Wow ... lose time for chess for a month or so and my rating takes a sky dive ... Guess I have to make time and put in a lot of work! Read more »
It seems like if I get to many games going, I start to rush through them like I am playing blitz. I might try to avoid them for a while until I get my lines of thought down again. So for now, fewer games, higher quality! Read more »
Right now I am working hard to get my tactics back to where they were when I was at my best. It is a little harder than I thought, but I think what I have to do is get more methodical again about how I look at the positions on the chess board! Th... Read more »
I love chess! I play chess to enjoy the game. So my priorities have to do with that, and alowing others to do the same. My first priority is to enjoy the game and to play in a manner to allow others to do the same. After all, when playing che... Read more »
So, what could be more important than mobility? Well threats are very important. It doesn't matter how mobile your pieces are, if you are checkmated. The player at the top of a club I was in once told me that 'Threats are what chess is all about... Read more »
Why is mobility so important? There are many reasons. To me, the most important one is that by checking mobility of pieces, it helps you to see more candidate moves. Seeing more moves helps you to calculate better and I don't know anyone who ... Read more »
Desperado was one of my first 'favorite chess terms'. When I first heard this term, it helped me to find the right moves in some fairly complex positions. For people who don't know, when a piece that is attacked but does not move and another ... Read more »
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