Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 20:21:07 10/26/04
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1979 Excerpt... When my opponent nonetheless played 1. d4 in game 5, I chose this variation. Why I chose it, I cannot explain even now. Because to go for that position, down a pawn – is truly madness! Here you are absolutely right. During the game my personal inadequate decision (to go into a bad line) began to burden me. Bad thoughts started creeping into my head like: “What kind of fool do you have to be, to voluntarily go into this absurd position…” In essence, overly self-confident attitude towards the fact that on my turf ( d4 openings) I will somehow manage, lead at first to the inadequate decision-making, then to needless self-criticism and finally – to losing the game… It was proven in the 10- page analysis on site Chesspro.ru, that you still had a draw. But to find such subtleties over the board is probably not possible? To see everything, is of course, impossible. But it’s possible to guess. If there is time for guessing and if you know in which direction to search. In general I knew. But everything I aforementioned, including being really upset at myself, robbed me of the necessary concentration, which in turn led to the miscalculation in a position where a draw was quite close to being achieved
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