05 Dec 16
Originally posted by divegeesterI think there are other things that are more likely to cause risky chess moves, such as playing in the nude in your home office when you haven't locked the door,
Chess study shows that people take more risks as the day wears on...
http://tinyurl.com/hmylrc3
I have been working on a methodology to reduce errors to an absolute minimum and rather surprisingly its not the system that is erroneous but the continuous application of it at every turn for I have found that ones mind tends to wander away from the strict adherence of the methodology and one ends up making intuitive or worse still mechanical moves.
05 Dec 16
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI have a method too but okay, what is your method?
Doesn't anyone want to know my method?
Like apathist I too am foggy in the morning and tired at night, so my method starts off with simply waiting until my thinking is more or less clear. After that I try to keep in mind the same advice players have been given for decades... simple things like look at the whole board, find a good move and then look for a better one, always play aggressively even when defending. I always seem to get into trouble if I ignore or overlook the simple "well dull, slaps forehead" basics.
Originally posted by drewnogalAny chess rating. In its simplest terms instead of focusing on the pieces you focus on the squares. So instead of picking a piece and saying, I will move my bishop there, you pick a square and imagine your piece on it. This is counter intuitive to what most chess players do but it forces us to visualise and evaluate before making a move. Its like looking at the negative space in an artistic composition.
What sort of chess rating would I need to understand it? 😕
Originally posted by lemon limeyes how many times do we make a move and immediately after we have made the move we slap out foreheads because we realise its a blunder. We need to visualise our move before making it, look at all the possible forcing replied and evaluate if they are real or can be ignored. Instead of focusing on the pieces I am now experimenting with focusing on the squares and only once I have decided if the square is safe and the piece advantageously placed upon it will I move it. This is counter intuitive because we normally looks first at our pieces and only afterwards decide to move here or there. The real difficulty i have found is to maintain doing it during the entire game, infact I have found that its almost impossible for me to do so because my mind totally wanders
I have a method too but okay, what is your method?
Like apathist I too am foggy in the morning and tired at night, so my method starts off with simply waiting until my thinking is more or less clear. After that I try to keep in mind the same advice players have been given for decades... simple things like look at the whole board, find a good move and t ...[text shortened]... seem to get into trouble if I ignore or overlook the simple "well dull, slaps forehead" basics.