tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post5476982838341926416..comments2024-03-28T01:17:43.262+01:00Comments on Temposchlucker: Defensive mental mayhemTemposchluckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-22228829023209436422019-04-25T03:40:33.488+02:002019-04-25T03:40:33.488+02:00@ Tomasz:
When I resumed regular play at the loca...@ Tomasz:<br /><br />When I resumed regular play at the local chess club, one of the things that I noticed was my lack of familiarity with current opening theory. Somewhat surprisingly, it didn't make much difference because I could "see" more of the potential tactics, avoiding some disasters in unfamiliar positions. I've been able to find some interesting tactical saves in several games against higher rated players.<br /><br />My contention is that tactical improvements automatically improve opening play. However, I also recognize that at least minimal familiarity with stock openings is necessary in tournament games; it just costs too much time on the clock to play totally unknown variations from move 1.<br /><br />In that regard, I've changed the way I study (yet again). I've started using the Chess Tempo game database as the basis for studying the opening. I pick a particular opening variation, and then start playing over master games with that variation. I just recently started this practice, but already I can "see" some of the underlying ideas (primarily because of increased tactical skills). I've also been watching several YouTube videos on specific openings, and try to "guess the move" as a master explains the ideas. I've also been watching several different masters play blitz games on lichess. I've picked up a lot just listening to them talk about their choices as they play. Sometimes, I have even been surprised when I "see" tactical shots that the master misses (or, more likely, just doesn't think are all that good). I was watching IM William Paschall playing blitz the other day, and he attempted to play an illegal move by jumping over his own Pawn with a Bishop. He caught it immediately, but it was encouraging that even highly rated players can sometimes (rarely) overlook things.<br /><br />A couple of things I've noted. In master chess, there is considerable emphasis on "seeing" through blocking pieces (own side or opponent's side) to squares on which tactical shots become available. There is also an emphasis on focal points, critical squares and potential Pawn breaks. "Seeing" those things greatly improves the capability to play better moves in the opening and middlegame. In short, those are the very things found in Chuzakin's system and in Temposchlucker's <b>PoPeye</b> system.<br /><br />All the best in your studies!Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-1712162601181713072019-04-18T18:34:16.789+02:002019-04-18T18:34:16.789+02:00YouTube Video: Analyze This! with GM Irina Krush (...YouTube Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13wBbv6Wmg" rel="nofollow"><b>Analyze This! with GM Irina Krush (O'Kelly Sicilian) - 2014.07.15</b></a> is an interesting analysis of an O'Kelly opening by a GM.<br /><br />"You know, it's a pretty interesting move to play against an Open Sicilian player because it makes it difficult for White to play an Open Sicilian." - GM Krush<br /><br />That's certainly a plus in my book! If White insists on continuing with 3. d4, Black has several good ways to equalize. According to the Chess Tempo game database, two of the most often played White moves are 3. c3 (Alapin) and 3. c4 (Maroczy Bind), leading away from the typical Najdorf configurations.<br /><br />GM Krush gives a series of tactical traps after 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nf3 Nf6. White cannot play 5. e5? because of 5. ... Qa5+, winning the Pawn. After 5. Nc3 (a natural move for an Open Sicilian player), Black continues 5. ... e5. The usual response to this in other Sicilian lines is 6. N(d4)b5, but the O'Kelly move removes that possibility. White also cannot exchange Knights on c6, because the Black Knight has not yet gone there. The Black d-Pawn hasn't played yet, so Black can develop the Bf8 actively after White moves "somewhere". There are tactical traps for both players in these lines. Transpositions abound, which gives plenty of opportunities for "getting out of (White's) memorized Open Sicilian book lines."<br /><br />I actually prefer Scheveningen, Kan, Taimanov Sicilian positions, with potential transpositions to Hedgehog formations (if possible). We shall see if this opening is something I feel comfortable playing. There are lots of master games to peruse before making a final decision as to whether to adopt it or not as my standard reply to 1. e4. Maybe it won't be my primary weapon of choice, but it never hurts to "keep 'em guessing!"