What Other Talents Seers Have?/Seeing in Chess

Fri Jan 10 19:41:23 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 49566

Taryn wrote:
> ssyc:
> >>   Personally, I have always had an impression, that his
> >> talent in chess was an indication of his *analytical*
> >> abilities. 

Then Laurasia replied:
> >Maybe. But in that case surely Hermione would be excellent at 
chess, 
> >which, we know, she isn't (or at least, Ron always beats her. 
> >Suggesting he's got something she hasn't)

And then Taryn again: 
> Exactly. Ron has experience. He's obviously been playing chess for 
a good deal of time, whereas Hermione obviously hasn't had the 
experience that he has.
> 
> --Taryn

Now me:

I'm a long time lurker and this is my first post to the group, and as 
English is not my native language (and I'm asking for the elves and 
the MODs help if I write something wrong or unclearly) this may be 
not very nicely written as well, so I beg you to be patient with my 
post and please be kind to me.
IMHO chess is a game of strategy, analysis yes, but mainly strategy, 
as it requires the ability to foresee the opponent's intentions and 
being able to sacrifice some pieces in order to win the game, and at 
the same time no losing them purposelessly.  
Chess is a war game where you have to defeat your opponent by getting 
his king, you use your "army" to do so and you have to keep your own 
king safe during the battle (i.e. the game).
I know that the experience takes its role but the main trait in a 
gifted chess player is the way he is able to plan in advance many 
moves, some of his own and some of it's opponent (as part of the 
opponent's plan and as a reaction to the previous move) in order to 
achieve success, and to calculate the risk involved in each possible 
path that can be taken.
So, my guess is that Ron is a very clever strategist when he wants, 
in the way I think Dumbledore is, and I sadly have to say it, 
Voldemort is as well. 

Katrina (Blushing for the intromission in the posting and going back 
to lurking kingdom)