"Roman M. Parparov" wrote in message
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Kotov - yes, briefly.
Dvoretsky - no. I am not sure when it was printed first in Russia.
I still think that classical game collections are the best things
to learn from.

Sure, the collections of the games of GMs printed in ex-USSR are superb.
But Dvoretsky gives an insight how professional training looked like in
USSR.
So the reply although funny was not completely nonsensical


Let`s explain some definitions. Who do you call 'Class C level' players
?

III category. 1800 ELO. As far as you can reach without talent, by
enthusiasm only.

Man, it`s a high rating anyway for such a kid taking it statistically !

Well, if we talk about chess prodigies like Capablanka or Reshevsky, they
played on a master level already being well under 12.
But on the other side are the players who started playing chess relatively
late in their lives and against the will of their families or their coaches
and became professional chess players.
For sure Rubinstein belonged to the category. He started playing chess only
when he was 16 but became one of the greatest chessplayers of all times.
Of course today we see other tendency : kids are trained heavily from the
early age and if they happen to be chess prodigies like young Kramnik or
Karyakin it`s no problem. They developped their chess skills naturally.

But in this way we may lose many new RubinSteins who start to play seriously
when they grow up a little

Regards,
Jerzy