I'm going to be on vacation without computer access from Wednesday to Sunday, so I'.l need to make use of that vacation pause for my games for that period. I'll be back and done with finals after that though, so my games should go much faster then.
|
Chess
|
|
December 10th, 2012, 14:44
(This post was last modified: December 10th, 2012, 14:47 by Gustaran.)
 (December 10th, 2012, 07:26)Jkaen Wrote: Just realsied, something I get that you guys on free membership dont is a computer review of the game (my games only) Frankly, I am not sure how much that feature is going to help you. For example why does 37.Ra6 get a "?". Fritz even thinks it's better than 37.Rb1, which is good move as well. My point is neither of these moves deserve a "?". I also believe these variations are too long and become imprecise 6-7 moves in. The other thing is that throwing variations at a player might help for short term tactical blunder but does nothing to enhance your understanding. IMHO, it is peferable to check the game manually and test variations you find interesting and see why they work or fail.
December 12th, 2012, 06:18
(This post was last modified: December 12th, 2012, 06:22 by Gustaran.)
(December 9th, 2012, 04:29)Jkaen Wrote: Do you guys tend to pick up your moves on the go at whatever machine or iphone etc you happen to have access to, or do you assign a given time a day at your computer with books/apps etc where you can focus properly. Since many of you are playing from phones and suffering from blunders I would like to give a brief summary of a recent video training on calculation I went through. Before you start calculating you need to check all possible candidate moves. But how do you find all important candidate moves? As a rule of thumb, the following possibilities always have to be considered: - All moves that give a check - All moves that are captures - All moves that establish a threat Now, in a nutshell you don't calculate endlessly, usually it is enough to look 2-3 moves into each candidate move and often you can discard the variation immediately. The problem (sometimes even up to grandmaster level) is that often players calculate too far without considering all alternatives and resources earlier in the variation. So for every move you make you should have a broad variation tree that shows your possibilities and your opponents. If you want to test this technique here is a great example: (White to move) ![[Image: pos1.jpg]](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/pos1.jpg/)
December 12th, 2012, 09:03
(This post was last modified: December 12th, 2012, 09:04 by Gustaran.)
Yes, that's called null-move - you virtually give the right to move to your opponent and analyze all his checks, captures and threats. You also need to do the same after each of your moves in your variation, i.e. if you decide to capture your opponents piece you need to make sure that in response he doesn't have a check that leads to mate in three.
I would like to mention that this is only a very rough guide for the calculating phase of your move. Usually you would have a planning phase and then check if your plan is tactically valid through calculation. On the other hand if your opponent decides to sacrifice his queen to mate you, any long term strategical plans are not as important and usually you can go right into calculating lines. On the other hand if a queen exchange happens in a blocked position, you probably won't start calculating a huge tree of variations. One word of warning though: In online blitz games you obviously lack the time to do all this, in standard over the board play you need to decide at what point in the game you will invest your time. But in serious correspondence chess this is basically done whenever needed. Last but not least, often the best move is neither a check, capture or threat. The above only serves as a rough guide to avoid missing tactical shots.
Cool stuff Gustaran, but unfortunately, I will never use it. It looks like a lot of the guys here are very much calculating players, while I'm an instinct based player. For me, I don't run all those calculations, I play the move I see that feels the best. Sometimes that makes me make really odd plays, but other times it lets me do some very cool moves.
|
