Only Chess
17 Mar 12
17 Mar 12
There's a maxim about choosing one's battles carefully.
There comes a time when the prospects of a win are so small that the time and effort to go after it might be better spent on another front.
I'm reading the Blunders and Brilliancies book recommended over on Planet Greenpawn. Even Grandmasters sometimes seem grateful to accept or offer a draw in what is later sometimes shown to be an easily won position.
There's some human psychology at work here as well - we often tend to fear defeat more than we savor victory.
And without meaning to seem confrontational, but why don't you worry about your own games, and let others make the decisions they feel proper?
17 Mar 12
The post that was quoted here has been removedI know the effect on me sometimes when I offer a draw and it is declined, to really want to force the draw (or even get the win). It's kind of an ittrational feeling to want to prove that it was a legitimate and meaningful draw offer, and that the play since the declinde draw offer has been fruitless.
As for Zsofia Polgar, she is cute and a smart girl.
19 Mar 12
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The post that was quoted here has been removedI guess when you are my age . . .
She is a mature woman and deserves respect. Most women want to be respected and recognized as mature and intelligient, but many do like to be call "girl" in that well-meaning condescending way you allude.
Try it next time. When you are getting close to say with a 45-yr old woman, and she gives you that affectionate smile, and if you think it pretty, call her a "pretty girl" and see how she responds. I have received batter eye lashes at that point.
While I have never been affectionate with Zsofia Polgar, I do think she is a cute girl (as you know), but she is probably too young for me.