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Submitted by Hamish on Fri, 05/23/2008 at 4:16am.

Well, take a look at my statistics, losses mounting up, and this after all my training, well as I said before, "pride comes before a fall". So whats the problem, as one opponent said he couldn't believe that I missed 3 chances to get him checkmate. It appears that I cant see the obvious Or I think my opponents are cleverer than they really are !!

However my games are lasting longer, I'm getting to end games more often and its harder to trap me, so maybe I will start to win again. Wink someday.

One thing I've noticed Knights play an increasing part in modern play, the old argument ,Knights or Bishops seems to have gone the Knights way, so I'm keener to keep my knights these days, what do u think? Although I still like a Queen/ bishop diagonal for playing havoc with my rivals pawn defence, again any comments.

I think my biggest fault is rushing my moves, come on I've got 3 days to make a move or even longer so why rush? Just keen to play? slow down Trev, what do u think?

Well waiting to start The really Stupid Tournament, I'll keep u posted. OK C U bye 4 now.


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Comments:

by Cleptomania - 3 months ago
Tacoma, WA United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 81

Hi Trevor,

A good player once told me that bishops tend to be better when there are fewer pawns on the board.  Knights tend to be better in closed positions with lots of pawns on the board.  He also said that the knight tends to work better with the queen when conducting an attack because the knight moves differently than the queen. 

He said that good players (I think he meant GMs) spend a lot of time thinking about which minor piece to keep on the board and which one to trade off.

My solution to the problem is moderate drinking.


by Niven42 - 3 months ago
West Lafayette, Indiana United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 271
No doubt speed plays a part in many blunders.  It's good to force yourself to take a break and come back when your mind is not focused so narrowly.  You'll see things you missed.  As far as "knights v. bishops" is concerned, I've always considered the bishops to be stronger at the beginning, but then knights become strong in the endgame and when setting up mate.  However, I've noticed that certain players (my brother, for instance, despite his claims to the contrary) fall apart when losing knights/bishops, so you can use this info against them when you play them another time.  Take their favorite piece, if you know their style, and it can become a psychological weapon against them.
 
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