The loser/looser blunder doesnt bother me nearly as much as people who dont seem to know the difference between : their/there/they're as well as : your/you're , I have also seen hear/here misused as well ...... seems the dumbing down is picking up steam....
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TheMrLooka wrote:
Thanks everyone... I sometimes don't know what to play, so I trade pieces. You think that's bad?
@ jconn - you said you don't understand 16... d4. Then what would you play?
I don't know what others think about this theory but; If you don't know what to play, try to improve you position, open the game up with an exchange if need be, look to exchange your bad (or badly placed) pieces for your opponents good pieces etc.
andmark wrote:
I don't know what others think about this theory but; If you don't know what to play, try to improve you position, open the game up with an exchange if need be, look to exchange your bad (or badly placed) pieces for your opponents good pieces etc.
One of the great GrandMasters was actually quoted saying something like "When in doubt, improve your worst piece" or something. If this leads to an exchange, then be it - at least you get rid of a bad piece. But don't go around exchanging your good ones!
Why are you making such a big deal about one little mistake?! As paulgottlieb said, I'm not a native English speaker, so I am allowed to have a mistake or two, right?
Aug 13, 2010
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Grammar and spelling police can't help it. They know they're irritating, but they have a compulsion to point out other people's mistakes and they can't stop. At least in the forums they're easy to ignore. In real life they occasionally have to be beaten senseless by an angry mob before they finally desist.
Aug 13, 2010
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About the grammar, how will anyone ever know they're wrong if their mistakes are just accepted? I know some people don't like to be corrected, but they should be thankful when someone legitimately corrects them. On the other hand, I think criticizing a foreigner for his spelling when he speaks better English than most public school graduates in the United States is perhaps not the best way to go about educating the public on proper English.
To TheMrLooka: I said that 16. ... d4 was not good, but did not suggest an alternative. Others have pointed out flaws in certain moves you've played, but also failed to offer alternatives. That's not unconstructive criticism. Suggesting a move is pointless, because a move is just a move. You clearly don't understand the position you reached well enough to play "correctly", no matter how many "correct" moves you play. You will learn better and more quickly by finding your errors and understanding why they are errors than by being told the "correct" move. A mistaken move is almost always the result of lack of understanding and wrong thinking in the large, not just a momentary lapse. A good move may be the result of clear thinking and understanding, or of chance, or because you knew the "right" move by memory. Needless to say, understanding and clear thinking are the preferred sources of good moves, and you can only obtain that understanding and start thinking clearly when you've eliminated - or, more correctly, reduced - the incorrect thinking.
So, the positive advice that is suitable for your level is:
1) don't hang material; ie, play moves which maintain your material, or diminish your opponent's
2) make sure your pieces are placed well (possibly - but not necessarily - where they control the most squares)
3) avoid exchanging pieces (not necessarily pawns) when you are down material; ie, when you are up material, seek favorable exchanges - this is a basic mathematical principle (eg, 2:1 is a larger ratio than 3:2)
Try to develop correct thinking by understanding your mistakes, and try to avoid mistakes by following general guidelines such as the three I just listed (you will hopefully be adding to and refining this list as your understanding grows, and as you make more and different mistakes). When you improve, you may even find that you need to rethink/rephrase some of the guidelines, or even remove them altogether.
Niven42 wrote:
Most people hate when I say this, and you can jump on me all you want, but I'm seeing it happen too much not to speak up: "loose" rhymes with "moose". If you don't win a game, then you "lose" it. Only one "O" in lose, not two.
He is only 14 , I think there is no need to correct him.
Anyway, his English is probably way better than your Croatian. 
Luka, uskoro stiže Fritz analiza pa ćeš moći detaljno vidjeti gdje si zeznuo. 
Your opening and middlegame weren't that loose. Just your endgame
I think that the first mistake(if you could call it a mistake) was to play 3.Bc4.
IMO stronger is 3.d4, statistics from 365chess.com (masters database) shows slightly better results(also note the number of the played games ) :
| 3. d4 | 790 |
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| 3. Bc4 | 90 |
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And, if we consider your and his rating, I think that he would play Bg4 anyway which could give you an opportunity for this (I won several games in this line):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_box_game
OK, here is analyis, please take a good look for Fritz alternative lines which can give you a good hint of the best moves in the given position:
Thank you Dragec. Can you tell me if and where can I do the Fritz analyse on my own?
Edit: Cek malo, oni potezi napisani crnom bojom su moji a oni plavi su kao nesto sta on kaze da je dobro odigrat ili kak?
Of course you can, but you would need to have Fritz(or Rybka, or some other program) installed.
Then you can download your games from the games archive, and analyse them with the engine of your choice.
If you search the forums, I believe that you'll find lot of the discussions regarding chess engines, even some suggestions for a nice free engines.
As for the analysis, main line is the game as actually played by you and your opponent, sidelines (in brackets) are lines where Fritz have found improvements(for both players).
Please look at(be sure to read a first and the third part as well), the analysis I have posted was so called "blunder-check analysis" which provides numerical evaluation of the position:
http://www.chesscentral.com/Chess_Engine_Software_Analysis_P1_a/Chess_Engine_Software_Analysis_P2_a/208.htm
Didn't the Beatles do "I'm a Looser"?
I thought that was Beck.