Is this strategy really unbeatable?
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Well it's setlled then.
Who wants wafflles?
linuxblue1 wrote:
Capablanca had a famous masterpiece where he used a pawn wall in a massivbe invertedV formation. It's in a Chernev book. Can't recall the opponent. [Bernstein?]
TDF wrote:
I've been studying this opening for a couple of years now. While the original poster has the basic idea, he never explains why it works. The V mimics the migratory pattern of the African Swallow. Using the basic principals of wind resistance, one can understand the little amount of work that's needed while drafting. It is in this formation the following pawns are able to draft, thus making it easier to get promoted. Pretty soon you will have a legion of queens breathing down your opponents neck.
Of course your "swallows" are a lot slower, and your opponent has some too. Plus they can't attack forwards. Which means air resistance is not really much of a factor in chess.
I am not saying the strategy is bad, just eliminating a rather ridiculous comparison.
Scottrf wrote:
linuxblue1 wrote:
Capablanca had a famous masterpiece where he used a pawn wall in a massivbe invertedV formation. It's in a Chernev book. Can't recall the opponent. [Bernstein?]
I find an inverted W or L works better. I've beaten several IMs with these.
Sep 21, 2012
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#108
Everyone loses, therefore no strategy is unbeatable. Some people lose more than others.
If you play chess you will lose. Losing is not so bad. You tend to learn more from your losses than your wins.
Cnl_Duck wrote:
TDF wrote:
I've been studying this opening for a couple of years now. While the original poster has the basic idea, he never explains why it works. The V mimics the migratory pattern of the African Swallow. Using the basic principals of wind resistance, one can understand the little amount of work that's needed while drafting. It is in this formation the following pawns are able to draft, thus making it easier to get promoted. Pretty soon you will have a legion of queens breathing down your opponents neck.
Of course your "swallows" are a lot slower, and your opponent has some too. Plus they can't attack forwards. Which means air resistance is not really much of a factor in chess.
I am not saying the strategy is bad, just eliminating a rather ridiculous comparison.
I've known GMs who simply choose a letter of the alphabet, like "O" and simply invert it; they base their whole strategy around it.
JamesCoons wrote:
Everyone loses, therefore no strategy is unbeatable. Some people lose more than others.
If you play chess you will lose. Losing is not so bad. You tend to learn more from your losses than your wins.
::facepalm:: Also, in accordance with TDF's post, I'm pretty sure it is the drafting idea which makes this strategy so difficult to beat. I ride road bikes, and I can tell you that wind resistance is the number one cause of energy loss. Now I know what you're thinking...pawns only move really fast on their first move! While this is true, even though pawns can only move two spaces on the first move, they still move fast enough for drafting to make the difference between winning and losing the game. I don't know how nobody has thought of this before.
AnthonyCG wrote:
Cnl_Duck wrote:
TDF wrote:
I've been studying this opening for a couple of years now. While the original poster has the basic idea, he never explains why it works. The V mimics the migratory pattern of the African Swallow. Using the basic principals of wind resistance, one can understand the little amount of work that's needed while drafting. It is in this formation the following pawns are able to draft, thus making it easier to get promoted. Pretty soon you will have a legion of queens breathing down your opponents neck.
Of course your "swallows" are a lot slower, and your opponent has some too. Plus they can't attack forwards. Which means air resistance is not really much of a factor in chess.
I am not saying the strategy is bad, just eliminating a rather ridiculous comparison.
I find it disturbing that you took that post seriously.
Sorry for saying it was "ridiculous", I wasn't taking it seriously either and apparently suggested that.
Air resistance on pawns is negligible, as they are shaped like rocket ships.
Hmmm interesting take on things. When chess was "refined" in Europe we were still 500 years away from flight, but yeah I get your point. Well said!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw_%28chess%29#Examples
THE year 1990 sample.
Try to get this for draw against me. I just got rated 4.5 hours ago and serve well for your testing. Kindly send an unrated challenge to me.
Wow, I remember this forum and it was posted over 2 years ago. And they expect me to remember what I learn in school, lol.......
TeraHammer wrote:
Damnit, I was saving this ultimate strategy when i have to play chess against aliens for the salvation of earth... now you've doomed us! DOOMED be us all! They have already infested the internet!!!!!! How can I save the earth when the aliens now read of my secret death trap pawn wall strategy!
You better PM me your other unbeatable strategies!!!!!! They can be here any moment...
Oct 21, 2024
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#117
One comment was from October 18, 2014. The next one is October 21, 2014. A gap of 10 years and 3 days
Oct 21, 2024
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#118
Akatsuki64 wrote:
Wow, I remember this forum and it was posted over 2 years ago. And they expect me to remember what I learn in school, lol.......
Now it's posted 10 years ago.
I've been studying this opening for a couple of years now. While the original poster has the basic idea, he never explains why it works. The V mimics the migratory pattern of the African Swallow. Using the basic principals of wind resistance, one can understand the little amount of work that's needed while drafting. It is in this formation the following pawns are able to draft, thus making it easier to get promoted. Pretty soon you will have a legion of queens breathing down your opponents neck.