Blindspots
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Nice, quote and observations!!
one that i've found is: you can take a pawn, you don't have to move around it...
One that I have found is the phenchetto(i didn't spell it right sorry) with either bishop is often overlooked and can win a rook in a middle game. I find the diagonal blindspots funny.
ZZBrandon wrote: One that I have found is the phenchetto(i didn't spell it right sorry) with either bishop is often overlooked and can win a rook in a middle game. I find the diagonal blindspots funny.
Yes, diagonals. I have a won a few rooks on b8 with a Bishop hidden waaaay over on h2.
yes I wish there was a way to get rid of this type of thing, my one chess teacher once told me it was called "tunnel vision" where you would focus on certain aspects of the chess game but block out certain areas of the board rather than seeing the whole picture. It was an interesting term, it makes sense to, I think it is something all chess players need to learn to cope with.
i agree
most players focus on one small part of the board... (generally their queen) too many times i have won through them looking after their queen whilst i was setting up a checkmate...
Sep 15, 2007
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One of my problems is focusing too much on piling up pressure on one spot on the board, often being way too aggressive just to try to win a pawn, whilst forgetting pretty much everything else!
Ya I can understand that, however I remember reading somewhere that often it is better to be down a pawn and be slightly down in material that way you will fight that much harder while the opposition may relax a little bit because they feel they are winning. Something to keep in mind about the psycological aspects of chess.
Sep 20, 2007
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I would add the following: a threat that is parried is not necessarily eliminated.
I sometimes forget about a threat once I have parried it. Then, later in the game, the threat reappears in conjunction with something else and it becomes much harder to handle.
You are right
This is a list of blindspots I've noticed that most players display in their chess games. Generally we tend to move our pieces forward and go after the enemy. This means that sometimes we miss some really basic moves.
"The psychology of humans can really interfere with a good game of chess."