Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 19:29:54 12/21/99
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On December 21, 1999 at 18:58:34, Mike Castañuela wrote: >I understand your point, but I came to conclusion, by this, that >without doubt you're a more skilled and determined player than me >(too much or little I don't know, but more). > >Mmh, maybe I should take what you say as advices, in order to improve >my play. > >Greetings F. Kind of asymptotic learning; maybe you never win, but you are closer and closer to get a draw. First you commit stupid tactical mistakes, then you lose just a pawn, then the fault is because a positional serious mistake, after that the wrong move was a finesse, then you fall in an incorrect ending, etc. If you follow the teoretical curve, maybe some day... That's my hope. Fernando > > >On December 21, 1999 at 18:34:04, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Well, maybe this issue has to do with the more or less likelihood to be crushed >>or not. I am crushed, like you, but I have almost all the time the feeling that >>I am in the very fringe to get a draw or better. So each new game is a new >>oportunity to probe...that I am crushed again, but of course with the feeling >>that this time I almost, almost got half a point. And I learn something each >>time because not every defeat is like he precedent. Interesting to discover new >>holes in your playing hability or in your personality. In my case programs >>reveals my tendence to lose concentration in the very moment I am Ok or even >>better. Or my tendence to lose the will to play if I have already lost a pawn. >>Or my tendence to play a "natural" move even having the time to looking >>something better. And the pleasant discovery that each scarce time I give to >>myself the chance to think a lot more, then a much better move appears in my >>mind. Is not all this enjoyable? Yes, we are worlds, tiny but infinite worlds... >>fernando the mistic
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