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I have found that after making a nice tactical strike to win material or after playing out of a fierce attack there is tendency to play in a fog and make mediocre moves for the next 2 or 3 moves. One needs to walk away for a few minutes to regenerate focus.
The reason for that is that we have calculated up to the material win, but then once we get there, we haven't thought farther ahead. Unless there is a concrete way to continue the assault Seirawan recommends regrouping your forces, so they are not in awkward positions.
chessmaster102 wrote:
Have you ever gotten a total brain fog when you leave a high tense game when you know you had alot of ideas and come back after a hour or even a few minutes and dont know what to do? I know i'm not the only one but I also know people have better ways of dealing with it. What would yours be ?
I read in a chess book once that all chess players will suffer from the disease "Leucopenia". You cant escape it---it will positively get you if you play chess. Does anyone know what this disease is and how it is treated?
Gizmodeus wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucopenia
Doesn't sound like a problem chess would cause.
I know what you mean, though. Turn based chess has this effect on me. I have to go through a process of remembering where I was each time, and in doing so, I overlook all kinds of stuff.
This disease is peculiar only to chess players---by the way, wiki spelled it wrong. Wiki gave you the definition of Leukopenia. Is this disease "Leucopenia" ever fatal?
raul72 wrote:
Gizmodeus wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucopenia
Doesn't sound like a problem chess would cause.
I know what you mean, though. Turn based chess has this effect on me. I have to go through a process of remembering where I was each time, and in doing so, I overlook all kinds of stuff.
This disease is peculiar only to chess players---by the way, wiki spelled it wrong. Wiki gave you the definition of Leukopenia. Is this disease "Leucopenia" ever fatal?
Holy cow! Doesn't anyone read the classics around here? Leucopenia is from a classic chess book. A title I hear bandied about all over the place---which no one ever reads. Which brings up an interesting point---why do classics matter?
These old masters played pretty badly. Read John Nunn's chess puzzle book. He made a thorough study of Karlsbad 1911 tournament and was shocked at how terrible these guys were. He didnt consider openings, just bad play and blunders. His conclusion (in todays terms) was the average rating of this great tournament was 2100 elo. This book was written in 1999 and I've never heard anyone refute his findings yet.
Why does this classic Karlsbad 1911 tournament (and others like it) matter? Who is going to waste their time studying such classics?
Have you ever gotten a total brain fog when you leave a high tense game when you know you had alot of ideas and come back after a hour or even a few minutes and dont know what to do? I know i'm not the only one but I also know people have better ways of dealing with it. What would yours be ?