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| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 4/09/2008 03:16:15 play online chess |  Subject: overpressingMessage: I think I get rewarded for being aggressive in games that I win, and then go onto the next game and then press harder, and too hard! thinking I'm improving or something. How can one still retain an aggressive streak/style but not overpress? |
| Posted by tim_b www6conf.org 4/09/2008 03:56:24 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by chessnovice www6conf.org 4/09/2008 04:04:45 play online chess | ... Message: But like tim_b says, there's a fine line between aggressiveness and greed. I recently lost a game for becoming overzealous, and undermining my opponent's attack. You just have to bear in mind that actions have consequences, and that there are two people playing for opposite agendas. |
| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 4/09/2008 05:06:02 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 4/09/2008 08:28:45 play online chess | hmmm Message: No, seriously just remember its about assessing the position accurately and honestly. Certainly we can, and Should to really improve imo, play for something from Equality. So long as it is realistic and not getting into WishChess. Even Fischer played a little WishChess ... it also bit him at times. You may not have a problem tho. Imo someone who never losses but takes a lot of draws vs relatively close competition, would not be playing sharp enough to me. I wonder, maybe even a WishChess loss can be good if it adds to your later play. There is a saying however, several actually: *** FM Blankenau told me, don't worry about their rating, you make your best moves and if they are all good ones, they cannot beat you. *** And I believe that is actually a corollary of this: Chess games are never Won, only Lost. OR in other words, You Cannot WIN a chess game, you can only Capitalize on your opponents errors. Naturally it behooves us to maximize his opportunies to err. |
| Posted by ionadowman www6conf.org 4/09/2008 13:48:55 play online chess | Tartakover once said... Message: Overpressing can be a result of having a fine attack going but, being unable to find a clear continuation or a quick kill (but there MUST be something here) play a move in the hope that something will turn up. That kind of thing can be fine at the beginning of a speculative attack - that's what a speculative attack is - but once committed you need to look for something that keeps the attack alive, if you can't find anything concrete. Often there isn't a quick kill available, now and then you find you just have to accept that all you will get is a slightly favourable endgame, no more. And, just occasionally, the attack turns out to be not quite good enough to win. I think one can take some encouragement from this though: at least you're not underpressing. Still willing to take chances, you are more likely to develop your feel for attack and what is likely to succeed - testing the limits of what is possible. The more cautious approach is no more successful in the immediate term, and one is less likely to discover the possibilities or the limits. Cheers, Ion |
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