<br /><br /> Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-7749064041753129452019-04-18T13:45:03.130+02:002019-04-18T13:45:03.130+02:00I am beginning to think (perhaps erroneously) that...I am beginning to think (perhaps erroneously) that I have absorbed more about "good openings" than I had realized. Not just a set of memorized "principles" (a la Lasker) but an understanding of what I should be doing when confronting an opening I have never played before. I think this may be to a shift in attitude toward being more "concrete" in my consideration of candidate moves. I'm trying to start thinking about the potential tactics from the very start. I realized this when I started studying the Sicilian Defense, O'Kelly variation, which starts 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6. I was surprised to see (somewhere) that it was described as an "improved" Najdorf variation, which I like. I looked up all the Sicilian O'Kelly games on <i>chessgames.com</i> (ECO code B28) and have started working through them in the order played. I saw immediately that there are tactical traps available; "seeing" those tactics is necessary for both sides.<br /><br />An interesting side note is that the O'Kelly variations appearing in the games of strong players (Schlechter; Maroczy; Paulson and others) began before the 1900s. (So much for the John Watson hypothesis that the old masters construed the opening through the narrow prism of "rules" and thus were incapable of playing more "modern" lines based on concrete considerations.) Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-25769243455442763032019-04-16T04:06:25.913+02:002019-04-16T04:06:25.913+02:00Congratulations my friend! It looks like you final...Congratulations my friend! It looks like you finally start feeling and noticing the difference in your game! That's a very good news!<br /><br />In my case, I played very badly and I could barely think. I simply have too big gaps (holes) in my chess education. I badly need to fill in these huge gaps! Anyway I started my traing and I am working on the opening part. I hope in a year time I will be quite good at this phase of the game. It is ridiculous to play random moves without any understanding of the position. I am fed up of playing "just to push the pieces and capture free material". It does not make any sense to me.<br /><br />Nowadays my goal is not to drop my ELO rating below 1700. That's why I finally started working on my chess. Better later than never?!Tomaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690570865003924020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-17801792579680406372019-04-10T03:24:57.561+02:002019-04-10T03:24:57.561+02:00Tomasz: How did you do in the tournament?
Tonight...<b>Tomasz: How did you do in the tournament?</b><br /><br />Tonight was another success for me. I played two informal games against a youngster (about 12 years old) who is a rising shooting star. Previously, he had steamrolled me right out of the opening (Najdorf Sicilian). Tonight I tried the Kan Sicilian (at least, that's what he called it), trying to avoid getting slaughtered immediately. (I don't study openings much at all anymore.) He won the first one, but I got him in the second. Then we were paired for the 24-minute Quick tournament game. He overlooked a simple Knight fork in the middlegame, and resigned not too many moves later when I forced off his major pieces.<br /><br />On the ratings front, as a result of last week's success, my USCF Quick rating went from 1456 to 1631. (who says you can't gain a lot of rating points in a short time period?!?) That's nothing to brag about, but it does reflect an improvement in my tactical "sight" and ability to handle time pressure in Quick games.<br /><br />Speaking of Quick games and time pressure: my last informal game tonight was against a 1455 player. I managed to hold the game until he resigned. For the last 10-15 moves, I only had 1.7 seconds to play! (We were playing an 8-minute, 3-second delay game.) I fully expected to lose on time, but he resigned when he went down a Queen. That was nerve-wrecking!<br /><br />I can't make the chess club next week: my bluegrass band has a gig playing for the volunteers at a local retirement home. So, it will be interesting to see if my rating goes up much after tonight's win. It really doesn't matter; I'll keep on trying to improve regardless of my rating.Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-82589819272797254192019-04-05T04:37:10.756+02:002019-04-05T04:37:10.756+02:00Well done Robert! Congratulations!
