Lenny knows what's burning...
What is the point of playing?
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I can't see you guys over there.
Is that smoke or fog ?
I can see you, nice tusk rings.
Aha ! It is mist surrounding lamenting women...
Aug 5, 2012
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Benn21 wrote:
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women...
Love it, love the Conan reference! Anyhoo, I like the way Josh Waitzkin put it about learning chess with Bruce Pandolfini. He said that they worked on endgames first, and by learning small force tactics it allowed him to see more clearly the way pieces worked together and the reason to strive to end in a certain type of endgame position. I make no claims of being strong at chess, but it sounds "right" to me. It's certainly good practice to go through various types of endgames and force mate, if for no other reason than you may see that endgame come up, and have had experience running it against fritz or CM or whatever.
Well I am my clubs success story and currently I was a 984 USCF last year and now im a 1331 as of this month. I made my own chess training program and identified my weaknesses and then studied them to the point where I do not make blunders like I used to. Now it seems its all positional and you could just take of correspondence chess. I am currently starting out correspondence chess to help me study positional chess in a more deeper way.
USCF# 12798827
Would you like to play against me??
scandium wrote:
AndyClifton wrote:
We have these sorts of thread all the time. You can't will oversight-free chess. All you can do is keep practicing until your sight of the board becomes second nature, and the blunders will (or should) for the most part disappear.
You can't necessarily fix it just by playing on until it goes away - or you hope it goes away. Contrary to what has been posted, there actually are books that do cover the problem of hanging pieces (among other topics).
Although what it really boils down is moving too quickly. You fix that by moving away from time controls that compel you to play quickly (which means cutting out blitz for awhile), and then putting that extra time to use by going through a systematic blunder check on each and every move.
Every chess player goes through this phase in their game. I've gone through it multiple times due to absences from the game - when I come back to it, I spend a brief period in the "hanging pieces" phase until I move past it.
And chess vision, or lack of it, is another aspect, and this can be developed through tactics training.
This "I'm never going to get better so why bother" is just a pathetic rationalization for being to lazy to do something about it - other than whine about it like a baby.
If only this were true.
scandium wrote:
AndyClifton wrote:
We have these sorts of thread all the time. You can't will oversight-free chess. All you can do is keep practicing until your sight of the board becomes second nature, and the blunders will (or should) for the most part disappear.
Contrary to what has been posted, there actually are books that do cover the problem of hanging pieces (among other topics).
Or at least, that claim they do. Anything to make an easy sale... 
i play because i enjoy the game, i make terrible moves and end up losing a lot but i also have won games with wonderful moves this maks it fun!
Chess is a great game that I love and play. 😺😺😺
Nov 14, 2016
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#74
Playing chess for me is all about improvising, enjoying , enhancing creativity and discovering yourself .
Playing chess for me is the endless opportunities you get to contribute to threads where the moss is heavy on the tombstone.
yeah
Who's burning what here ?
Demand an inquisition...