tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post7555165208318749157..comments2024-01-29T14:44:29.902-05:00Comments on Castling Queen Side: Lessons From A Fellow BloggerPollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-13519379166489114242008-10-02T00:30:00.000-04:002008-10-02T00:30:00.000-04:00BDK: My rating may be better, and I have many more...BDK: My rating may be better, and I have many more years of playing experience, but I don't have the gift of explaining how I go through the process of improving. The beauty of our little space in the blogosphere is that we can throw things outs for others to see and work with.<BR/><BR/>I could probably find a position in any of my games that would be applicable to to each one of those statements. Unfortunately I would end out showing a bunch of losses, because I can't speak for my opponent in trying to pin point his mistakes.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-42356292191142525512008-10-01T15:25:00.000-04:002008-10-01T15:25:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks for the kind words, and it is so nice ...Hey, thanks for the kind words, and it is so nice to see your annotations with the analysis of the common mistakes from the lists. I'm going to have to re-read it more closely now with a better eye for the chess. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate the kind words, coming from someone so much better than me at chess it means a lot.Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-57368883852456537882008-10-01T02:42:00.000-04:002008-10-01T02:42:00.000-04:00Polly - I haven't played any OTB tourneys yet, but...Polly - I haven't played any OTB tourneys yet, but when playing some blitz games at chess.com, I do have a tendency to play the rating and not the board. I will be heading over to BDK's blog and reading the entire thing cause I need all the help I can get! Thanks for the info!Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886770968211046810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-74116654769210010342008-09-30T20:51:00.000-04:002008-09-30T20:51:00.000-04:00Tiger: I didn't say that I didn't let the rating i...Tiger: I didn't say that I didn't let the rating influence me, I said I TRIED NOT to let it influence me. Trying and doing are two different things. Even if I didn't outright think to myself this guy is a patzer, deep down I was probably expecting him to fall apart, especially since the knight sac on g2 was probably not sound, and d6 was also a mistake. I just didn't take advantage of these mistakes, and it cost me a 1/2 point, and a piece of 2nd place.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-8803327898082956892008-09-30T15:57:00.000-04:002008-09-30T15:57:00.000-04:00After this post i definetly have the feeling that ...After this post i definetly have the feeling that the archive of BDK is a place where one can find gold.<BR/><BR/>I too think you underestimated your opponent. You may say that knowing his rating didn't influence you but one way or the other i am sure it did influence you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-39721376133889864732008-09-30T14:02:00.000-04:002008-09-30T14:02:00.000-04:00Pawn: I think what irritated me about my mistake w...Pawn: I think what irritated me about my mistake was I over focused on his queen having only a small range of squares to work with. I kept thinking his only check was on h3, but as long as I had the rook or queen on the h file I was safe. That's where the narrowing of vision that I spoke of in the Chess Survival post comes into play. I was stressed by the tension of needing a win to put myself into 2nd place, (Screwed up in 2nd round vs other 2-0)and I have to admit this; worrying about the rating.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-84892640412248574042008-09-30T12:32:00.000-04:002008-09-30T12:32:00.000-04:00Polly - I wanted to say, that your last mistake do...Polly - I wanted to say, that your last mistake does not correspond to your level of understanding the game, but then remembered, how in winter I had similar case, where I won the rook, was happy for 30 seconds, just to see then that he does a perpetual check, because I did it in a wrong way. So who am I to judge you? We all make mistakes. By the way I got rid of these missing checks (hope so) by playing online. It happens pretty often and you get punished (punish) right away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com