tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post1446076597778908384..comments2024-03-28T01:17:43.262+01:00Comments on Temposchlucker: The neglected area.Temposchluckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-32889629205826769892007-10-17T18:25:00.000+02:002007-10-17T18:25:00.000+02:00Christian: I hope I never get so good that I have ...Christian: I hope I never get so good that I have to stop playing gambits :)Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-30405971879549561292007-10-17T12:47:00.000+02:002007-10-17T12:47:00.000+02:00Christian,the method of exclusion works slow, but ...Christian,<BR/>the method of exclusion works slow, but finally you arrive where you must be with great certainty.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-66208360291862238492007-10-17T12:44:00.000+02:002007-10-17T12:44:00.000+02:00DK,I need more positional problems indeed, so I wi...DK,<BR/>I need more positional problems indeed, so I will check out the positional handbook. I fired up the strategy module of PCT again already. It's remarkable how well I remember the problems from PCT. Which means that PCT is a good system for memorizing. A pity that I don't quite understand all solutions. But with our new solution-focussed approach I intend to correct that.<BR/><BR/>Still reading Dvoretsky's book. It has exercises too.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-69357989216903636142007-10-17T12:30:00.000+02:002007-10-17T12:30:00.000+02:00Blue,I will check those books out.Blue,<BR/>I will check those books out.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-61691935207323555612007-10-17T12:17:00.000+02:002007-10-17T12:17:00.000+02:00I strongly agree with this post. This is exactly w...I strongly agree with this post. This is exactly what I have experienced in my last tournament where I got my best result so far. For the first time, I have abandoned tactically aimed gambit play and switched to a sound positional treatment of openings. In most cases I got a good, playable, sometimes superior position just applying sound principles, and I did not memorize opening trees at all. Tempo, I think you are on the right track.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160555681387976338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-14045172861204806102007-10-17T08:40:00.000+02:002007-10-17T08:40:00.000+02:00all very well said. yes, i saw maybe eight of thes...all very well said. yes, i saw maybe eight of these videos, and its all very good stuff. thank you wormwood again, and thank you tempo for emphasizing this.<BR/><BR/>books, books, more books. but some of them are hard to do without.<BR/><BR/>have you looked at Gelfer's Positional Chess Handbook? I swear by this book with all the blood in my body. there is little to be missed there.<BR/><BR/>just as Maxim Blohks book Combinative Motifs can supplant the CT-Art 3.0 software (in my case, suppliment it) for the 1209 problems thereof, so PCH is a way of doing 497 problems in positional play, with great depth or range or concepts suppliment PCT, i suspect quite strongly. portable PCT!<BR/><BR/>might i suggest this for your next circles in this parallel stream? knowing you, you will do something else, but, again, the question is have you seen it, or if seen it, really, really sat with that book?<BR/><BR/>were you here in the states, id bring it to your door as a gift.<BR/><BR/>warmest, dk<BR/><BR/>P.S. why i always hit a TRUE STOPPING point at 49 bullet games, i dont know, but did it again (i did 39 wednesday)? last night, after warming up on CTS and GM games from 11:15pm to JUST 2:00 am, i was ready to play! 2:13am to 7:09 am. after watching turbulant overnight markets sink due to a bad report by Erikkson SA, it was by then time for bed, then sleep 7:45 am to 12:45am. after a eight minute nap at lunch, now im hungry for more!<BR/><BR/>zero fatigue. organic vegetables! organic fruit! similarly only 4.1 hours sunday night, and no tiredness AT ALL.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>honest. the thirst is bad. i want blood (the hides or skins of ++ elo's unsuspecting of a mere bottom fish 200 to 300 elo down.<BR/><BR/>393w, 695L, 46d= 1134 games. 34.7% is shamefully too high a number. if i was not a weekling, id have it 29.99%<BR/><BR/>soon i will have my goal then quit bullet and start 2/12 for a LONG TIME!transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-79346244732091336452007-10-16T16:49:00.000+02:002007-10-16T16:49:00.000+02:00Oh, for opening books that really stress the strat...Oh, for opening books that really stress the strategy, check out the 'Mastering the X' series (e.g., 'Mastering the Spanish'). Ridiculously helpful overview of the main plans, pawn moves, etc.. Too bad they don't have any books out on openings I play! :)Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-11458584973178254182007-10-16T16:47:00.000+02:002007-10-16T16:47:00.000+02:00Cool stuff. I feel lucky I am still in the range w...Cool stuff. I feel lucky I am still in the range where it is all about tactics :)Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-87297060283706167262007-10-16T16:10:00.000+02:002007-10-16T16:10:00.000+02:00WW,yeah, it gives a good idea in what direction to...WW,<BR/>yeah, it gives a good idea in what direction to improve. Thx for pointing him out.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-33947734920358567182007-10-16T15:20:00.000+02:002007-10-16T15:20:00.000+02:00the thing that struck me the most was how simple c...the thing that struck me the most was how simple chess he plays. he's never in a hurry to crush the opponent, never looks for that complex tactical blow. it's just sane, safe moves one after another, accumulating small advantages, taking a square here and there, until the opponent suddenly collapses. if there's a complex tactic available, he often doesn't even consider it but improves a piece instead. no flashy tricks, and in the end the strategy just prevails time after time.<BR/><BR/>I especially liked how he won a pawn, was offered another with no obvious danger, and he commented: "do I take the pawn? I think not. I only need to win once." :) and it was still middlegame.<BR/><BR/>another thing is that he <I>really</I> knows his openings and the resulting positions. he knows the weaknesses and possibilities without even looking. I always need to think things through, which takes time and is subject to errors, but he just recognizes things. he just <I>knows</I> this or that is "good in this kind of positions."<BR/><BR/>and he never worries about advantage, he's fine with equality. not a second is wasted on 'how can I find an advantage here' if there's an easy equal move.wormwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660805360182226665noreply@blogger.com