Who ever said that reading 20 chess books should guarantee victory?
If it were the case, then everybody would read 20 chess books, but then if it were the case, there would still be losers, so reading 20 chess books wouldn't do the job.
It reminds me of a newbie who told me once that he was going to play in a tournament and beat everybody. He said all he had to do was "think hard and be careful." I wondered why he thought his opponents wouldn't be doing the same.
If losing turns you off so much, then not only chess, but any kind of competition, is just not something you should be engaging in.
Originally posted by mateuloseYeah, that's the attitude. Forget about being in the top 20% on all sites but one, and complain that God screwed you because it's not the case at Yahoo.
I do find it curious how on every other chess site my rating is among the top 20% of players, yet on Yahoo, I'm at the lower 50% of players, and ppl tell me Yahoo is supposed to be easy.
You are beyond hope.
I am really getting sick of these threads where you are complaining about losing to "bad players". You study study study, sooo many books and still you lose to 1 move mates and crazy queen forrays.....Sounds like you don't really study these books very well. When people bring out their queen early and start moving it around I laugh and grin devilishly. I find it funny that you are sooo great on other sites and you crumble to the patzers on yahoo. You don't need to study Queen maneuvers, you need to study the game, because there is something wrong with yours.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!Yeah, that's what I don't get, I play well on Gameknot, Redhotpawn, Uchess, but some 1400 rater pantzer on Yahoo beats me by moving a queen around. Sheesh, I can't figure it out, what should I do to prevent this from happening? What areas of my game should I study on? Don't say tactics, because that's all I study now, it doesn't stop the blunders.
I am really getting sick of these threads where you are complaining about losing to "bad players". You study study study, sooo many books and still you lose to 1 move mates and crazy queen forrays.....Sounds like you don't really study these books very well. When people bring out their queen early and start moving it around I laugh and grin devilishly. I ...[text shortened]... study Queen maneuvers, you need to study the game, because there is something wrong with yours.
Originally posted by mateuloseTake a look at this game for an illustrative way how to handle someone who leads with their Queen: The key: harrass the lady, while developing at the same time!Game 768865
Yeah, that's what I don't get, I play well on Gameknot, Redhotpawn, Uchess, but some 1400 rater pantzer on Yahoo beats me by moving a queen around. Sheesh, I can't figure it out, what should I do to prevent this from happening? What ar ...[text shortened]... s, because that's all I study now, it doesn't stop the blunders.
Uh in that game shouldn't 3. Qxe5+ have been played? That's the whole reason (granted a bad reason) for playing Qh5. You hope the guy you are playing decides to chase the queen rather than protect the pawn? Black's second move should be Nc6 to defend the pawn and then after 3.Bc4 g6 (because if someone plays Qh5 they probably think you are dumb enough to miss Qxf7#
Originally posted by mateuloseGet your rating down on all the places but Yahoo.
Yeah, that's what I don't get, I play well on Gameknot, Redhotpawn, Uchess, but some 1400 rater pantzer on Yahoo beats me by moving a queen around. Sheesh, I can't figure it out, what should I do to prevent this from happening? What areas of my game should I study on? Don't say tactics, because that's all I study now, it doesn't stop the blunders.
Then you'll have fairness.
Originally posted by XanthosNZProbably, but if you want to force an early swap of Queens like mateulose says, you just play Qe7. You're down a pawn, but you've got two pieces developed. If he grabs the pawn at c7, Qxe4+ and the situation is reversed: Black's on the attack!!
Uh in that game shouldn't 3. Qxe5+ have been played? That's the whole reason (granted a bad reason) for playing Qh5. You hope the guy you are playing decides to chase the queen rather than protect the pawn? Black's second move should be Nc6 to defend the pawn and then after 3.Bc4 g6 (because if someone plays Qh5 they probably think you are dumb enough to miss Qxf7#
Originally posted by mateuloseTypical....Give up before I beat myself...And you wonder why they don't! You come on here and bitch about how bad a player you are, people remember that stuff...I doubt you will ever get a resignation now.
God I wish ppl would hit resign when they are losing, it sure would make my life easier, because, I'm a CHOKER, I lost 3 games in a row off timed chess when I was clearly winning, and just blundered. The key to beating me, is just to make sure your game is 60 moves long (not that hard to do), and I'm bound to choke up one of those moves, in big armeggedd ...[text shortened]... r, but I told them I just choke so many won games it's hard to keep a consistantly good rating.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!I gotta post this. A morality play on crazy queen forays. It was blitz. I was white. 🙂
I am really getting sick of these threads where you are complaining about losing to "bad players". You study study study, sooo many books and still you lose to 1 move mates and crazy queen forrays.....Sounds like you don't really study these books very well. When people bring out their queen early and start moving it around I laugh and grin devilishly. I ...[text shortened]... study Queen maneuvers, you need to study the game, because there is something wrong with yours.
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. fxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qe6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Nf5 Qe6 14. Bc4 Qe4 15. d3 Qg4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bxf6 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Nxf6 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Nc5 Ng4 21. Rxf7 Ne3 22. Rd2 Nxc4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. dxc4 b6 25. Ne6 Rc8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Nxd8 Kg8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke8 30. Nc6 a6 31. a3 Kd7 32. Nd4 Kd6 33. b4 g6 34. Ke4 c5 35. bxc5+ Kxc5 36. Kd3 h6 37. h3 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. Ne6+ Kd6 41. Nxg5 Kc5 42. Ne4+ Kc6 43. g5 Kd7 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. a4 Kf5 46. Kd5 Kg6 47. Ke6 Kg7 48. Kf5 Kg8 49. Nd6 Kg7 50. Nc8 b5 51. cxb5 axb5 52. axb5 {Black resigns} 1-0
I probably missed some brutal combinatorial blow around move 16 just because of the utter bankruptcy of my opponent's position, but the piece and effortless simplification were more than enough....
The tradition continues! LOL! I just lost a game to someone hovering their queen around my the f,g,h files (a glorious thing to do it seems), threating cheapo mates, and I got checkmated by a mating net with a queen and rook, with a rook sac of his. I was up a whole knight, and two pawns, but NOOOOOOOOOO, my king was somehow in danger to simple queen moving and his wasn't. Material rules? Puhhhh, as long as they have the queen, a surplus in material seems quite useless and unadvantgeous for the rest of the game. God I hate the queen, there's no way to get that bugger off the f,g, and h files, where it KILLS you.