tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4520071479872147367..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: A propositionTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-200552320086298522007-08-29T15:55:00.000+01:002007-08-29T15:55:00.000+01:00Because your opponent's ability to find the inferi...Because your opponent's ability to find the inferiority in your position ( assumed superior as the question posited )plays a defining role in what is actually inferior or superior. I think that's why players intentionally play openings that are unexpected of them and by their opponents. I could play an assumed inferior line against an opponent who is known to have problems with it, and still feel that I have the superior position...because he doesn't know how to play it. So, there is also the chance that when one concludes that he's got a good position that he is also right ( not mistaken as the quotation has it )I think one can't just look at the position and judge it inferior/superior per se...to what and against whom? Can he actually find the right way? I hope I have not confused the matter/question. Sounds like I am rambling...not had coffee yet...Ted Teodorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273585582573372315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30667942263231548532007-08-29T08:45:00.000+01:002007-08-29T08:45:00.000+01:00Why would having a worse position mean your oppone...Why would having a worse position mean your opponent had a "crushing move" available?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-36393763341173730122007-08-28T22:31:00.000+01:002007-08-28T22:31:00.000+01:00If you think that you are in a good position when ...If you think that you are in a good position when actually you're not but your opponent failed to find the crushing line against you, then you were right after all.Ted Teodorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273585582573372315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-17326250604013679852007-08-28T18:04:00.000+01:002007-08-28T18:04:00.000+01:00I tend to underestimate my position not overestima...I tend to underestimate my position not overestimate it.<BR/><BR/>Much more common for me is to think I've been strugging throughout then afterwards, when I play through the game (with or without fritz), everything seems fine all along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-68350129509835884492007-08-28T17:48:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:48:00.000+01:00I'm not sure either Fritz or Rybka is a reliable g...I'm not sure either Fritz or Rybka is a reliable guide as to who is better.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-87980582267211185922007-08-28T17:47:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:47:00.000+01:00I analyze my games after with Fritz, so if I had m...I analyze my games after with Fritz, so if I had missed something in the ones where I thought I was better, so did Fritz... Perhaps I need to upgrade to Rybka?Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-85185592192960142942007-08-28T17:02:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:02:00.000+01:00I think that often the belief that you have a bett...I think that often the belief that you have a better position is a sign that you are missing something.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-34186339881557776262007-08-28T13:36:00.000+01:002007-08-28T13:36:00.000+01:00Certainly it can be true that the point at which y...Certainly it can be true that the point at which you <I>realise</I> you have the worse position is the point at which you really screw up.<BR/><BR/>Angus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-43857955948211129622007-08-28T12:12:00.000+01:002007-08-28T12:12:00.000+01:00Mm, not for me. I checked my games - I had one lik...Mm, not for me. I checked my games - I had one like this in May, one in February, not a high ratio. The one in February was a pervasive misapprehension, true; the one in May just a single move I thought was good that was bad (my opponent was fooled too though and didn't take advantage.)Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.com