges, actually. It consists of every member of the site, and they can click the up or down arrow.
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Answers.Body: <p>memorize?  no!!</p>
  <p>intuitively understand and execute without thinking  then yes.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am currently re-doing a book of tactical exercises. I have not seen some of the exercises for longer than a year, and when I look at the position at first it seems new and I see nothing, until it clicks and I remember the solution. It is not through calculation, I just stumble upon it and remember it. I of course verify my &quot;guess&quot; by calculation, but once one know it works it is not hard.</p>
  <p>I was wondering whether it is even worth going through a book if this is how I solve about 95% of the exercises, it feels a little like cheating and I should do new exercises. But then I think: Is this not how it is supposed to work? If a motif appears in my game, I will get the same feeling that something is there, and that is what the point of my training was, and by going through the book again I will reinforce the patterns.</p>
  
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Title: Is memorizing tactics a sign of improvement?
ThreadText: # Is memorizing tactics a sign of improvement?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-17)
  
  I am currently re-doing a book of tactical exercises. I have not seen some of the exercises for longer than a year, and when I look at the position at first it seems new and I see nothing, until it clicks and I remember the solution. It is not through calculation, I just stumble upon it and remember it. I of course verify my "guess" by calculation, but once one know it works it is not hard.
  
  I was wondering whether it is even worth going through a book if this is how I solve about 95% of the exercises, it feels a little like cheating and I should do new exercises. But then I think: Is this not how it is supposed to work? If a motif appears in my game, I will get the same feeling that something is there, and that is what the point of my training was, and by going through the book again I will reinforce the patterns.
  
  **Tags:** learning, tactics
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-18. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  I think it is a sign of greater awareness of certain patterns and positions. So my answer is Yes, I do think it is a sign of improvement.
  
  I doubt that there is anything wrong with going back through an old chess book, even if you remember everything -- rather I think it is good; it is something that I have done quite often as well. It will certainly reinforce what you already know. I would advance and get more exercises to work on, but you will find that all the previous exercises that you have done will help a great deal with your new exercises.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-17. Score: 0
  
  I think that's a best case, not having to think about a combination, but 'knowing' it.
  
  It's not a sign of improvement, but it's a definite plank in the platform.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: How much more do you expect from answers to yes/no questions, dude. Was I unclear about 'no'?  
  > **username_2**: Are you the sole judge of sufficient depth, or is there a panel of judges for artistic impression and technical merit?  
  > **username_3**: @username_2 Yes, there is a panel of judges, actually. It consists of every member of the site, and they can click the up or down arrow.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2020-09-18. Score: 0
  
  memorize? no!!
  
  intuitively understand and execute without thinking then yes.
  
  
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