I have had the pleasure of playing games with 2300 to 2400 chessplayers and
walk away impressed with their speed of finding tactics on the board. Yet,
when
these same guys play IMs and GMs they get darn near wiped out! ( I saw IM Ben
Fingold give an FM known for his tactical prowess 5-3 on the clock at the
World
Open -and beat this guy with perceived ease.)

You should have seen the IM who tried giving me 5-2 when I was rated 1900.

He got his ass handed to him.





Usually, after a while and a lot of fumbling, I can come close solutions to
the Informant combinations in the back of the Informant books. It seems that
there is some link between combinational sight speed and chess strength.

This question is especially for the above 2200 or high expert level guys out
there. Do you think that there is a correlation? Do you have any examples to
support your assertion?

Brian