12 Sep 20
@congruent saidKnight's Tour.
Try the following :-
* Chess tactics practice
* visualization training
I would bet that most of us here (me included) would struggle in visualization.
For example without sight of board, what is the colour of the following squares
E6, F2, G1
Without sight of the board, can the Knight on G1 get to F5? In two or three moves at most.
18 Sep 20
Sometimes I move quickly and blunder, then sit there waiting for the hammer to fall, but my opponent completely misses it.
That's almost worse, because I get this sense of cosmic absurdity and wonder why I am going through the motions.
I love this quotation.
You need to come on down to the sub-1300s.
Our whole chess experience is one, constant cosmic absurdity. ^^
Anyway, I agree that playing online is a completely different cat. It could be that the difference in spatial relationships between the board and pieces affect us in different ways.
When I met a friend who also almost plays exclusively online chess to play OTB some 6, 7 years ago, I remember him just freezing for a moment, early in the game, when things were about to get a little complicated, and remarking...
It's so weird seeing this on a board...
And we both really shared a good laugh.
It feels rather weird that, ultimately, it is now stranger for many millions of chess players to see the game unfold on a board.
20 Sep 20
If you are losing and blundering heavily i.e. leaving pieces en prise, simple blunders then I recommend withdrawing from rapid chess for a while till you have regrouped. Nothing worse than if you're say a 2000 player, your current rating is 1700 or 1600 and you carry on playing getting hammered to 1300-1500. Your opponents are going to be like circling sharks.
24 Sep 20
@Philokalia
playing online is a completely different cat.
Phycology is for me the difference ( no pressure )
Decent post btw
25 Sep 20
@hells-caretaker saidBy phycology you meant psychology?
@Philokalia
playing online is a completely different cat.
Phycology is for me the difference ( no pressure )
Decent post btw
25 Sep 20
@deepthought saidTake that to Russ. I didn't design this 'Speelcheekerr'ee
By phycology you meant psychology?
26 Sep 20
@Paul-Leggett
I can vouch for your redhotpawn games for sure because I've been clobbered a couple of times by you.
27 Sep 20
@rickgarel saidHi all- Rick is being kind because he collected some easy points off me in a game/15 team match on chess.com!
@Paul-Leggett
I can vouch for your redhotpawn games for sure because I've been clobbered a couple of times by you.
I've been looking very thoroughly over my games, to compare and contrast my chess.com and RHP games. Generally speaking, I get better positions overall on chess.com compared to RHP, but I also drop far more pieces in one-move blunders.
I think I am getting very good positions, then get comfortable and lazy, and then receive a lesson on how lazy is not tolerated in the game.
I am going to review my Rowson books to fix it. His books have been very helpful in the past for getting my head straight.
27 Sep 20
@hells-caretaker saidThe spell checking happens on your device, it's not something Russ can influence. I was guessing that you meant psychology, but phycology looked like a real word, so I wondered if you meant something else. In the meantime I looked it up on Lexico and it gives the definition of phycology as: "The branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae.".
Take that to Russ. I didn't design this 'Speelcheekerr'ee
27 Sep 20
@paul-leggett saidFair enough. Perhaps then a blunder check then before you move in your rapid games?
Hi all- Rick is being kind because he collected some easy points off me in a game/15 team match on chess.com!
I've been looking very thoroughly over my games, to compare and contrast my chess.com and RHP games. Generally speaking, I get better positions overall on chess.com compared to RHP, but I also drop far more pieces in one-move blunders.
I think I am getting ...[text shortened]... Rowson books to fix it. His books have been very helpful in the past for getting my head straight.
27 Sep 20
@congruent saidYeah, I need to apply the old Greenpawn64 Post It note mantra of "Check all checks, and look for loose pieces".
Fair enough. Perhaps then a blunder check then before you move in your rapid games?
It's easy to apply in this format, because I am only making one move. In OTB or online rapid play, I need to remember to do it every single move- the one time I forget can be the one move that loses for me.
27 Sep 20
@deepthought saidI think he was saying that my calculating or... "chess algae-bra"... needs work.
The spell checking happens on your device, it's not something Russ can influence. I was guessing that you meant psychology, but phycology looked like a real word, so I wondered if you meant something else. In the meantime I looked it up on Lexico and it gives the definition of phycology as: "The branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae.".