tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post6351901444441302394..comments2024-03-29T14:33:24.765+01:00Comments on Temposchlucker: Now that I have your attentionTemposchluckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-89046616747559118962009-01-17T22:43:00.000+01:002009-01-17T22:43:00.000+01:00"It must have something to do with habits. Habits ..."It must have something to do with habits. Habits tend to become invisible when you think that everyone has the same problem. My attitude in life is one of safety first. Check and double check. No pun intended. These habits, which I can't help, prevents me obviously from blundering much."<BR/><BR/>I agree a class B player can have good tactical vision that spots most tactics, but a poor per-move thought process that sometimes leads him to disaster. I can also name a beginners who rarely hang a piece/pawn outright or make a ??, but often play ?! and ? moves. <BR/><BR/>"It's my take that the habit we are talking about here is impatientness."<BR/><BR/>My own experience tells me a good per-move thought process and patience are different habits.<BR/><BR/>For example, in a recent game my opponent played ...Qb6+. Not only had I forgotten to examine all his possible checks, I didn't realize it was a check until I had spent four minutes contemplating my next move. I put a good fight against the 1960 but of course this was a serious lapse in my process.<BR/><BR/>Note: We were one of the last 4 tables playing in the tournament. No impatience there at all! Just poor per-move habits.likesforestshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363355892919115087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-22432615448839251472009-01-17T17:42:00.000+01:002009-01-17T17:42:00.000+01:00"...being blunderprone" sounds like the movie sequ..."...being blunderprone" sounds like the movie sequel to Being John Malcovitch ( for an idea of what I'm talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich) <BR/><BR/>You're talking my language when you talk of blunders. True, when I first started playing again, I was playing like a caveman on fire trying to put out the fire with the only thing I had... a club. I feel I have evolved a little past the Neanderthal phase and into early Cro-Magnon but still hunting and gather.. not much industrialization yet. <BR/><BR/>There are many words in blunderland that we use. It’s very similar to the Eskimos having many words for snow. I will try to divulge some of my culture upon you. You speak of being a class player yet still not having blundered, yet your … what is it you folks say?... chess vision (?) was what caused your game to go in the toilet. <BR/><BR/>1) Blunder-mat is a term used when you flat out blunder material due to leaving it out hanging. <BR/>2) Blunder-coating: Neglecting to keep an eye on your back rank resulting in a mate as you boldly go forward snagging pawns and things <BR/>3) Blunder-tac : This is a result of a premature attack gone bad leaving you with no initiative and all your pieces on the wrong side of the board when your opponent comes storming in.<BR/>4) Blunder-tic : This is a result of a tactic that looked too good to be true fooling you into not calculating the results. <BR/>5) Blunder-fear: Most often occurs with timid players playing “up” with out proper mental preparation. They end up playing so defensively ( as White) that nothing gets developed before Black casts the first check.<BR/>6) Blunder-plan: A bad plan is better than no plan at all is carried to the extreme<BR/>7) Blunder-val: You think, “White really is good here” right before black goes and throws a wrench in it. It’s different than 6 in that you have placed a positional evaluation to the given situation giving you false hope.<BR/>8) Blunder-mess This is also a positional blunder variation different from 6 and 7 in that you had NO plan at all. <BR/>I could go on. But I think you get the picture. My experience has always been that the difference between Class D-C-B-A- Expert is the degree of blundering as described above. In the lower classes, it’s not uncommon to see blunders on both sides. One can recover easily and it’s the last one to blunder who loses.BlunderPronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.com