Sometimes I wish I were a more highly evolved chess player. Because some of my unstudied friends think I am smart, I feel like I have to live up to it. And when I put together a string of wins on line or at the club I generally feel like I have been playing lesser skilled players and deserve no praise for it. In addition I begin to slow down not wanting the loss which will inevitably come.
On the other hand, when I lose, I think I am hopeless and should take up golf, bowling, or birdwatching or something. When I blunder I am particularly hard on myself.
So when I win it is because I was not challenging myself enough. And when I lose, I suck. Chess can be so miserable, yet I keep coming back to it. Caissa is a like that for me.
Here I am playing black on FICS and losing a Four Knights Game. DenSeTho-PrudentStudent G10:29 April 6, 2009. (I don't know how to load in those neat little chessboards with animation.) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 (Yes I was dreaming of Berlin. I am a very boring player who idolizes Ulf Andersson) 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 (I am actually out of book already. My excuse is I dabble between the Caro-Kann, Accelerated Dragon, and Open and really don't know enough of any of them.) 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bc3 8.bc Bd7 9.Rb1 a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Bb3 Nb3 12.cb3 h6 13.Bh4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Qe6 15.Rfe1 Nh5 16.d4 f5 (Now things get interesting.) 17.de fe 18.Re4 Bc6 19.Nd4 Qg6 20.Nc6 Qe4 21.Ne7 Kh7 22.Re1 Qh4? (Taking the Bishop too. I felt like I was doing well. But I wasn't.) 23.Qd3 Kh8 24.Ng6 Kg8 25.Qd5 Rf7 26.Nh4 (And there she went! I played a few more hopeless moves in shock. I am busted.) Rf8. 27.e6 Re7 28Ng6 1-0
I hear the warblers are migrating this time of year.
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Go to http://chessflash.com/. His viewer is very easy to use. I've been using it for over a year to post my games in my blog. Welcome to the chess blogosphere. I like what you've written so far.
ReplyDeleteSweet! Thank you so much.
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