solsky the truth haS A CERTAIN UNMISTAKEABLE RING TO IT, EBERYTHING U SAID IS ABSOLUTE GOLD i got David playing 5 minute blitz now and he is becoming a monster at that as well. Difference now is he cant do twenty to nothing like before. Last night, for example, we played 32 5 minute blitzes. He won 20 and i won 12! i have new wind in my sails. we play the 5th symphony and submit to the rtigors of the clock,,, He does not like to lose, not at all!
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Apr 15, 2014
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Yes, shifts of balance in playing strength happen all the time when you're getting better. It's really satisfactory to be able to do something against people who used to crush you. Thumbs up!
Apr 15, 2014
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#44
My adolescence chess battles, where I started to do better than my peers, were done with Joy Division and Pink Floyd as background, mostly.
A couple of years later, it became the complete Beethoven 32 piano sonatas, played by Wilhelm Kempff.
The next stage was neglecting chess somewhat, in favor of learning to play these 32 sonatas...
aha u do music! My man! Im a trumpet player (in abeyance for now) myself. Yes when i started thinking in terms of nickles and dimes on the board and treating each pawn as a very valuable thing almost immediately i started making progress against David. i stopped as u say "chasing shadows" and just started focusing on not giving anything for free. It works!
WOW! now there's a thought. The human genome of the developement of chess and music. A thesis!, I'll start working on it in a minute. Time for a coffee.
Apr 16, 2014
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#47
Oh yeah man, it does work :-)
Beyond that level, of fervently hanging on to material, there are other things happening, that you should know about one day - but this (giving due importance to material) is really a basic and needs to be thoroughly understood and applied, before trying to find and create exceptions to it.
Keep reporting as results against David keep improving... how's he taking the change, by the way? Any observations or compliments on his part? Some astonishment maybe?
Practice is everything. My older brother has a natural talent for chess, but when he stopped practicing, guess what happened? He started losing to me (and I'm over 100 points under him!) when we played chess together. A few months ago he started practicing again, and he once again is beating everyone lol. If your goal is to become a IM or even a GM, you must practice or you will lose your 'touch' in chess. Just because your good at something (I'm sure you've heard this before) doesn't mean you should stop practicing.
He is very stingy to the point of non-existence with the compliments. Never is it because i outplayed him that i win. Always it's because "I spaced out." he says, or "that was a ridiculously easy combination. i saw it but i ignored it." (to his cost and chagrin) If you're looking for good feedback from that guy forget about it. That's asking too much. He's only happy when he hears me go "AAArrrggghhh!" after a blunder. Similar to Cote, gg, and Clorox.
Apr 16, 2014
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#50
Lol - I liked very much "to his cost and chagrin". That's the way to go!
To be honest with you, I didn't read either of them