A blunder in blitz.
I was playing a well-known master from this site, who often posts in the forum, when I resigned in this position (I played whites):
As he and others have pointed out, only much later I realized that I could have simply taken his knight with my Queen and be in a winning position. Why people miss these moves?
Originally posted by Pawn RebellionI think that the skill of identifying candidate moves is one of the most underestimated in players' chess training (as part of improving their calculation). Many players are so keen and willing to work on their openings, etc. but yet fundamental skills get taken for granted and don't receive enough focus.
Why people miss these moves?
Maybe we need to play some slow games where a big effort is made to continually "look around" at all legal moves before becoming drawn in too much by a narrow subset. And keep practicising like this until we are being more openminded to other possibilities.
Originally posted by VarenkaThanks, you make an excellent point. I guess I will not be a great player, in blitz or correspondence, if I don't develop the ability to look at the board more broadly.
I think that the skill of identifying candidate moves is one of the most underestimated in players' chess training (as part of improving their calculation). Many players are so keen and willing to work on their openings, etc. but yet fundamental skills get taken for granted and don't receive enough focus.
Maybe we need to play some slow games where a big ...[text shortened]... And keep practicising like this until we are being more openminded to other possibilities.
:'(
PR
Originally posted by Pawn RebellionIt was your turn to miss a move, since he had just missed 18...f3! 😵
A blunder in blitz.
I was playing a well-known master from this site, who often posts in the forum, when I resigned in this position (I played whites):
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"] [Site "www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.10.31"] [Round "?"] [White "."] [Black "."] [Result "1-0"] 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6 4. d2-d3 d7-d5 ...[text shortened]... is knight with my Queen and be in a winning position. Why people miss these moves?
Originally posted by Varenkayep, its from this ability that creativity rises. Absolutely essential for any player willing to play chess, not checkers.
I think that the skill of identifying candidate moves is one of the most underestimated in players' chess training (as part of improving their calculation). Many players are so keen and willing to work on their openings, etc. but yet fundamental skills get taken for granted and don't receive enough focus.
Maybe we need to play some slow games where a big ...[text shortened]... And keep practicising like this until we are being more openminded to other possibilities.
Originally posted by heinzkatAha !!
Now everyone is wondering who was Black... but in the other thread I was lecturing you that you shouldn't disclose such information 😞
😛
I never included the names of my adversaries in my postings. But only recently I learned how to delete the names of players from the pgn codes.
Hi PR.
When I realsied it was you who had picked up my challenge I toyed with
the idea of allowing you a quick mate just to be famous in a thread.
I realised right away my Nf3+ was a blunder and whilst wating for you to
take my Knight I then also saw f3 which wins. (I think I pm'd you this).
Then you resigned! 🙂
Think this may explain why you should not look into anything sinister
in a blitz game. Anything can happen.
You lost because you trusted me thinking that anyone with high numbers
does not screw up. Ignore the numbers they mean nothing.
This is important as you do appear to have so much faith in the grade
as a real measure of someone's playing ability.
(look at the time of the message - 5 o'clock in the morning - I'm not at my
best at that time).
Look at their moves. Forget the numbers.
Before your game I lost to greenpiece (960) I saw the name thought it
would be fun for greenpawn to play greenpiece so pick up his challenge.
Halfway through I realised it was one of those add on 10 secs a move.
I hate those. The lad was winning so just said 'good game' and resigned.
One last thing. You probably did not mean anything by it.
Call me scumbag, patzer, idiot, nutcase or jammy swine. I don't mind.
But don't call me a Master. I have never claimed to be one, I have not earned
that title and it is an insult to the players who have. You are forgiven.
Edit 1:
Just saw my PM - I did tell you I missed 18...f3.
"Hi
Our game was silly. My 19.....Nf3+?? was a bluff, you can just take the Knight.
I should have played 18...f3 - Blitz chess at 5 am is bad for me. "