tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post6231258687960298782..comments2023-12-31T15:04:54.504-06:00Comments on Chess Manitoba: May TNT Round 3Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-59288307823627077682009-05-28T21:17:19.764-05:002009-05-28T21:17:19.764-05:00Perhaps you are not looking far enough.
25. c5 (n...Perhaps you are not looking far enough.<br />25. c5 (no exclam - it is more or less forced)...Be7 26. Rxe5 Bf6 and now 27. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Bxc5<br />with some chances of survival due to the d pawn.<br /><br />But whom am I say ? I have been making my own blunders !Chess Manitobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-20343508074373055292009-05-28T20:52:39.099-05:002009-05-28T20:52:39.099-05:00In Schulz - Lipic the line 22...Qxe3 24 Rxe3 Nxe5 ...In Schulz - Lipic the line 22...Qxe3 24 Rxe3 Nxe5 does not garner equality with the continuation 25 dxe5 (Rxe5 Bxe5 26 dxe5) Bc5! because White has the intermezzo 25 c5! when Black cannot defend all the pieces.<br /><br />After the game, Waldemar had said he felt this line was Black's best chance and said he was almost sure I would play Qxe3, but I missed the continuation and felt I had a slightly more active position with the Queens on the board (to my dismay I was wrong...)<br /><br />He said that's a psychological advantage that better players often have over weaker opponents, because when a stronger player offers the exchange of pieces, the weaker opponent will often mechanically assume that the better player is doing so because it is a good idea, or the more favourable idea.<br /><br />I spoke with Waldemar the next week and mentioned the move 25 c5 as being able to break the combination and secure White the lead, but Waldemar said he probably wouldn't have seen it. Possibly due to yet another psychological factor, which is that ever present theme of the downward spiral. Going from being superior to equality is often worse than going from superiority to inferiority, because a player will close their mind to opportunities that may come up to regain the initiative.<br /><br />It is much like sticking your hand in a pot of boiling water. You will immediately pull out once you feel the heat, but if you submerge your hand when the water is tepid, and increase the heat gradually, you will be more likely to get burned as your hand will not notice the change in temperature as much as if it were all-of-a-sudden.<br /><br />In chess, there are many layers of thought that one must be prepared to untangle to find the truth in any position.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669233232547636770noreply@blogger.com