Sunday, October 01, 2006

Blue or Red Pill? Index




BORP? I
Would you swap off into a rook ending?

BORP? II
Do you want an opposite coloured bishop ending?

BORP? III
Which side of the board do you want to play?

BORP? IV
Would you punt the Classical Dutch against Korchnoi?

BORP? V
Do you go 'From the Opening into the Endgame'?

BORP? VI
Get married or buy a second hand car?

BORP? VII
Go to the Staunton Memorial or the London Chess Classic?

BORP? VIII
Sacrifice a knight on f7 or develop calmly?

BORP? IX
Exchange a bishop for a knight or retreat?

BORP? X
Incremental time controls or x in y + z?

BORP? XI
ECF Grades or FIDE elos?

BORP? XII
Keep the queens on and go for an attack or swap them off and head for an ending?

BORP? XIII
A tricky queen ending decision

BORP? XIV
The queen ending goes on.

BORP? XV
A pawn ending.

BORP? XVI
Rook and pawn v rook: Hide the king in the corner or head for the centre?

BORP? XVII
Rook and pawn v rook: cut off along a file or a rank?

BORP? XVIII
10.2 claim: white win or give Black a draw?

BORP? XIX
Play the same way or vary according to strength of opponent?

BORP? XX
Learn some rook ending theory or don't bother your arse?

BORP? XXI
You're going to get rook against pawn: shift your king to the left or the right?

BORP? XXII
Rook's pawn on the 7th, attacking rook in front: where do you want your king?

BORP? XXIII
Rook's pawn on the 7th, attacking rook in front: where do you want your kingside pawns?

BORP? XXIV
What does Vancura look like?

BORP? XXV
Is playing out rook + 2 pawns versus rook + 0 pawns a waste of time?

BORP? XXVI
Analyse your games or not?

BORP? XXVII
The Elo system is jiggered?

BORP? XXVIII
Take the plunge with a new move or play something familiar?

BORP? XXIX
Give up trying to sacrifice the exchange or carry on

BORP? XXX
Use intuition to justify sacrifices or concrete analysis

BORP? XXXI
Stick to the same openings or mix things up a little?


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