Well, I’ll just ask here, hope the blog host permits, as there are many people who understand chess better than me. I’ll quote 2 games I won, but on the second, what did I do wrong, why was the win so narrow even though I thought I secured an advantage before move 20. I stuck to the plan, and I went for the endgame I thought was won, and I won it, but the game left me with the impression I should have many times won it more quickly.
I suppose I quote them because I played, as I think, in a sound positional style, rapid games on Yahoo:
Oh, I forgot now to congratulate Vilka, though I am sure he will make Finns proud with even more splendid accomplishments!
And a further thought comes to mind, should an experienced grandmaster ever write a book on their impressions on chess openings, that might be a big hit with the chess-curious crowd, even though these impressions might be disputed. In chess books, in general, there are too many variations and too little description to be on the bus, but going through the impressions from ECO A to E would be very interesting I think. Even though I think competitive grandmasters don’t think of openings in those terms, it is ever the positions, but the layman thinks of the nuances in the openings. Just a suggestion :).
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Well, I’ll just ask here, hope the blog host permits, as there are many people who understand chess better than me. I’ll quote 2 games I won, but on the second, what did I do wrong, why was the win so narrow even though I thought I secured an advantage before move 20. I stuck to the plan, and I went for the endgame I thought was won, and I won it, but the game left me with the impression I should have many times won it more quickly.
I suppose I quote them because I played, as I think, in a sound positional style, rapid games on Yahoo:
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 fxe4 ¤.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 Nd7 6.h4 Be7 7.hxg5 Bxg5 8.d4 Nb6 9.Bb3 c6 10.Nxg5 Qxg5 11.0-0 Be6 12.Bxf4 Qe7 13.d5 Bd7 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxd6 Qd7 16.Rxf7 Qxf7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qh5+ Kg7 19.Qg5+
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bf4 a6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Re1 b5 11.a3 Nb5 12.b4 Be7 13.Bg3 Bb7 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Qg4 g6 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.Be4 0-0 20.c3 Rfd8 21.h4 Bf8 22.h5 Bg7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Red1 Qc7 25.f4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd6 Rd8 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.cxd4 Qe4 30.Bf2 c3 31.Qf3 QXf3 32.gxf3 f6 33.Rc1 Rc8 34.Kf1 c2 35.Ke2 fxe5 36.fxe5 Bh6 37.Be3 Bxe3 38.Kxe3 Rc3+ 39.Kd2 Rf3 40.Rxc2 Rf2+ 41.Kd3 Rxc2 42.Kxc2 Kf7 43.Kd3 Ke7 44.Ke3 Kd7 45.Kf4 Kc6 46. Kg5 Kd5 47. Kxg6 Kxd4 48.Kf6 Kd5
Anyone?
Oh, I forgot now to congratulate Vilka, though I am sure he will make Finns proud with even more splendid accomplishments!
And a further thought comes to mind, should an experienced grandmaster ever write a book on their impressions on chess openings, that might be a big hit with the chess-curious crowd, even though these impressions might be disputed. In chess books, in general, there are too many variations and too little description to be on the bus, but going through the impressions from ECO A to E would be very interesting I think. Even though I think competitive grandmasters don’t think of openings in those terms, it is ever the positions, but the layman thinks of the nuances in the openings. Just a suggestion :).
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