Do you ever feel when you make one bad move or about to lose one game, you second guess yourself time and time again?  You just feel like every move you are about to make is wrong.

OOOOO - I know exactly how you feel!  It's as if suddenly all your plans come crashing around your ears..

same here, like when u lose just one, u think it's just one loss, but it happens again, and again, and again.

I do - sometimes - and my explanation is that I try not to make a mistake again. In a way, I become overly cautious. I don't "feel like every move I am about to make is wrong" - I just don't want it to be wrong. I think there is a difference. If you feel like it's wrong, it means that you suspect that there is something wrong with it and you are trying to find the wrong thing. You focus on the negative; judgment has been passed. On the other hand, if you don't want it to be wrong, as in my case, I am looking for a better move, or I am just double checking my decision. I am focusing on the upside. Very thin line, but it's there. I think it is healthy, every time you find a move, to double check it; to retrace your thinking line or pattern, just to be sure. I don't always do it, but I know it's a good thing.

Glad to hear/see that we (chess players) share "feelings". 

lol - yeah, that we're not just automatons...hehe

i feel hungry

I haven't heard the word automaton in a while.  Nice choice of words.

yeah as long as we are not playing with programs the opponent may also make a blunder "To err is human" its a safe bet to avoid exchanges when you think ur position is bad.

yeah, seriously. automatons don't get hungry.

I'd hardly say that when I lose a piece I second guess my every move, rather I find that I usually switch my posture.  Most of the time I play aggressively, if I lose one of the pieces that I was counting on I find that I will fall back and take a more defensive strategy.  The downside is this tends to prevent one from capitalizing upon your opponent's errors.  It would be curious to see if going on the offensive would allow one to gain the initiative and force your opponent to slip up.

It happens to me when I'm winning, but it's not an easy win, and it would be very easy to lead it to a draw...

Howlingbanshee wrote:

I haven't heard the word automaton in a while.  Nice choice of words.

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because you haven't read this: http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/turk

batgirl wrote: Howlingbanshee wrote:

I haven't heard the word automaton in a while.  Nice choice of words.

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because you haven't read this: http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/turk

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 There's a well written book on The Turk by Tom Standage.

 

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/05/30/the.turk/ 

RBurns3167 wrote:  The downside is this tends to prevent one from capitalizing upon your opponent's errors.  It would be curious to see if going on the offensive would allow one to gain the initiative and force your opponent to slip up.

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The problem with attacking with a weak position is that it leads to easy end game for the opponent. Hence Its better to wait like a python.