tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post168401931523650606..comments2024-03-28T01:17:43.262+01:00Comments on Temposchlucker: conscious exposure on a coathangerTemposchluckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-75052968600686008862010-02-09T11:23:30.986+01:002010-02-09T11:23:30.986+01:00There could be many reasons why a 1950 player miss...There could be many reasons why a 1950 player missed such trick as removal of the guard. Not only old school versus stepmethodist, but fatigue, oversight, the blond across the hall, not in tactics arsenal yet,forgot about it during calculation, a bad day, sickness, feeling drawsy because of the fact (s)he forgot to eat something, ... .<br /><br />I can honestly say that players in the range of above 1700 - below 2000 form one big pile where everybody can beat everybody. Ofcourse the scale will tip towards the 1900+ when it comes to victories because they have a bigger chess strenght but the 1700+ player has always a chance to snatch victory.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-9898802371187271332010-01-31T18:21:15.546+01:002010-01-31T18:21:15.546+01:00Even if they've never seen the pattern before ...Even if they've never seen the pattern before it seems to me that a player of 1950 ought to be able to calculate it if it is the immediate reply (and the most active move as well).<br /><br />Here's a nice quote from Kevin Zhang who never studied openings, but thanks to his calculation skills reached 2100 anyway:<br />http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9088/508/Tentativenoreply@blogger.com