Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 09:35:44 04/17/02
Have you ever played and analyzed your game with a IM? It is a sobering lesson. I did it so yesterday with Im Pablo Toloza and the results were the following. Let say first I was somewhat proud because I resisted his attacks until move 65 and he won only in a difficult ending, but... a) He showed me mistakes I commited as early as in moves three or four of he opening. Lack of knowledge and common sense in strategical terms... b) He showed me tactical oportunities I missed because I did not go one miserable ply more in the analysis. I just did not see them. c) He showed me faulty evaluations derived from supersticion with he maintenance of the queen in the board. The result: I lst a chance to win or get a draw. d) He showed me that my ending technique is miserable. Pawns pushed beyond natural limits. Awful Kings manouvers. Etc. In fact, he showed me that to be a 2100 player is less than nothing, a poor state of mind, an almost criminal akwardness, a lack of global view of the game. This is sobering as much as, when you lose a program, you still believe it was due to this or that specific mistake. Wrong. Your game is a full compendium of mistakes and lack of vision, but only the last one of your mistakes kill you in the spot. In brief, you realize how poor a player is not be a real good player. Sobs... fernando
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