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Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3061

SteamGear wrote:

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:

They asked Botvinnik once, 'Have you ever played a blitz game?' - 'I did once, it was on a train back in 1932', was the concise answer.

But then, Botvinnik played quality chess, which can not be said of all those blitz and rapid games.

Online too.

So, you want to drag me into the abyss of low-quality chess.

All the games you're posting are blitz games, according to the PGNs.

If you think so lowly of blitz, why are you playing it against the engine?

Very simple, because I don't have time.

Of course, the games are, in general, lower quality than what they would be at longer TC.

SF would be coming up with better moves, and me too.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3062

pretzel2 wrote:

hmm myabe sitting at home next to your pc is the secret of chess?

I need an anechoic chamber.

All that noise, at tournaments, and even at home, just kills me.

People are now watching the Winter Olympics, the US does not have a budget, the North Korean's sister is in South Korea and all that makes a lot of unnecessary noise.

Still, home conditions definitely have some relative advantages:

- I can choose my best-suited settings in the GUI, large screen, favourite colours, etc.

- in OTB, the pieces and colouts are as they are, you can not choose them, and I simply hate that brown, as well as the contrast FIDE came up with

- SF does not talk, at least to my knowledge, neither makes any beeping sounds during games, this is a big advantage, as OTB many would like to talk, where you play or next table, some just to distract you

As simple as that, that is why home conditions are generally better suited for higher-quality chess, leaving aside North Korea and the US budget.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3063

Die_Schanze wrote:

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov hat geschrieben:

No, it won't be forever, I will start playing at some point.

It is interesting people can not understand you need a lot of energy and a lot of time to play competitive chess.

Have you never really tried it?

I have a full time job and play tournament chess, enough guys up to grandmaster level too.

True, but you have not written the very same book I have: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Chess-Lyudmil-Tsvetkov/dp/1522041400#reader_1522041400

The knowledge contained within requires a special approach.

If you can't see that by reading the TOC, you will never understand it.

Again, currently, I am not playing, no one knows what happens tomorrow.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3064

dk-Ltd wrote:

Guys, I don't think that he has to be a GM or even a master for being able to write a good book with innovative ideas. The one doesn't require the other. He might have brilliant ideas that work exceptionally well, but can't apply them himself, especially under a game's time constraints. That doesn't necessarily mean that another player, with a chess brain, can't use them and benefit tremendously by his system and ideas.

Chess at high level requires exceptional memory and pattern recognition, which is not something that every person has, especially if they didn't start playing chess at a young age. Even if you give me the best formula and instructions in the world, will never be able to play at a very high level. I can't remember a single game that I played, not tens of thousands like some of the super GMs do. Therefore, even if I came up with the best system around, it wouldn't help me much. But in the hands of these chess memory monsters and walking calculators could had been a tremendous tool. Actually, I have a semi-good understanding of chess, but can't apply none of it under any time constraint, which explains my huge rating gaps between the various time limits.

The only thing that he is at fault in my opinion is that he doesn't admit it, that he can't really play at GM level OTB, but instead he finds lame excuses.

ps: haven't read the book. I am just saying that it isn't required to be a top GM for being able to write a good book

Fair enough, I agree with most you say.

Not everybody is born a competitor, and some people depend more on particular conditions than other.

As simple as that.

I already admitted, I will NOT achieve any rating over 2500 in OTB or online, simply because I depend too much on conditions/noise.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3065

SF goes for another fortress again.

I am fed up with this, but what to do?

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3066

The software is eating half of my sentences/words, and you want me to play...

I had written above that I am in such a bad form currently, that I am able to only draw SF and wins some handicaps, but the software deleted it.

How rare do you think is such a coincidence?

I believe 1 in 100 millions or so, definitely a special occurence, unfortunately, this does not help with my play at all.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3067

Again, the special occurence above is that I played 4 consecutive games on my computer that each ended in precisely 47 moves!

You see, I have, I have big problems even with a simple software like Chess.com's, and you want me to play.

Something is very wrong with this world, but I don't know what and when will be fixed at last.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3068

I am usually beating SF with this setup, but not know.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3069

What is wrong with the goddam Chess.com software?

They changed something, and now half of my sentences disappear.

Maybe online moves disappear in the same way?

Pulpofeira

Feb 9, 2018

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#3070

You can't play OTB because it takes to shut it up at least for a while.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3071

Stock-fishing in the old days was definitely better.

The catch I mean.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3072

Again, another 47-mover, look at the move count, this time in a handicap.

Stockfishing in the old days was definitely better.

I hate to write my sentences 2 or 3 times, only because some stupid software deletes them.

That is why I am posting short messages separately from the diagrams.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3073

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Feb 9, 2018

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#3074

Again, handicap wins are easy, but that is not what is requited to remain in history: I MUST win many games against SF without handicaps.

For similar wins, check 'Human versus Machine': https://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/human-versus-machine.html

Maybe, you have not written my article on Fischer: https://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/learning-chess-for-advanced-chess-players.html

For browsing free excerpts of 'The Secret of Chess', visit my site: www.secretofchess.com

hitthepin

Feb 9, 2018

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#3075

Um, what? I can’t even understand what you’re saying.

hitthepin

Feb 9, 2018

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#3076

Anyways, if he doesn’t want to play OTB, he’s only hurting himself. Why should we try to convince him when he won’t listen, guys?

lfPatriotGames

Feb 9, 2018

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#3077

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:

pretzel2 wrote:

hmm myabe sitting at home next to your pc is the secret of chess?

I need an anechoic chamber.

All that noise, at tournaments, and even at home, just kills me.

People are now watching the Winter Olympics, the US does not have a budget, the North Korean's sister is in South Korea and all that makes a lot of unnecessary noise.

Still, home conditions definitely have some relative advantages:

- I can choose my best-suited settings in the GUI, large screen, favourite colours, etc.

- in OTB, the pieces and colouts are as they are, you can not choose them, and I simply hate that brown, as well as the contrast FIDE came up with

- SF does not talk, at least to my knowledge, neither makes any beeping sounds during games, this is a big advantage, as OTB many would like to talk, where you play or next table, some just to distract you

As simple as that, that is why home conditions are generally better suited for higher-quality chess, leaving aside North Korea and the US budget.

How do you know you need an anechoic chamber? Have you ever played chess in one? That's like a professional golfer saying he needs conditions with no wind, no rain, no temperatures above or below 72 degrees, and no shadows. The conditions are the same for everyone. If you need an anechoic chamber, which no one else needs, it makes me think that your concentration (which is essential for chess) is very poor. I have often heard that people who are at the top of their profession have such good concentration that they get into a zone where almost no distractions matter. They dont hear or see anything other than what they are concentrating on. Professional athletes often say they never saw or heard the crowds yelling and screaming because they were so focused on what they were doing. BTW, that joke about living in Copenhagen when really you dont. Hilarious. Love that Bulgarian humor.

cigoLogic

Feb 9, 2018

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#3078

Again, I suggest that the OP plays on ICCF and become a World Champion. That would make me, and most others I think, take the OP seriously.

IM pfren

Feb 9, 2018

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#3079

cigoLogic έγραψε:

Again, I suggest that the OP plays on ICCF and become a World Champion. That would make me, and most others I think, take the OP seriously.

You must be joking. The best he can achieve there is having his butt kicked like a football.

hitthepin

Feb 9, 2018

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#3080

Saying that you need silence to play is kind of a lame excuse. Magnus has to deal with noise, yet he’s FIDE 2700+ OTB.