tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post510882025395580495..comments2024-01-29T14:44:29.902-05:00Comments on Castling Queen Side: NYS Women's Championship - Rd. 1Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-39670045667579028722009-06-04T04:07:57.744-04:002009-06-04T04:07:57.744-04:00I doubt your opp knew more of the opening then jus...I doubt your opp knew more of the opening then just the moves. Then here middlegame i dont understand since pieces are put of more active diagnals, pieces are not developed to more active squares, ... . But i guess that is what one can expect from a still improving 1200+ player.<br /><br />@linuxguy<br /><br />I guess it's best that you are a mixture of A and B. That you are still courious about the possibilities of the position but relay on your past experience also to know which move you dont like.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-25529187320795265352009-06-04T00:04:26.395-04:002009-06-04T00:04:26.395-04:00Linux: I tend to be more of a type B player. Try ...Linux: I tend to be more of a type B player. Try to play solid moves, and see what the opponent is going to throw at me. At fast time controls that can be a double edged sword if they throw something unexpected at you. <br /><br />This game was clearly a B game. Snapped up the free pawn, and then just used my end game experience to work down to something that was manageable. Since kids tend to go for tactical shots, I wanted to avoid risking my edge.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-21771934654338671092009-06-03T17:35:56.060-04:002009-06-03T17:35:56.060-04:00When it comes to results, I think there is this tr...When it comes to results, I think there is this tradeoffs conversation that can take place internally.<br /><br />First off all, chess always requires careful moves and avoidance of sloppy mistakes, but the question goes like this: Do I want to <br />A) Improve my chess, find the truth of each position, try to divine the jugular on move 6 (harhar)<br />- or - <br />B) Play from past experience, go solid, stay strong on clock and energy while remaining vigilant for opponent errors.<br /><br />B can work, save time, yield results, but especially if there is a modicum of creativity to the game. Note, creative moves can be played out quickly if you found them from some opening book, tried them out against Crafty already, etc. Almost like a prepared win.<br /><br />I won one of those game B's recently online in about 8 minutes, I'll try and find it for my next blog.linuxguyhttp://linuxguyonfics.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-33692581077058766312009-06-03T17:14:43.217-04:002009-06-03T17:14:43.217-04:00Great endgame technique, although the pawn win is ...Great endgame technique, although the pawn win is positionally decisive.<br /><br />White gives up light bishop exchange, then 16. is sort of a turning point. White needs to play 16.d5 (not Rb1), and then White has follow up options (rotate pieces through d4, and/or add an f4 or g4 pawn push, etc.)<br /><br />I've played c3 Sicilian many times as White, it was once my repertoire. f3 is slow, but has been played by a GM. Without Nc3, f3 is _really_ slow, as in Nd2 and Ne2. The bishops "can" aim to be played at d3 and e3, but that system is almost fatally slow. Played it once against a 1250ish girl, around there, and won, but I spent most of my time examining her counter-shots, and successfully crossing my fingers. ;-)linuxguyhttp://linuxguyonfics.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-56304016826140713812009-06-03T11:21:33.042-04:002009-06-03T11:21:33.042-04:00Kids, even small ones, know the openings pretty we...Kids, even small ones, know the openings pretty well, they can give you 8-10 moves from the book. Yeah, they move fast, so if you don't manage your time well, you can get into trouble. The opposite side of it is that they miss tactics or strong moves (it doesn't mean that you don't miss it as well :) ). Yeah, they don't get tired at all, so it can play out on the long run. They still lack strategic/positional skills, it's how you get them (plus tactics, of course).Rolling Pawnshttp://rollingpawns.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com