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Back up to 2031! :eek:

My games recently have been fairly easy though.

For example, as Panzar noted, in this one my opponent dropped a piece (via a q-fork check) very early on. I did miss one strong simplifying move, will make a puzzle out of it for the puzzle thread but my opponent didn't capitalize on it (just buying time really). She (you never know online but she does have a female avatar) obliged me by trading pieces with me @ every turn (and dropping pawns).

Amazingly, I'm down to only three games going at once now. Once round II of various tournaments I'd advanced in start it'll be up to around 10 or 12 at once again (and much harder ones this time) so I probably won't accept any more except maybe one more team game match.

edit : hmm, looks like I didn't win the knight after all on move six, white had 7. c3 but missed it.
 
Maybe I should be studying chess on my days off instead of playing SimCity 4... I could probably learn what I needed to know by April 1st. Only problem is the only spot I know online (that's free) to study chess is Chess.com. Does anyone have any suggestions?
 
WhiteEagle22 said:
Maybe I should be studying chess on my days off instead of playing SimCity 4... I could probably learn what I needed to know by April 1st. Only problem is the only spot I know online (that's free) to study chess is Chess.com. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Your local library! :)
 
Faster? Well, perhaps by persuading your opponent that going into an endgame two pawns down with no compensation was futile? By move 24, I think he should've been thinking about resigning but I understand why he didn't: might as well make the other guy earn it. He could have put up a stiffer defense; your rook and knight were so obviously aimed at his g-pawn, but even so, it would've been difficult for him.

I think you played the game after move 24 logically: exchanging your pieces emphasized your pawn advantage which you used by advancing them with your King and rook. But winning quicker? I didn't see it but quickness didn't matter here; it was inevitable for Black, barring a blunder of titanic proportions.
 
I'm over 2000 also. Whenever I get over 2000 though I start feeling undeserving though & inevitably get knocked back down, I've been playing blitz style in a current game vs. a 1700 and am a pawn down with dynamic initiative perhaps (though I'm even skeptical of that, I'd image, here, at move 17, a comp would judge me as objectively worse) and am afraid of losing. I'm starting to think I'm just not really that strong of attacking player. By a strong attacking player I mean one who either can force a win of material (or mate) or at least inflict enough damage in his opponent's position to win in the endgame. When my attacks don't work out I'm usually the one a pawn or two down & then I have to play masterfully in the endgame or lose.

I should probably quit for awhile & go back to the drawing board & study some attacking games. Or maybe just quit trying to be a Morphy & just try to play solid positional chess & be on the lookout for tactical opportunities without trying too hard to force them, leaving myself vulnerable.

I've been at somewhat of a plateau for awhile now & stressors in real life & my lack of significant steady improvement in the last ten months or so has demoralized me somewhat. I don't want to just play chess because I'm addicted, I want to play it because I love it & am growing thru it. I'm started to just get overwhelmed in games & lack a coherent plan/sense of where all my pieces should go & various tactics that can be used by or against me. I'm too often getting caught up in one line & missing counterplay.

I should probably take a vacation for a couple weeks or more & just follow the vote games.
 
Speaking of Morphy, my book on chess openings has his informal game against the count/duke duo in it. A really interersting game to study. ;) Apparently, he was watching an opera while he played (and he still won... :D )

BTW when I start blogging again (after I get DSL), I'll be posting mostly on chess positions and reviewing my past games. I'll be doing this on a weekly basis. If anyone will keep an eye out, and correct me via the comments, I'd appreciate it in advance! ;) Of course, if you have a game you want me to review on my blog, you can also ask via the comments or just give me a PM. ;)
 
Narz said:
Or maybe just quit trying to be a Morphy & just try to play solid positional chess & be on the lookout for tactical opportunities without trying too hard to force them, leaving myself vulnerable..
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I think right here is the clue. I became a better player when I stopped looking for forcing moves all the time and just focussed on improving my position slowly. Tactics will be there once you're on top. If you miss one combo, there will be another along one soon. Thats how I approach it.
 
Apropos of nothing, I once played a game that followed the famous Morphy-Duke of Brunswick/Count Isouard game up to move 6 or 7 (I was White) before diverging.

I used to get in time trouble looking for combos and forcing moves, once I started trusted myself more I was able to play what the position required rather than what I wanted. Tactics would arise from a good position.
 
DaveShack said:
Here's a game that was over quite a while ago but took a long time to finish.
Wonder if I could have done anything to end it quicker?

And I'm over 2000! :king: :dance:
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White screwed up at 31 completely and didn't move his horse above your horse. Instead wasted a move with his king :P So this probably ended faster than it was supposed to.
 
Any more recent games to look at?
 
Started a new one against Luce.

Also, looks like I will get just a draw against my 2658 opponent. game. I did calculated one line where I promote on h8 to a bishop with checkmate :D but that has a near zero chance of occurring as black would have to play pretty badly for that to work out (no comments yet since the game is still in progress).
 
Narz said:
I'm over 2000 also. Whenever I get over 2000 though I start feeling undeserving though & inevitably get knocked back down, I've been playing blitz style in a current game vs. a 1700 and am a pawn down with dynamic initiative perhaps (though I'm even skeptical of that, I'd image, here, at move 17, a comp would judge me as objectively worse) and am afraid of losing. I'm starting to think I'm just not really that strong of attacking player. By a strong attacking player I mean one who either can force a win of material (or mate) or at least inflict enough damage in his opponent's position to win in the endgame. When my attacks don't work out I'm usually the one a pawn or two down & then I have to play masterfully in the endgame or lose.

I should probably quit for awhile & go back to the drawing board & study some attacking games. Or maybe just quit trying to be a Morphy & just try to play solid positional chess & be on the lookout for tactical opportunities without trying too hard to force them, leaving myself vulnerable.

I've been at somewhat of a plateau for awhile now & stressors in real life & my lack of significant steady improvement in the last ten months or so has demoralized me somewhat. I don't want to just play chess because I'm addicted, I want to play it because I love it & am growing thru it. I'm started to just get overwhelmed in games & lack a coherent plan/sense of where all my pieces should go & various tactics that can be used by or against me. I'm too often getting caught up in one line & missing counterplay.

I should probably take a vacation for a couple weeks or more & just follow the vote games.
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Actually Morphy was quite a solid player, he reserved his "brilliant" play for informal games against weak opposition.
It seems to me that you need to refine your positional play a bit, perhaps by studying the games of people like Capablance, Rubinstein or Smyslov.
I just ended two of my games, an interesting draw against Mehmed:http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10597866
I feel that I should have got more out of this.

And a win against Thunderbird:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11216738

I also won my town's championship with 5 wins and 2 draws. The decisive game went surprisingly easy, I was black.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. d3 g5 8. Nxg5
hxg5 9. Bxg5 Rg8 10. h4 Rxg5 11. hxg5 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. g6 Kd7 14. Qg5 c6 15.
Na4 Ne2+ 0-1
I will see if I can provide some notes to those three games later, but will not promise anything.
 
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