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Chushoudelu

How to not blunder completely winning positions

hvenki

just take your time, no?

DasBurner

don't let their extra pawns bully you

Chushoudelu

but like I can't it's not possible

hvenki

^^

Chushoudelu
little_guinea_pig wrote:

try to simplify - don't worry about giving back a bit of material if you can get into a winning endgame because of it

and don't panic lol

no panicking, also no if I trade I lose

SomeGnome

Have you considered playing losing positions?

assassin3752

trade everything into a winning endgame

KeSetoKaiba
TonyL103 wrote:
little_guinea_pig wrote:

try to simplify - don't worry about giving back a bit of material if you can get into a winning endgame because of it

and don't panic lol

no panicking, also no if I trade I lose

Converting winning positions can be one of the toughest things in chess ironically. It doesn't always involve trading down into an ending. Sometimes converting means keeping pieces on the board and starting an attack. You have be be like IM Jeremy Silman and ask yourself what the position is asking to play.

For example, let us say you are up a pawn, but we are in some middlegame with minor pieces on the board and debating the exchanging of Queens. The instinct of trading down (simplify) when up material is a good intuition, but perhaps it might be stronger to avoid exchanging Queens...say the opponent King is uncastled, but ours is safe. In this fictional example, it might make more sense to AVOID exchanging our strongest potential attacker and milk the position for all it is worth before consolidating.

Of course the next question is then "when should I simplify and when should I attack?" And the common answer of "it depends" rings out again as everything depends on a bunch of little details grin.png

KeSetoKaiba
darkbrah7654 wrote:

trade everything into a winning endgame

I usually play this way too because I am usually confident in my endgame ability, but sometimes we can get more out of the current position by keeping attacking possibilities open and gaining more of an advantage before deciding to simplify. grin.png

assassin3752
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
darkbrah7654 wrote:

trade everything into a winning endgame

I usually play this way too because I am usually confident in my endgame ability, but sometimes we can get more out of the current position by keeping attacking possibilities open and gaining more of an advantage before deciding to simplify.

k

DasBurner
darkbrah7654 wrote:
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
darkbrah7654 wrote:

trade everything into a winning endgame

I usually play this way too because I am usually confident in my endgame ability, but sometimes we can get more out of the current position by keeping attacking possibilities open and gaining more of an advantage before deciding to simplify.

k

you did not just "k" him bruh

KeSetoKaiba
DaBabysBurner wrote:
darkbrah7654 wrote:
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
darkbrah7654 wrote:

trade everything into a winning endgame

I usually play this way too because I am usually confident in my endgame ability, but sometimes we can get more out of the current position by keeping attacking possibilities open and gaining more of an advantage before deciding to simplify.

k

you did not just "k" him bruh

lol I trust they just didn't have much to add and were just agreeing "okay" without trying to sound terse. happy.png

hvenki

to be fair that post deserves more than a singular letter

KeSetoKaiba
hvenki wrote:

to be fair that post deserves more than a singular letter

Probably wink.png

OrphanGenerator
TonyL103 wrote:
little_guinea_pig wrote:

try to simplify - don't worry about giving back a bit of material if you can get into a winning endgame because of it

and don't panic lol

no panicking, also no if I trade I lose

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