Recently I sta...Well done Robert! Congratulations!<br /><br />Recently I started solving puzzles at Blitz Tactics website... and I feel my tactics is getting better. I do not feel the tiredness while looking for tactics. This week (yes, tonight is the 1st round) I am playing a chess tournament and we will look how it goes :).Tomaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690570865003924020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-41000321317866838632019-04-03T12:32:30.017+02:002019-04-03T12:32:30.017+02:00congratscongratsAoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-21716222790183462162019-04-03T04:52:49.433+02:002019-04-03T04:52:49.433+02:00Tonight at the chess club, I had total success! I ...Tonight at the chess club, I had total success! I played two informal games prior to the monthly Ricochet Tournament, winning both games against the same opponent. It was a nice warm-up for the tournament games that followed. I played four different opponents in the tournament, winning every game. Two of my opponents were the No.1 and No.2 rated players currently active in the club (one is close to 1800 USCF; the other is close to 1700 USCF). I had previously not beaten either of them in quick tournament play (8 minutes with a 3-second increment). The games themselves were "strange" - at least, for me. After starting with a generic opening in all four cases, the games rapidly evolved into tactical melees on both sides. Usually, I get into serious time trouble in that kind of situation, but tonight, I stayed ahead on the clock in all four games. I was really pleased with one of the games. I lost an exchange (through a simple oversight) for a Knight and Pawn, with a good outpost near the center. My opponent overlooked a fork of his Queen and Rook, allowing me to regain the exchange with an extra Pawn in a Queen and Pawn endgame. He mistakenly forced an exchange of Queens into a losing (for him) Pawn ending. The highest rated player initiated a withering attack on my King, but I managed to hold everything together with tactics. At one point, he tried to defend against a "family fork" of King, Queen and Rook by defending the forking square with a Knight. I snatched it off with a pseudo-sacrifice of my Queen for that Knight, leaving him a piece down with even Pawns. He tried to get fancy, and ended up also losing a Rook. He kept on playing, hoping I would implode and lose on time, as I had done previously. Unfortunately for him, I forced off everything except a Rook (for me), with three Pawns each on the Kingside. I then forced a Pawn to a Queen and checkmated him.<br /><br />As Aristotle said, “<b><i>One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.</i></b>” But it sure did make my day to know that I can compete successfully with these guys, at least occasionally!Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-36641154541938314062019-04-02T19:29:10.467+02:002019-04-02T19:29:10.467+02:00What I intend to do is to introduce my PoPeye syst...What I intend to do is to introduce my PoPeye system as tactical training for adults. The very system I worked 20 years on to invent. With more guinea pigs we will find out sooner if we are up to something. But even in the worst case scenario they will become better in tactics.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-24259360506071540032019-04-02T19:02:22.377+02:002019-04-02T19:02:22.377+02:00That is almost exactly chuzhakins System : https:/...That is almost exactly chuzhakins System : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFl6WABqgC0AoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-80504209954913420392019-04-02T17:25:19.772+02:002019-04-02T17:25:19.772+02:00I will add some of his methods to my trainingsrout...I will add some of his methods to my trainingsroutine like playing 3 times through the line in the head.<br />Time to watch his other 3 videos :)AoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-91698380903144180222019-04-02T15:37:11.820+02:002019-04-02T15:37:11.820+02:00@Aox: Fascinating video by IM Preuss! Thank you fo...@Aox: Fascinating video by IM Preuss! Thank you for the link.<br /><br />I noticed he "sees" the LOA, looking through intervening pieces all the way to the edge of the board - and doesn't mention that aspect.<br /><br />I noticed his recommendation of trying to LEARN 3 "patterns" per day. This mirrors Victor Henkin's recommendation (in <b><i>1000 Checkmate Combinations</i></b>). Repeating (what has been previously commented on here), Victor states:<br /><br />"<b><i>You shouldn't take 'tactical medicine' in large doses. Even the most beautiful combinations can set your teeth on edge if you swallow them with the greed of a hungry pelican. On this topic there are many wise sayings, for example a Chinese one: 'Don't bite off more than you can swallow', or a French one, 'Too much of anything is a bad thing...' You should get to know the combinations carefully, thoughtfully, without distractions or hurry, returning again and again to the examined positions. Best of all, LIMIT YOUR DAILY RATION TO TWO OR THREE 'DISHES'.</i></b><br /><br />And yet most of us ignore this kind of advice because we just "know" that the quantity is so much more important than the quality! Ergo, the Seven Circles of Hell from de la Maza and the Woodpecker Method from GM Smith.<br /><br />[Caveat: IMHO] Learning the specific solutions to specific tactical problems may (or may not) provide you with a useable pattern. If it does so, then that learning process is at least one or two levels of indirection away from embedding "chunks" into LTM.<br /><br />I think we have "kicked the tires" on most of what he suggests. Or, it could be that I am remembering teaching "patterns" that have no basis in reality. <b>Whatever.</b><br /><br />It's a great video with food for thought for the thoughtful!Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-80884496327074221152019-04-01T13:46:44.411+02:002019-04-01T13:46:44.411+02:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvkuji08dMc<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvkuji08dMc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvkuji08dMc</a>AoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-15511438000372862522019-03-27T13:09:46.909+01:002019-03-27T13:09:46.909+01:00Sorry to hear that Margriet is not doing well.
