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jkarp 16-Dec-12, 15:18	Patience In some of my past games, I have gotten impatient, and that has caused problems. In some cases, I have actually lost, due to lack of patience. The thing is that, "patience is of a virtue", in chess. If your impatient, you will do all types of crazy things to correct the blunders, and that can cause more trouble. In a recent game, I was very lucky to pull win, when I lost patience. At first, I was loosing, and got kicked around the board multiple times. However, I was lucky because my opponent made more mistakes, and that is what allowed me to pull the win. What would have happened, if he had not made so many mistakes. I probably would have lost the game.
jkarp 16-Dec-12, 15:19	BTW, that game is shown below. gameknot.com
shamash 16-Dec-12, 17:00	in general. . . and there are SO MANY exceptions that it is imprudent to generalize and then to make a move as if the generality is a principle -- it's not -- ; however, in general, since chess is an attacking game, patience tends to be more of a protective virtue in the endgame (where the placement of pawns with the potential for zugzwang is an issue), than it may be in the opening phase.

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