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eqj2
5/26/2007
16:20:30
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 Subject: CPOTW Social Forum #4
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Here is the new forum. Welcome all team members have fun. Cheers Eddie
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normbenign
5/26/2007
20:03:18
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Bobby Ficher teaches chess has its good and bad points. It is good for teaching tactics, particularly those involving back rank mate threats. The positions come from his own games against the strongest grandmasters of the era. Added benefit is that you don't need a chessboard or a lot of time.
Some of the other recommendations are great for overall, balanced improvement. Jeremy Silman has emerged as one of the great chess teachers via his books. His Reassess Your Chess, and Workbook may be the modern equivalent of "My System".
These are tutorials on strategy and positional play, and it might be argued that tactics arise out of strong positions. However, I still believe that tactics is the area of study which will pay the greatest dividends to players anywhere under ELO 2000.
Bruce Pandolfini has two books on opening "Zaps and Traps". These aren't profound chess books, but they are illustrative of tactics which can occur in the opening or anywhere else in the game. Reading these will save you some embarrassing quick losses as well as teach the tactics that are the basis for the trap.
One point that Jeremy Silman makes is that very often, a position is winning only in the one tactical continuation, and that tactic missed, the advantage passes to the opposite player.
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rajroshi
5/26/2007
21:53:18
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I agree with you norm. One problem is with opening "Zaps and Traps" Beginner start to playing for traps instead of making sound move and good refutation always leave them in a bad position. It is how I used to play chess lol.
And one other problem I have seen in lower level they hate playing against sharp opening like Sicilian. So If anyone could study the theme of Sicilian(not long variations) and tactical possibilities which can occur in this opening. He can definitely make some good point through this opening. But I will also not recommend this to very beginner( at least you should known of some positional and tactical play).
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eqj2
5/27/2007
12:26:27
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How is everyone doing in the KOTM tourney? Remember if you win please post it here.
Cheers Eddie
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eqj2
5/27/2007
20:29:50
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I won my game vs. trab23. I hope to hear more games cheers Eddie
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mcrachel
5/30/2007
11:47:14
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I second the recommendation for Jeremy Silman's "Amateur's Mind". It is the only chess book I have EVER read that helped my game and rating. Mainly beacuse it's entertaining as well as instructive. All the rest are dry and uninteresting IMO.
~Mark
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eqj2
5/30/2007
14:14:00
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Bracket #1
goldwarlock 1502 (white) vs. chesslov 1535 (black)
jatayu 1562 (white) vs. pinoybalt 1580 (black)
luffe 1557 (white) vs. parekoypasok 1549 (black)
darius_vitrosoo 1301 (white) vs. alexmootoo 1314 (black)
howler68 1383 (white) vs. rtribecj 1355 (black)
trab23 1597 (white) vs. eqj2 1591 (black) Winner eqj2
Bracket #2
ace_kyi 2037 (white) vs. guyot49 2028 (black)
rajansking 2016 (white) vs. gord4lou 1949 (black)
rajroshi 1943 (white) vs. petura 1814 (black)
mollocampo 1683 vs. (white) mcrachel 1718 (black)
jonstherealdeal 1758 vs. (white) pusongmamon 1787 (black)
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hozat
6/06/2007
08:55:18
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Just saying hi, team. =)
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rajroshi
6/06/2007
23:48:17
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Hi hozat how are u.
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mcrachel
6/07/2007
10:51:29
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Hi teamates. This is probably self-evident to most of you, but in case it may be helpful to even one of you, I thought I would share it: I realized that one of the reasons my rating has improved has to do with WHEN I make my moves. I noticed that I tend to do the worst chess blundering when I make moves late in the day or at night. Conversely, my most inspired moves have come when I make moves before noon. I guess my brain works best when I've had my coffee and my mind is still fresh ; - )
That's not to say that I don't look at the board and analyze later in the day, but in the last few months I have been trying to force myself (especially in team matches) to not submit my move until the following morning. Instead I have been leaving myself notes using the handy GK "make a note" function on the board and then waiting until the next morning, double checking my notes/analysis and then submitting. I've saved myself many times from making a sub-par move by doing this.
Some of you I'm sure are the opposite and function cerebrally better at night. In which case I would suggest submitting your moves then.
Anyway, hope this has been helpful to at least one of you.
Regards,
~Mark
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mcrachel
6/12/2007
08:18:19
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Hi team. Here's an article I found helpful:
Declining Draw Offers
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I often tell my students that if they want to learn, they should think of draw offers as "offers to remain ignorant". Bobby Fischer was famous for turning down draw offers "out of hand" - without even thinking about them. Since experience is a major part of getting better, why would you want to deny yourself experience (unless you are not feeling well, or some other external consideration)?
The following is a true dialog, which occurred when I asked a student why he offered a draw in a better position:
> "Well Dan, I didn't think I would know how to win it."
> "But if you give people draws, how are you going to learn how to win it?"
There are three primary possibilities if you decline a draw (assuming no heart attack, etc.):
1. You play on and lose
2. You play on and draw
3. You play on and win
In all three cases you have probably learned something for your future games. Also, if you have a good position, then winning is more probable than losing, and your opponent might take a draw later if you throw away the win. If you lose, you are most likely to learn something, because then you made a mistake that should be identifiable. The goal should be
both to have fun and learn something.
Also, I once had a student give an expert a draw when he was up the exchange in the endgame. I asked him "Why?" and he said "I didn't know how to win it" and I replied, "Except for the opening or endgame, do you really know how to do/win anything exactly? - you have to figure it out. And if you can't figure it out, try something and see if it works." In
his position there was many ways to win, and the ones that didn't drew anyway, unless he put his Rook en prise, so he had nothing to lose and everything to gain (much more likely the latter).
In another case, a student of mine said he always offered a draw to higher-rated players when he had a better endgame. I asked him "Why?" and he said, "Because I don't play the endgame very well" and I responded something like: "Hmmm. Let me get this straight. You don't play out good endgames because you don't play them very well. Could it be that you don't play them very well because you don't play them out?!"
On the other hand, there are some times you should accept the draw offer:
1. If external factors require you to leave soon, such as not feeling well, your ride is leaving, you are getting sleepy and need rest for tomorrow, etc.
2. If your game is clearly drawn in the endgame, then it is a little insulting to make a competent player keep playing until the 50-move rule, 3-fold repetition, etc.
By Dan Heisman
Original Article can be found here: -> mywebpages.comcast.net
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eqj2
6/12/2007
15:51:15
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Well done Michael thank you for you have done. And thank you for this additional info it is very helpful. Eddie
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mcrachel
6/12/2007
15:58:45
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Who's Michael?
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eqj2
6/12/2007
18:18:58
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OK brain fart. Mark well done. It has been a looooooooooong. Two days total of 5 hours sleep. =( My bed is very mad at me for not spending quality time with it. Now I know what a zombie feels like.
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