Do...Sorry to hear that Margriet is not doing well.<br /><br />Does your proposed adult education focus on beginners or does it cover a range of playing levels, somewhat similar to the STEPS program?Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-20172905128499191542019-03-26T21:28:46.162+01:002019-03-26T21:28:46.162+01:00Kinda sort of.
Margriet isn't doing well, phy...Kinda sort of.<br /><br />Margriet isn't doing well, physically, so chess training is a bit on the back burner lately.<br /><br />The most important find is that I mustn't be too greedy or hasty. It is way better to digest the matter slowly.<br /><br />I think that it is realistic to expect that it might take a year to cover the whole tactical realm.<br /><br />Despite that I had intended not to become occupied with non chess related stuff at the chess club like becoming a board member or so, I seem to get sucked into it, somehow. I can't change my character. But there might be a good side to it. I'm working out a proposal for chess education for adults, so may be I can try out my method with other adults as guinea pigs.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-80642231760436566712019-03-25T18:47:20.599+01:002019-03-25T18:47:20.599+01:00not with me
I wonder about the 2 categorys for fai...not with me<br />I wonder about the 2 categorys for failiure<br />1) dont find the right idea ( in time )<br />2) dont find the refutation of (a) wrong idea ( in time )<br /><br />repetition of puzzles might help with 1)<br />I put now some emphasis on 2) i do repetitions on refutations of my wrong ideas<br /><br />AoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-11043788998215040472019-03-25T17:45:20.998+01:002019-03-25T17:45:20.998+01:00Any "progress" to report?Any "progress" to report?Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-3250039200494787412019-03-07T22:11:23.794+01:002019-03-07T22:11:23.794+01:00I've been playing weekly at the local chess cl...I've been playing weekly at the local chess club. On the first Tuesday of the month, there is a 5-round quick tournament (8 minutes per move with an 8 second increment). For the rest of the month, there is an ongoing tournament, with one 24-minute game per night. The rest of the time, it's just 8 minute skittles.<br /><br />I’m doing fine with my playing, but having trouble with the quick time controls, usually in time trouble every game. I’ve been experimenting with various openings (for which I do NOT know the theory), and yet getting fairly decent positions in the middlegame. Unfortunately, it costs me on the clock, so I guess I’m going to have to work on a set of openings that I can play regularly.<br /><br />Tactically, I’m doing better than I ever have. I’m “seeing” a lot more opportunities than before. The following position is an example. In this kind of position, previously I would not even have considered what I actually played.<br /><br /><b>FEN: 2r2rk1/pb3ppp/1q2pn2/2bnN3/8/3BP3/PB1N1PPP/1QR2RK1 b - - 0 1</b><br /><br />White’s last move was 1. Ne5. My eye was drawn to the loose White Knight on d2, so I started looking into 1. … Nxe3 2. fxe Bxe3+ 3. Kh1 Bxd2. Then my usual caution asserted itself, and I stared trying to figure out what to do after 4. Nc4, forking the Queen and Bishop. Hmm, seems like it’s not working. Then I “saw” that I could threaten checkmate on g2 with 4. … Qc6, gaining time to rescue the Bishop (maybe). So, I had an intuitive “feeling” that the tactics would work out, and comitted to playing this line without doing any more checking. (Playing an 8-minute game prevents carefully checking all variations.) Previously I would not dream of doing this, because I was sure to lose my way in the tactics!<br /><br />So I played 1. … Nxe3 2. fxe Bxe3+ 3. Kh1 Bxd2, reaching a “stepping stone” position on the board.<br /><br />White surprised me with 4. Rxf6. It looked (to me) that I could defend [(2:2) on f7], so I played 4. … Bxc1. If White recaptures on c1 with 5. Bxc1, I capture his Queen first with 5. … Qxb1 6. Bxb1 Rxc1+ 7. Rf1 Rxf1#. Capturing on c1 with the Queen is suicidal: 5. Qxc1 Rxc1 6. Bxc1 gxf6 and it’s over.<br /><br />While he was contemplating his 5th move, I started wondering if I had stepped into a devastating attack. I started imagining the combination of Bishop, Knight and Rook somehow crashing through to my King. Fortunately, he played 5. Nd7, forking my Queen and Rook, which allowed me to play 5. … Qxb2 and the serious threats are over. He played 6. Qxb2 Bxb2 7. Nxf8, overlooking 7. … Bxf6, so he resigned.<br /><br />In the interest of learning what I overlooked, I put the starting position into GM Stockfish 9. He indicated that 1. … Nxe3 was the best move for Black [∓ (-1.03)]. So, I felt pretty good about “seeing” more tactical possibilities in the position!<br /><br />The downside is that GM Stockfish would have defended much better than my opponent.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-38668879675635191962019-02-16T22:38:49.462+01:002019-02-16T22:38:49.462+01:00and acquiring a bad case of Book Acquisition Syndr...