Personal Strategy: Results (Torr on survey.Part 7)

Torr on Survey
Part 7. Why move at all ?
Results

Here are the data collected on questions 36-38.

Table 36.
Q32: What decides which move to make:
1. a feeling
2. intuition
3. thourough calculation
4. I just moves what seems nice

1900-2100

Q36: rating 1900-2100

sub-1600

Q36: rating sub-1600

2100-2400

Q36: rating 2100-2400

1600-1900

Q36: rating 1600-1900

above 2400

Q36: rating above 2400

Table 37. Q37: If you feel good about a move, may it then be because of: 1. intuition 2. thourough calculation 3. pattern recognition	1900-2100
sub-1600	2100-2400
1600-1900	above 2400

Table 38. Q38: *Finding the best* move is to me**: 1. unimportant 2. somewhat important 3. quite important 4. very important	1900-2100
sub-1600	2100-2400
1600-1900	above 2400

Authors note Apart from deletion of doublets (based on IP-numbers), there has been made no changes to the received answers. Figures that might appear odd or questionable must be considered with this in mind. The reader is encouraged to analyze and conclude open the results in a critical manner.

Disclaimer The data presented here and in the following articles can be analyzed and concluded upon in many ways (remember that the survey was scored on-line, and that the data may not be representative of all chessplayers alike). The conclusions presented here are mine entirely. Feel free to disagree, to have your own interpretations and to impove your chess in the manner that suits you. The full material of data will be published in the last article of this series. If you have questions prior to this, or other comments, feel free to mail me on torr@privat.dk

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