tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post4729915015549720673..comments2024-01-29T14:44:29.902-05:00Comments on Castling Queen Side: Washington State Class - Day 2Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-67111459027181639822008-12-04T16:09:00.000-05:002008-12-04T16:09:00.000-05:00"I'm not quite sure how to get out of this rut."Ma..."I'm not quite sure how to get out of this rut."<BR/><BR/>Maybe it sounds paradoxal but try to play an opening you know little or nothing of. That way you have to search for the moves yourself and cant copy moves which may have worked in previous games but are not good in current and next games.<BR/><BR/>With other words, go back to the past. To the place that you had to find out what is good and what's wrong. With other words that you had to think from move one instead of clinging on what is written in openingbooks.<BR/><BR/>The above advise worked for me. But please dont blame me if it doesn't works for you. Afterall i am not you and maybe you have other chessical needs that i am not aware of.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-40932541374119443432008-12-03T23:13:00.000-05:002008-12-03T23:13:00.000-05:00Tiger: I could have played on in the first game, b...Tiger: I could have played on in the first game, but unless he allows me to trade off the bishop and the queen my extra pawn isn't going to help.<BR/><BR/>I agree that White should not have offered a draw at that point. He has a much more active position, and I felt he had some good play. Perhaps age was a factor. He's much older then me, and maybe he was getting tired. <BR/><BR/>There are times I feel like I have no idea what is going on, and play aimless moves, particularly in the middle game. I'm not quite sure how to get out of this rut.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-72997334970131894552008-12-03T17:27:00.000-05:002008-12-03T17:27:00.000-05:00In the first game i would have played on a little ...In the first game i would have played on a little since black is a pawn up.<BR/><BR/>In the second game i dont know why white offered a draw. He clearly had more play then black and should have tried longer then he did. He may have lost but with this draw he learns nothing. With either a win or a lose he would have learned much more.<BR/><BR/>The play in your games is once again inconsistent. In the first game your middlegame tends to be a bit planless while opening and ending (if one may call the last move ending) are of a higher level.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you knew your openingmoves but i am not sure if you know the plan behind those moves. Do you?From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.com