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Daniel Rench's theory of 2 weaknesses videos pay off


  • 2 years ago · Quote · #1

    Wall05

    A game I played with an interesting end game

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #2

    JG27Pyth

    Well done!

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #3

    orangehonda

    Good game.

    42. g5 "At this point my opponent offered me a draw"

    lol, white couldn't ask for a better position.  You have a protected passed pawn, all his pawns are on white squares, and if that wern't enough, your king can waltz in on e5.  In short your minor piece is better, your pawns are better, and your king is better.  This guy needs to crack open an endgame book Tongue out

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #5

    JG27Pyth

    tonydal wrote:

    Have no idea what the title means (or who Daniel Rench is)...but the notion of there having to be 2 weaknesses to win is a pretty venerable one.


    FM Daniel Rensch (or if I remember correctly he just became an IM)  is a chess.com video author. He's an excellent if idiosyncratic video teacher IMO.

    -- the title refers to Daniel R's videos.  Grammatically "theory-of-two-weaknessess" modifies "videos" so the title suggests that watching his videos has paid off. There's no need to point out that the theory is venerable (that is, not originated by Daniel R) any more than one needs to make the same point about the theory of gravity in the statement:

    Daniel Rensch's Theory of Gravity videos are great.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #6

    Atos

    Actually who did originate the Theory of Two Weaknesses ?

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #7

    Wall05

    JG27Pyth wrote:
    tonydal wrote:

    Have no idea what the title means (or who Daniel Rench is)...but the notion of there having to be 2 weaknesses to win is a pretty venerable one.


    FM Daniel Rensch (or if I remember correctly he just became an IM)  is a chess.com video author. He's an excellent if idiosyncratic video teacher IMO.

    -- the title refers to Daniel R's videos.  Grammatically "theory-of-two-weaknessess" modifies "videos" so the title suggests that watching his videos has paid off. There's no need to point out that the theory is venerable (that is, not originated by Daniel R) any more than one needs to make the same point about the theory of gravity in the statement:

    Daniel Rensch's Theory of Gravity videos are great.


     Appreciated

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #9

    kohai

    Well done Wall05 :)

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #10

    erstelage

    JG27Pyth wrote:

    -- the title refers to Daniel R's videos.  Grammatically "theory-of-two-weaknessess" modifies "videos" so the title suggests that watching his videos has paid off. There's no need to point out that the theory is venerable (that is, not originated by Daniel R) any more than one needs to make the same point about the theory of gravity in the statement:

    Daniel Rensch's Theory of Gravity videos are great.

     

    And yet it's your comment that comes off as snarky and rude. Back to your hovel, curmudgeon.

    That aside, great videos to be sure!

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #11

    orangehonda

    Atos wrote:

    Actually who did originate the Theory of Two Weaknesses ?


    Some ancient chess playing wizard to be sure.  Not a wizard on the board by the way, rather a real wizard.  In fact his deeply wrinkled face and long white beard is what makes up our modern archetypal chess master -- even though the best players have long been under 40-50, and a few world champs in their 20s, and none with beards, the general public still tends to think of a chess master as an elderly gentleman laying in wait in a park somewhere.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #12

    orangehonda

    tonydal wrote:
     . . .

    I would've guessed Steinitz (and still do). Wow, Oak Park...Hemingway's home town!

    Oh, this is also a good guess...

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #14

    tomjoad

    Nice game. Tx for the look.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #15

    iFeather

    Nice win.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #17

    JG27Pyth

    tonydal wrote:
    JG27Pyth wrote:

    -- the title refers to Daniel R's videos. Grammatically "theory-of-two-weaknessess" modifies "videos" so the title suggests that watching his videos has paid off. There's no need to point out that the theory is venerable (that is, not originated by Daniel R) any more than one needs to make the same point about the theory of gravity in the statement:

    Daniel Rensch's Theory of Gravity videos are great.


    Well, it does if you hyphenate it and quote-mark it as you did. Otherwise it's a bit unclear...but anyway, keep those grammar lessons coming (I thrive on condescension). :)

    rob, I would've guessed Steinitz (and still do). Wow, Oak Park...Hemingway's home town!


    I intended no condenscension -- pardon my pedantic manner which is habitual when I write for factual clarity. You point out the OP's title was "a bit unclear" --  ultimately I think it was unambiguous but yes when read quickly it leant itself to misinterpretation. You misinterpreted it, and I thought others might as well. This led to my apparently too careful explanation of the construction. I hope that clarifies my intentions, no hard feelings.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #18

    JG27Pyth

    erstelage wrote:
    JG27Pyth wrote:

    -- the title refers to Daniel R's videos.  Grammatically "theory-of-two-weaknessess" modifies "videos" so the title suggests that watching his videos has paid off. There's no need to point out that the theory is venerable (that is, not originated by Daniel R) any more than one needs to make the same point about the theory of gravity in the statement:

    Daniel Rensch's Theory of Gravity videos are great.

     

    And yet it's your comment that comes off as snarky and rude. Back to your hovel, curmudgeon.

    That aside, great videos to be sure!


    Snarky is your interpretation, Tonydal seems to have found me condescending -- so there was surely something wrong with my writing. I was trying to be as factual and level as I could be -- but I think my formality was taken as arch or snide. I draw the line at rude though.  Please, I wasn't rude, not one word was rude. Meanwhile, you seem to think nothing of blatantly insulting someone who had said not a word in your direction. "Back to your hovel, curmudgeon." Wow... and I did what, exactly, to deserve this comment? Are you a teenager who doesn't know any better? What leads you to think you ought to treat people with that level of unprovoked disrespect?

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #19

    orangehonda

    tonydal wrote:
    orangehonda wrote:
    Atos wrote:

    Actually who did originate the Theory of Two Weaknesses ?


    Some ancient chess playing wizard to be sure. Not a wizard on the board by the way, rather a real wizard. In fact his deeply wrinkled face and long white beard is what makes up our modern archetypal chess master -- even though the best players have long been under 40-50, and a few world champs in their 20s, and none with beards, the general public still tends to think of a chess master as an elderly gentleman laying in wait in a park somewhere.


    ...and hiding extra rooks in his beard (not the bird, the piece).


    This reminds me of when I learned how to do the elbow move -- during one post mortem after a tactical series we found the position to be losing for the first player only because his king had, much earlier in the game and with no way of knowing, chosen the wrong square to retreat to.  My opponent then demonstrated the "elbow move" while leaning his body overtly toward one side of the board to make his move, at the same time his elbow nudged his king over to the correct square... I thought this was very funny.

    If I played at a big city chess club like New York or Saint Louis I imagine I'd learn a few more tricks... the rooks in the beard is pretty sneaky lol.

  • 2 years ago · Quote · #20

    chesteroz

    Thanks for posting the game. It has given me insight into what happens in some of my losses and something more to work on.


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