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jstevens1 11-May-10, 11:11	Nailing the Master Mater - A Brainstorming Exercise! Hi everyone! A little exercise for everyone who has played against the Master Mater and has got "Freddied" by him! I think I will start with a few questions. 1. What were your best games against him - e.g. no. of moves before you started losing material. 2. What stumbling blocks did you meet when you played him - did you find yourselves the victim of a tactical shot (fork for example). 3. What do you think you have learned from playing him? This is only the start and if I can think of anything else I will post it. I look forward to your comments. Cheers and bye for now - Joanne
untateve 11-May-10, 12:59	My best game against freddy? gameknot.com Stumbling blocks? Let's see--tactically, he is stronger than me; his positional play is better; and his endgame is superior to mine (the 1-2 times I actually got to an endgame against him). What have I learned? --Take my time (I'm still learning that one) --Focus on positional play and the tactics will follow --Play a game to the end--"You learn most from a hopeless game when you keep playing and try to figure out the best moves, checkmates,positional moves and more. Then your insight grows and your skill grows. And at some point you will notice that your former hopeless games are far from lost when you look at them again. In the end, the difference will be that you do not have to think about the solutions you will just know the solutions. So giving up such a game is a waste because it is the best learning experience. Ten hours of hopeless game time is worth 1000 hours of winning game time."
antagonistknight 12-May-10, 05:19	Best game: From the "Knight's Coaching Project" tournament, in which he assured me he was capable of winning with white with the particular variation we were using, no matter who he was playing against. He had more minor pieces but I was the one with the queen, in this position starting off we seem about even and it remains that way throughout the game. game Stumbling blocks: His style of play contradicts mine (mine is typically extremely aggressive and tactical while his is very positional). Things I have learned: Don't play sacrifices against him... bad idea. You must hold/gain the initiative and keep constant pressure on his position to stand against him, if you don't he will just overrun you.
antagonistknight 12-May-10, 05:22	addition to previous post The variation we were playing in the tournament was 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 Nxg4. A great variation to improve your tactical play, and ripe with positional possibilities as well.
jstevens1 12-May-10, 05:24	Hi antagonistknight! I award you the Virtual George Cross Medal for your survival and High Draw against Master Freddy in the game that you showed us. Congratulations and Well Played. Joanne
easy19 12-May-10, 12:53	yes that draw was not planned at all. i made a few little errors that made it extremely hard to keep the initiative. and AK played it by the book in a style he is not familiar with.. a well earned draw. in a game that i expect to win from almost everyone with both colors. My positional chess and end game skills are learned by repetition and failure over and and over again in games and setup puzzles/positions by my grandpa (1901 - 1999) who was a real fan of Jose Raul Capablanca. And i think saying that name covers about my entire style of play that is expect for my opening repertoire about the same as that of my grandpa.

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