Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 18:49:09 03/16/05
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On March 16, 2005 at 02:37:07, Peter Skinner wrote: >On March 16, 2005 at 01:29:16, Tony Nichols wrote: > >>It's amazing how far one can get by just applying general principles. There is a >>good margin for error when selecting a plan. You can go from +/= to =/+ and it >>really doesn't mean much. However, If you miss 1 tactic, Splat! With all the >>training your doing you should progress rapidly. I wish you luck! >>Regards >>Tony > >I think the general principles are really "it's at". I had played chess before >the training I am doing, and was considered a hobbiest. I never really took a >serious look at the game. > >Almost every night now I can be found on either ICC/FICS/PlayChess watching >games being played by computers and GM/IM's, where I try to guess the moves they >may play. I have some fun with it as well. If I guess more than 50% of the moves >I get a treat (I am also cutting out junk food.) > >A while ago I was speaking to a group of IM/GM's on ICC and asked if they >thought any of them would come up with a legendary type game like previous World >Champions Alekhine, Spassky, or Capablanca. One reply shocked me: > >"To do what they have done requires a level of concentration that even Kasparov >didn't have in his prime years. I don't believe in my lifetime that anyone will >produce a game like Alekhine, Capablanca, or Spassky have done. For any game to >be given legendary status, it requires two things. A brilliant move played on a >board with two brilliant players. Anything less and it is an ordinary game." > >Peter Hi, Pete I can't agree with the titled players. I think Kasparov has produced many legendary games. Probably more than the 3 world champions mentioned put together! Maybe they were just being modest about their own abilities. Many brilliant games have been played by less than world class players. Part of the appeal of chess is that you too can play a brilliant sac and win. Or play a perfect ending, or maybe find a deep defence and draw. If I didn't believe this I might not play tournament chess! I alternate from being a hobbyist to taking chess serious. If I lose a tournament game I'm a hobbyist:( If I win I am a very serious chessplayer:) Happy Hunting(pawns, Kings, etc.) Tony
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