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theGreatPatzer: CHESSERCISE; Athletic musing from a Passionate Patzer!
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Monday, August 10, 2015. CHESSERCISE; Athletic musing from a Passionate Patzer! Chess has two sides. On one hand, We stare at the UNCLEAR position- thinking of long-term plans and looking for Vague, tactical complications…. On the other we seek mainly to make Move after move- avoiding idiotic blunders and avoiding giving the opponent Easy tactical chances to win the game! YOU don’t need to play for hour on end- you merely need play carefully, slowly, and regularly. Back to the TOPIC. My own gaming this w...
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theGreatPatzer: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Another All-to-short YEAR has skedaddled past! Perhaps its time to reflect on new challenges and recent victories, and perhaps its time to get rid of old calendars- filled with doctor appointments I’ve struggled to remember. I’m not sure, exactly. What I DO know is that once per year. There’s this annual custom that seems a perfect fit for the improving chess player. Of course it never works that way. The FOLLY of NEW YEARS RESOLUTION! And failing) chess games. But I still t...
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theGreatPatzer: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. THE LAZINESS OF THE PATZERS (and the winning ways of the St Emillion chess club). Why is it that most average players don't have the discipline, patience, or motivation to become involved in a long-range plan of study and practice to increase their chess skills? The vast majority of games played are quick games played with no increments, with the intentions of winning on time, not with superior chess skills…. St Emillion Chess Club; “Why we Lose at Chess”. I have confession….
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: The Games I played ( Boston Chess Congress 2015)
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Saturday, January 17, 2015. The Games I played ( Boston Chess Congress 2015). For me, an adult with a full life outside of chess, there never seems to be enough time to prepare for a tournament, let alone any rust that forms after any long hiatus. I set aside the “poverty mind” , and signed up to play in a section higher than a comfort zone. This placed me 2. See what I recall from my past training. Another thing that ca...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Pawn formations Part 2: Rubinstein vs Nimzovich
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Saturday, May 29, 2010. Pawn formations Part 2: Rubinstein vs Nimzovich. A study on the pawn formations common to the Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense:. I actually tried to find an early game of Rubinstein versus Nimzovitch playing their signature lines. The closest I could come to this was a game played in 1928 in Berlin. For White, e4 is weak and supporting it will become a theme for the next several mo...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Pawn Formations Part 3: The Grunfeld
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Sunday, June 06, 2010. Pawn Formations Part 3: The Grunfeld. Hat tip to RC Wood. From Chess.com for providing this game with annotations. The main line for the Grunfeld Defense’s Exchange Variation follows: 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 ( to immediately challenge e4) 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7. The position above reaches the main branching lines of either the Modern 7.Nf3 or the classical 7.Bc4. Other min...In my rep...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Despite the 4th round loss...
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Sunday, June 22, 2008. Despite the 4th round loss. I am still ahead by 3-4 rating points! I am on the threshold of 1700 which is fine as I gear up for the World Open. My last round was wild ride against an 1840 player. I was the black side of a Caro- Kann. No comments on the game yet ) I wasn't budging until he does this knight sac on h6. I thought I was going to wiggle out of a ruptured kingside. My tactical training...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Looking beyond the basic pawn structures : Advanced D5 chain
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Saturday, January 24, 2015. Looking beyond the basic pawn structures : Advanced D5 chain. Pawn Chains Basics to advanced concepts. Here is a game showing what happens when Black doesn’t get counter play in. This is Rubenstein Variation of the NI. Later, I will look at a a Samisch Variation of the KID … This is why I liked the book these are opening variations I typically play:. Move 15 is the critical position. Andy ...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Taking out my frustrations over the board
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Sunday, December 13, 2009. Taking out my frustrations over the board. 60) (Class A 1900 ) - Duval,G [Blunderprone]. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack. 1e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.Bf4 e5. I was inspired to play this line as I had seen this before in study exchange variation C-K games with this line. 8dxe5 Nxe5 9.0–0 Bd6. 14Bxd6= Qxd6 15.Qc2. This did leave me with ...
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Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Evaluation of chess skills post hiatus: Learning to recognize emotional based memory markers..
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Blunder Prone . Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement. Rantings of an enthusiast. Saturday, November 03, 2012. Evaluation of chess skills post hiatus: Learning to recognize emotional based memory markers. I scored rather well ( relative to my current rating) in. Counter Attacks, Standard Positions and endgames. Falling in the middle ground were, Calculations, Sacrifice, Attack and strategy. Circles training having done the 7 circles of hell method ( aka Knight’s Errant) 4 times since 2007. Is a defens...
