Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 10:09:07 04/17/02
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Fernando, It seems as though Pablo the IM was toying with you. His brain is better at chess than yours. Your brain is better at journalism and making money. Unless you are hard-wired for a specific endeavor you will never be great at it. Enjoy your friends, life and games, Tim On April 17, 2002 at 12:35:44, Fernando Villegas wrote: >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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