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| Sep-22-05 | | YouRang: Forget my last post. I just noticed the flaw in 25...Qf8. Then 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxe8# (black queen is pinned). |
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| Sep-22-05 | | kevin86: I saw ♕b2 but missed the followup-instead I went for the pedestrian ♗xf7+ followed by ♖d7+ winning a pawn. In other words,I went for the walk,rather than the home run. |
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| Sep-22-05 | | JoeWms: <SamuelS> <Sometimes I miss the most obvious moves. I'll have to do more board visualization exercises.> Are these formal exercises? Or your own thing? |
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| Sep-22-05 | | paul dorion: <dhotts>
14...ed
15 Nxd4 Ne5
16 Nf5 looks a lot like the game but with a dangerous R vs Q line-up on the d fileThe same thing happens after
15...Ng4
16 h3 followed by Nf5 |
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| Sep-22-05 | | ckr: The author of <Chess visualization> also has a web site with training exercises. http://www.janmatthies.info/chess/c...
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| Sep-22-05 | | aginis: <JoeWms> i thought these were visual exercises. I don't mean to be snide but doing these puzzles by moving pieces around is kinda pointless. How are you gonna spot it OTB if you can't do it without pressure and no time control in situation where you are told there is a combo? Not to mention that most puzzles on chessgames aren't exactly grandmaster level. Occasionally a puzzle at the end of the week needs some in depth analysis, but more often than not the difficulty of a sunday puzzle lies in catching the correct theme and order of play - not lengthy or exact calculation. |
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| Sep-22-05 | | artemis: <aginis> These excercises are to be solved however one can do them. This one was easy for me to see over the board, but I have done thousands of puzzles, ranging from two movers to ten movers and beyond. Every player needs to be able to evaluate their own ability and judge from their if they should be able to touch the pieces. I used to need a board to do ones like this, but I have practiced so much that I have no need of the board for ones under 7 moves. After that, I can follow the game, but I cannot guarantee much accuracy. One way to work on your visualization skills is to try to play a game against yourself, without a board, and just writing down the notation. After you finish the game, or get lost or confused, go and play it over on a board and look at how you do. It will take a while, but you will find improvement both in this excercise, and in your ability to find the correct moves in games based on deep calculation. |
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| Sep-22-05 | | JoeWms: <ckr> <aginis> <artemis> Thanks, guys, for responding to my visualization query. I've bookmarked the janmatthies site. BTW <Chessgames.com> Do you prefer kibitzes of broad interest, that only peripherally relate to the game site that prompted the inquiry, be posted on the Cafe site instead? |
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| Sep-22-05 | | wals: (artemis) thank you for the visualization training exercise |
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| Sep-22-05 | | patzer2: Today's puzzle solution 25. Qb2!! initiates a winning double attack, threatening to capture the Queen and Bishop or mate. Black's 25...Qe7, to protect both threatened pieces and guard against the mate is futile, since White's 26. Qxb7! establishes a second double attack (decisive loss of material or mate) with a clearly won game. |
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| Sep-22-05 | | patzer2: <artemis> Good tips on visuzlization training! For those new to the study of practical Chess tactics and combinations, it is important to start off small. Clearly visualize the board position after each half move before proceeding ot the next half move. Practice with two and three movers before jumping to longer and more difficult combinations. Also, in order to avoid nasty surprises, make it a practice to clearly visualize the position of each piece left on the board at the end of a combination. With practice on simple combinations, visualizing longer sequences will gradually become easier. You may have to look at the answer occasionally to a difficult problem, but with practice you won't need a board to mentally see and understand most solutions. |
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Sep-22-05
 | | Benzol: Got any suggestions for improving strategical ability? |
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| Sep-22-05 | | alexandrovm: wow, beautiful! |
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| Sep-22-05 | | Achilles: how to play this game?!?? hehehe../gg |
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| Sep-22-05 | | avidfan: It is ironic that Black allows 27.Qxf7+ and 28.Qg8# when the very same Knight that protected the King from back rank mate stopped the defence by the Black Queen. To <Benzol>:
A good intermediate book to study is A. Kotov's "Think like a GM". He discusses topics such as assessing a position, calculating candidate moves, how the middle game is characterised by the opening used, whether to open a position or keep it closed in going to the endgame. Endgame study is most important.
A good site is www.chessville.com/instruction - lots of tips! - one of which is to pin the King's Knight - a painful event which left a lasting impression on me. |
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Sep-23-05
| | Benzol: <avidfan> Many thanks. |
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Jun-29-21
 | | FSR: With Malich Aforethought. |
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Aug-16-24
 | | Honza Cervenka: Lovely final. |
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| Aug-16-24 | | Saniyat24: Nice Game and Well Thought Out Pun...! |
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| Aug-16-24 | | SeanAzarin: Great finish and awesome pun. |
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Aug-16-24
 | | perfidious: Lovely finish and fine pun. |
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Aug-16-24
 | | offramp: Good game GG!! If I were Black I would be analysed like mad to keep on the board. I'd have known that things had gone wrong when White had this menacing position....
click for larger view |
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Aug-16-24
| | offramp: I would like to meet User: SeanAzarin. He thinks that today's pun is <AWESOME>. |
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Aug-16-24
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi Offramp,
If you look at some of the lads posts he is keen on puns - each to their own I guess. I skipped through the game - at least it was not 'Kort on the Back Rank.' |
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Aug-16-24
 | | tamar: I have to say I like it. “With malice aforethought” is an apt description of chess in general. |
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sac: 26.Qxb7