That Tarrasch quote is really so true, but I keep forgetting...so I'm always the opponent he's talking about.
What's the best chess advice you ever got?
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AfafBouardi wrote:
That Tarrasch quote is really so true, but I keep forgetting...so I'm always the opponent he's talking about.
yeah it is a pretty good one. I used to always want to "make things happen" now I try at time to just sit back, give my opponet rope, and watch them hang themselves.
jarkov wrote:
AfafBouardi wrote:
That Tarrasch quote is really so true, but I keep forgetting...so I'm always the opponent he's talking about.
yeah it is a pretty good one. I used to always want to "make things happen" now I try at time to just sit back, give my opponet rope, and watch them hang themselves.
only problem is... sometimes when I toss them the rop its wrapped around my leg and I get dragged around 
"A bad plan is better than no plan at all". That one really helped my game a while ago.
polydiatonic wrote:
Oh here's another one:
"Castle early and often"
I thought you can only castle once? Well, not always.... Check out White's moves 10 and 33
That's a curious glitch -- is that an actual game from here, or is the bug just in the game editor?
Dunno why it didn't post the player names. It's from Tim Krabbe's site, Heidenfeld-Kerrins, Dublin 1973
"sit on your hands", meaning, when you think you have found the best move, keep looking.
Mar 10, 2010
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Here's an other one from my memory:
"gambit pawns are usually yummy, but sometimes they give you a stomachache".
Truer words have never been spoken.
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Follow through---Never mind, that was bowling advice.
Mar 10, 2010
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A tie between
"Look at all checks, captures and threats (forcing moves) on the board for both sides before you even DARE look anything else"
AND (as I got a little bit better)
"Stop trying to force things!"
zankfrappa wrote:
Follow through---Never mind, that was bowling advice.
Still, it actually makes sense in chess though: see your plan through to its conclusion with the maximum conviction possible (provided the situation doesn't change on the board which requires another plan altogether).
Re-evaluate your plan before every move to ensure that it is still the best course.
"Don't grab."
1. e4 ......, I still have no clue what's going on with any other openning despite having played them for decades. I do concentrate better when confronted with q-side starts.
"Play the Queen's Gambit" Aparently the Queen's Gambit really suited my style of play :)
Early on I was told "look at the whole board". That really helped.
Later on I was read a quote, I think it might have been Tarrasch who said: "if you don't have a good idea, wait for your opponent to get one, it's sure to be bad". It was tongue in cheek, but there is some real wisdom there.