<i>and acquiring a bad case of Book Acquisition Syndrome</i><br /><br />I know what you mean. I have 42 meter of books of my own. Of which about 3 meters are chess books. If there is a relationship between rating and chess books read, I will need another 73 meters of chess books to become a grandmaster.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-85705029412555102302019-02-16T22:29:16.247+01:002019-02-16T22:29:16.247+01:00with all the things going on, I was looking for a ...<i>with all the things going on, I was looking for a defensive good move. The best defenders are knights. If you have 2 knights close to your king, the attacker has a really hard time. So moving the other knight closer to the king came to my mind pretty fast</i><br /><br />I suspect it are these little gems of knowledge that make the difference.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-51594133237023317642019-02-16T22:26:08.439+01:002019-02-16T22:26:08.439+01:00I believe there is too much focus on pattern-recog...<i>I believe there is too much focus on pattern-recognition discussed in this blog, and by it's members.</i><br /><br />Thinking is overrated. Maybe there is no such thing as thinking. Maybe there is just pattern recognition.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-40161293873443844692019-02-16T22:21:28.732+01:002019-02-16T22:21:28.732+01:00Seems to me like you are trying to lift weights wi...Seems to me like you are trying to lift weights with 120% of your maximum capacity.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-24900186853531931932019-02-16T10:47:22.427+01:002019-02-16T10:47:22.427+01:00In many puzzles i have a question, which takes too...In many puzzles i have a question, which takes too long to answer. I changed my training more to this question and its propper answer. So i create own (sub-)puzzles. Just to see and understand the right answer is often not the real problem of such a puzzle.AoxomoxoA wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058687381216896080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-24461040066799642262019-02-14T03:34:50.118+01:002019-02-14T03:34:50.118+01:00I solved it pretty fast, dont know the time, but m...I solved it pretty fast, dont know the time, but much faster than you for sure.<br />How is this possible? Well, you title is about defensive moves, that was the major give away hint.<br />First white is in check, so only move is a king move to start with.<br />Second - with all the things going on, I was looking for a defensive good move. The best defenders are knights. If you have 2 knights close to your king, the attacker has a really hard time. So moving the other knight closer to the king came to my mind pretty fast - and bang - the knight in the center guards my queen --> solved it.<br /><br />Really, even in Bullet and Blitz games I often dont calculate much, but I KNOW I need to keep my knight(s) close, so I avoid to get under attack.<br /><br />If you solve puzzles, and you know it is a defensive move --> 90% of the time, the knights play a key role.<br />Munichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797272348431332468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-26834895168666995192019-02-13T23:10:09.357+01:002019-02-13T23:10:09.357+01:00In the one game I won against the Smith-Morra, I e...In the one game I won against the Smith-Morra, I eventually arrived at e6, a6 and an eventual b5 as a viable alternative. The person I was playing said that e6 is the key to the Black defense against the Bc4 lines. I still need to study this more, with a lot of master games to cement the typical variations and ideas.<br /><br />I like playing with the Sicilian fire! My earliest book was <b><i>How to Think Ahead in Chess: The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game (Fireside Chess Library)</i></b>, by I. A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld. The authors advocated the Colle System for White and the Sicilian Dragon for Black. I forget what they recommended against 1. d4 or 1. c4; I think it was the Queen's Gambit Declined. However, that was nearly 50 years ago when I first started playing (and acquiring a bad case of Book Acquisition Syndrome), and I no longer have the book.<br /><br />I've always thought that was a strange combination of openings for a beginner. I can appreciate the simplicity of the Colle System approach, but the tactical hazards of the Sicilian Dragon (especially the Yugoslav Attack) are pretty difficult to navigate for a beginner. Maybe the idea was that if you persisted until you could actually survive, you would have to absorb sufficient tactical ideas. I guess it's somewhat similar to the advice of Master Ken Smith: Until you reach approximately 1800 USCF (about 1700 FIDE), your first name is tactics, your middle name is tactics, and your last name is tactics!Robert Coblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427520849707914818noreply@blogger.com