tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4316670443747872689..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Where does it all go, eh?Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15988783743578075262009-03-07T09:18:00.000+00:002009-03-07T09:18:00.000+00:00You couldn't find a reliable answer because there ...<I>You couldn't find a reliable answer because there was no clear defense</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, that's the long and not-so-short of it: the thing is, after 22.Nhf5! White is winning and therefore the usual recipe of "all right, if you can't see through the tctics find something good and safe to play" wasn't available because there <I>was</I> nothing safe. Moreover it was clear to me (indeed it was the only thing clear to me) that if there was potentially a move that <I>didn't</I> lose it had to be the capture of the knight and so it actually made sense to keep on looking at it to try and find some line that at least didn't <I>seem</I> to lose. When and how to abort that process? I don't know. But I shall have to think about it at some length...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-21733439655946959262009-03-07T01:08:00.000+00:002009-03-07T01:08:00.000+00:00ejh:Except for the time expended and the painful r...ejh:<BR/><BR/>Except for the time expended and the painful result, were they really so similar?<BR/><BR/>The 15-year-old was a piece up and missed, to my eye, a simple consolidation in 20...Qd4+ 21.Kh1 e4. I saw that fairly quickly and I bet you would find it today as well.<BR/><BR/>The middle-aged man was facing a much sounder attack from a much stronger class of opponent. You couldn't find a reliable answer because there was <B>no clear defense</B>. Your time was (mostly) well spent, you saw more than your opponent, and you only went wrong later in time pressure.<BR/><BR/>Probably that was the mistake, if you had used 50 minutes instead of 60 and played the same move you left yourself with a better chance.<BR/><BR/>Jonathan B:<BR/><BR/>Soltis agrees with you, he has written the same thing more than once. For example, page 140 of How to Choose a Chess Move, "The longer you study a position <I>the less you may see tactically</I>." (his italics)<BR/><BR/>Not true for me though. I see so little tactically that it only gets better with time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-28806226510720396982009-03-06T19:51:00.000+00:002009-03-06T19:51:00.000+00:00Indeed, my chances of playing an average move are ...<I>Indeed, my chances of playing an average move are pretty low.</I><BR/><BR/>Like I say, I couldn't find one, that's why I kept going for an hour.<BR/><BR/><I>the najdorf as Black EJH? A wild and reckless youth you had there!</I><BR/><BR/>I soon packed it in for the Scheveningen and Taimanov.<BR/><BR/>And then the Petroff came to my attention. I must write some pro-Petroff pieces sometime.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15525068207096275992009-03-06T18:02:00.000+00:002009-03-06T18:02:00.000+00:00ps:the najdorf as Black EJH? A wild and reckless ...ps:<BR/>the najdorf as Black EJH? A wild and reckless youth you had there!Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-70228190999341870842009-03-06T15:51:00.000+00:002009-03-06T15:51:00.000+00:00What I find exceptional is finding the best move a...What I find exceptional is finding the best move after such a long think in the first example.<BR/><BR/>I find if I think about a move for 15 minutes or more my chances of playing a good move - let alone the best one - are practically nil. Indeed, my chances of playing an average move are pretty low.<BR/><BR/>For this reason I try to think for no more than 10 minutes for any given move - not always possible of course but I try.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-8995655564711106322009-03-06T13:36:00.000+00:002009-03-06T13:36:00.000+00:00Exceptional post, Justin.Exceptional post, Justin.Morgan Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964054143509110236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-54030065804599425332009-03-06T11:05:00.000+00:002009-03-06T11:05:00.000+00:00Just wanted to say that it was an interesting post...Just wanted to say that it was an interesting post and I enjoyed reading it. Keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>/AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com