30 Jul 06
Originally posted by nmc987Boy that has happened to me a lot.
The worst ones are when you say to yourelf "I cant do that move because itll just get taken"
Then you rack your brains for another 10 minutes and then suddly come up with this great move only to realise too late that its the one you initially knew was bad from the start.
31 Jul 06
its because your not in the moment, you think of a varation but dont pay attention to the board and after you move the peice your back again your looking at the whole board and you see the mistake to avoid this mistake:
after you think of the varaition look up at the board look what else you can do for 20-30 secs if you see nothing fine.. make the move, but if you do see something look at the varaition theres no harm in doing that is there?
times when this tip leads to blunders:
blitz i guess...
31 Jul 06
Originally posted by chesskid001Once, a long time ago, playing OTB as unrated against a high rated player who was clearly better than me, my opponent did just that.
It's funny because this has happened so many times. I pick up piece, and as soon as I move it and set it down, and I mean the instant I set it down, I realize I made a mistake.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
He was up a rook to a knight. He made his move, let go of the piece, and we both realized at the same instant he'd walked into a fork. His hand hesitated slightly in moving to press his clock. That is how I knew he saw it. I didn't feel the need to hurry my move, and could have easily burned a minute or two just making sure things were okay, but I began to feel sorry for him. I had to go ahead and put him out of his misery. It cost him the game.
31 Jul 06
Originally posted by nmc987Been there done that 🙁
The worst ones are when you say to yourelf "I cant do that move because itll just get taken"
Then you rack your brains for another 10 minutes and then suddly come up with this great move only to realise too late that its the one you initially knew was bad from the start.
