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17th July 2009, 06:25pm
#1
by hazenfelts
England
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 586

Here is a game I recently played on live chess whilst watching TV and making moves on my turn based chess games.  I try not to do this as it seems to put me in some strange zombified state where I'm not really concentrating properly and I end up playing in an auto-pilot sort of way.  Not really looking where I'm going, just moving pieces into positions I know to be sort of correct. (This goes okay through an opening I know but when it gets to the middle game it ends up looking horrendous).  In this example I noticed the position looked like I had a chance at Legall's mate and ended up going wrong.  Enjoy the incompetence of my play:

17th July 2009, 06:45pm
#2
by Ko7
Uzbekistan
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 28441

very interesting game...may be your opponent was in auto-pilot....

18th July 2009, 02:47am
#3
by WILDOLIVE_OM
sapang maisac,mexico,pampanga Philippines
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 105

nice game.

18th July 2009, 04:01pm
#4
by hazenfelts
England
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 586

thank you

18th July 2009, 04:06pm
#5
by G-Money9
Chicago United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 3372

I play like that all the time!  While playing live, I move in other games, listen to music, do tactics trainer or chess mentor, and post in the forums.

I don't know what it's like to not play in auto-pilot...

 

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